Belmont Abbey College Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Student life == <!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Studentcommonsbridge.jpg|thumb|The Student Commons overlooking Pat's bridge]] --> === Organizations and Greek life === The Abbey has over 40 student organizations, an active Student Government Association, and many Greek organizations belonging to the college's Greek Council. [[Kappa Sigma]] is the only active fraternity on campus. Active sororities are [[Tau Kappa Delta]] and [[Alpha Sigma Pi]], and also active is the community and collegiate service organization [[Epsilon Sigma Alpha]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belmontabbeycollege.edu/admissions/ |title=Admissions - Belmont Abbey College: Private | Catholic | Charlotte, NC |publisher=Belmontabbeycollege.edu |date=2015-09-30 |access-date=2019-04-16}}</ref> === Abbey Players === Belmont Abbey has a theatre department. The Abbey Players were founded in 1883, and have been a part of campus life ever since.<ref>North Carolina Arts Council, ''The Arts in North Carolina'' (1967), p. 114.</ref> At present, the theatre produces six shows a year, representing a wide repertoire of drama, comedy and musicals. Participation in the Abbey Players is open to any interested member of the college community; students, faculty, staff, and monks regularly appear together. In addition, it functions as the Belmont Community Theatre, which brings in theatre artists from the surrounding Metrolina area. === Glee Club === In 1940, the Belmont Abbey and Sacred Heart Glee Clubs toured the Carolinas and Georgia, appearing in [[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]], [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]], and [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 24, 1940 |title=Belmont Abbey and Sacred Heart College Glee Clubs To Appear Here |pages=14 |work=The Sunday Star-News |publication-place=Wilmington, N.C. |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn78002169/1940-03-24/ed-1/seq-14/#date1=1777&index=16&rows=20&words=Abbey+Belmont&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=North+Carolina&date2=1963&proxtext=%22belmont+abbey%22&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 |access-date=March 4, 2023}}</ref> === Dining === The campus cafeteria is located on the residential side of campus, next to the Walter Coggins Student Commons. Robert Lee Stowe Hall contains a grill and Holy Grounds coffee shop. === Housing === Incoming freshmen are required to live in either Poellath or O'Connell, two-story single-sex residence halls. Beginning in fall 2013, upperclassmen were given the option to live in the newly built Saint Benedict Hall and Saint Scholastica Hall, single-sex residence halls for males and females respectively. Raphael Arthur Hall provides single rooms. In addition to the five residence halls on campus, upperclassmen are eligible to live in either one of the four on-campus Cuthbert Allen apartment buildings or the Cloisters, off-campus apartments in nearby [[Mount Holly, North Carolina]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page