BELMONT — More than 300 students earned bachelor’s degrees during commencement exercises at Belmont Abbey College May 15.
Graduation was held outside St. Mary, Help of Christians Basilica after a Mass celebrated by Benedictine Abbot Placid Solari and the monks of Belmont Abbey.
Abbey Traditional Student of the Year was Abigail Houseal, a business management major.
Graduate Student of the Year was Retired U.S. Army veteran Ronald Joseph Freeman.
Valedictorian was Rachel Lang. Adrian Award Winner for Teaching Excellence was Dr. Mike McLeod, Biology Department coordinator of environmental studies and biology professor of biology.
— Photos provided by Rolando Riva
