Screenshot of Canvas, Emily Garver Students are anxiously refreshing their browsers to access their course materials because Canvas has been down since early Monday morning.    “That’s the most inconvenient time it could be down,” said senior Jenna Gilmore.  Canvas is just one of dozens of companies who have faced shutdowns since Monday morning due to an ongoing incident with Amazon Web Services, a leading cloud service provider. This poses obstacles for both Belmont students

Turning Point Meeting, Haley Ramsey Belmont’s Turning Point USA chapter reached a staggering 50 students in attendance on Thursday for its first general body meeting since founder and CEO Charlie Kirk died.    “I think more people felt empowered and felt like they had a responsibility to join the movement after he was assassinated,” said chapter president Dylan Hilburn.     Prior to Kirk's death, Belmont’s Turning Point chapter had one meeting, where 17 students attended, sai

The Bell Tower taken from the North Lawn, Emily Garver Belmont University was ranked No. 213 on the U.S. News Best National Universities Ranking s list for 2026.     It rose seven spots since being ranked #220 last year . Belmont is also ranked #86 on the Best Value School list .    Despite rising seven spots in the U.S. News Best National Universities Rankings, Belmont officials say numbers don’t tell the full story. University leaders argue that the true measure of Belmont