The pressure of being a full-time student, interning, working and trying to find time to eat and sleep has caused a growing number of students at Belmont to develop anxiety. One in six college students have been either diagnosed or treated for an anxiety disorder, according to a national study of 100,000 students by the Center of Collegiate Mental Health. That statistic shows on Belmont’s campus as well. Three years ago, anxiety passed depression and became the No. 1 emotiona

What used to be an office for students to come and work through their changing major and minor problems, the office of Growth and Purpose for Students has now evolved into an all-encompassing community-building program. “We really want to focus on the acronym, GPS. It’s a tool. It helps you with direction and with finding resources,” said David Sneed, the educationdirector of the program. GPS is here for Belmont students as a guide for the duration of their college experience

Belmont is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation as recognized by The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac, but the rising enrollment means Belmont’s campus is straining to accommodate growing class sizes. From 2001 to 2011, Belmont’s student population increased 104 percent. And this fall, the university reached 6,915 students with 1,409 graduate students and 5,506 undergraduates. But what many people may not realize is that the line trajectory of student po