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…
Berea alumna and journalist focuses her work on migration, human rights and gender equality “When I met them, I didn’t know if they would live to tell their…
2013 alumnus creates a runway between art and awareness Derek DeAndre (Matthews) ’13 went from watching “Project Runway” on TV to becoming a two-time semi-finalist on the show…