Faculty will be in touch with you soon with details on how your classes will meet online between January 5 and January 18. We are aware that students live in different time zones which could make accessing classes at regularly scheduled CST times challenging. We have asked faculty to be aware of, and flexible with, online instruction in the first week of classes, though students may have to sit in on a class early in the morning of their home time zone.

Orientation will shift to a one-day virtual event on Monday, January 3. More information on how to access virtual orientation (for both parents and students) will be emailed to students soon from Belmont’s Orientation team. Additional information regarding orientation activities and campus tours during the Jan. 15-17 move in window will be shared with impacted students when available.

With Belmont moving courses online from Jan. 5-14 due to the impact of the COVID-19 Omicron variant, the Bruin Books team is taking steps to ensure students are ready for classes to begin remotely.

Previously, students were emailed with options to either pick up books on campus or have them shipped to a selected location.

After careful consideration and concerns about current shipping times, we are modifying the plan to ensure course materials are here at Belmont when students arrive for move-in prior to the January 18 return to in-person courses. We will not be re-directing the packages already received on Belmont's campus. 

Please be aware that your faculty are prepared to work individually with you if you do not have access to materials as they typically would when the semester begins. Some will be able to provide the necessary materials electronically via Blackboard – please check your courses and discuss with your faculty as soon as possible.

If students are in the Nashville area prior to move in, they may pick up book orders at the 1508 Delmar Avenue location Monday through Friday, 9am to 5pm

For additional questions, contact the Bruin Books team at 615-460-6418. 

Yes. Please contact your Residence Director during business hours to arrange a time to access your dorm and pick up any necessary materials. 

The University will be providing pro-rated room and board refunds for residential students through January 15 based on this schedule change. 

Residence Hall and Meal Plan proration amounts will be applied as credits to a student’s account. These credits should appear on student accounts by January 14. If you have questions about your credit amount, please email the Office of Student Financial Services at studentaccounts@belmont.edu.

• Certain individuals receiving Federal Title IV financial aid will be automatically refunded the credit amount according to how the student account is set up to receive refunds (check, direct deposit, etc.). 
• Students whose room and board funding source was Stafford loans, Private Education loans, Parent Plus loans and/or Pell Grants will be refunded the corresponding portion of the credit amount according to how the student account is set up to receive refunds (check, direct deposit, etc.). 
• All other students: Credit amounts will be automatically refunded according to how the student account is set up to receive refunds (check, direct deposit, etc.).

Yes, we are extending the deadline to withdrawal from the University and from University housing while receiving a full tuition/housing refund until January 21, 2022 at 11:00 p.m. CST. 

Note: For a withdrawal, typically the student would forfeit any institutional merit aid, but for this semester we will make an exception and hold any merit aid for them in the fall. If a student attends another school after withdrawing and returns in the fall, their grades will be reviewed to determine if the student continued to meet the 3.0 cumulative GPA requirement for the merit aid before reinstatement takes place. 

If a student withdraws and doesn’t enroll at another school in the spring, any student loans will start their grace period, so students and parents will need to be aware of those dates. They can check https://studentaid.gov/ or check with their loan servicer for more specific information.  

If a student receiving Hope Scholarship funds withdraws from Belmont for spring 2022, the student will need to enroll in another Tennessee school in order to maintain HOPE eligibility.   

Students who are receiving HOPE and are wanting to request a Leave of Absence (LOA) in the spring term of 2022 due to circumstances related to COVID-19, will be required to submit an appeal request describing those circumstances in order to continue eligibility in the fall term of 2022. Students may appeal once you return. Please keep in mind that we will be requesting COVID-19 related documentation that supports the reason for appealing. 

For more information on the HOPE Scholarship: https://www.belmont.edu/sfs/scholarships/hope.html

As an exception for Spring 2022, the deadline to submit a Leave of Absence application with required documentation has been extended to January 21, 2022: https://www.belmont.edu/registrar/apolicies/leave-absence.html

Students who fully withdraw after the January 21, 2022 deadline for 100% refund will fall under the established university withdrawal policy which can be viewed here: https://www.belmont.edu/registrar/apolicies/withdrawal.html.  

Students will receive a refund percentage based on the last date of attendance and confirmed by the Registrar’s office.  Please see the chart below that lists the percentage of tuition to be refunded based on the date of university withdrawal.

 SPRING 2022

Because we understand the full uncertainty of the spring semester and to allow our families time to make a fully informed decision, we will extend the payment due date to January 11, 2022 to assist our families without late fees.