Trinity Goodman, BSN, RN ’17 thought when COVID-19 hit the United States it would bring short-term hardship. She quickly came to realize what a severe underestimation that was. …
The 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in its time. Caused by the H1N1 virus, it travelled worldwide during 1918-1919. The virus infected around one-third…
Berenice Davila ’21 Political Science major Berenice Davila ’21 had certain expectations for her senior year at Berea, but the COVID-19 pandemic had other plans. Despite receiving an…
Rashana ’24 Across the world this past spring, people’s lives were thrown into disarray as they were asked or forced to quarantine in their homes at the onset…
James and Cynthia Hicks Although their time at Berea overlapped, Cynthia Hairston Hicks ’79 and James Hicks ’76 did not know each other as students. They were introduced…
Too often, in places like Appalachia, “help” looks more like “taking over.” The result is a temporary solution that isn’t sustainable when the help leaves. David Cooke, director…
Computer science students pair work and classroom learning to build a more efficient campus Berea College has a long history of doing things a little differently—the work requirement…
Activist Azis Toktobaev faces an unwarranted response by local mafia Though Azis Toktobaev ’20 has served as an international human rights activist for many years, this past winter,…
Alumna DeJuana Thompson is changing the South one vote at a time If no one else is the activist in the room, then I have to be. Birmingham…
Music has always captivated Wilkensley Thervil, a junior double major in Technology and Applied Design (TAD) and Computer Science. Born in Haiti without access to musical instruments, his…