A student’s walk across the stage at commencement is momentous, but it is not a moment that stands alone in time. Each step across the stage is a…
Heading off to college is a significant—and often stressful—transition in the lives of new students. Moving into a new home away from home, starting courses at an academically…
Summer 2023 I had been 18 for exactly three weeks when I came to college. I had completed four years at an outstanding, college-prep high school. In those…
“I would be incredibly honored to call you ‘daughter’ so someone who doesn’t see your value is missing it,” Dr. José Pimienta-Bey, chair of the African and African…
In 1980, Berea students Ron Robinette ’82 and Elizabeth Mullins ’82 decided to get married. They were young, in love and not giving much thought to life’s practicalities.…
Sometimes the smallest items can have the biggest impact. For José Ramos-Macias ’23, something as small as a business card changed the course of his college career. Given…
Spring 2023 I attended Berea College from 1999-2003. It is the ’03 after my name in publications and email signatures that designates me as an alumna and my…
Winter 2023 Dear Alumni and Friends, In late November, I interviewed two young women. Both were communication majors, both were drawn to broadcast journalism—and both blew me away.…
Chris Thomas Hayes ’06 Chris Hayes ’06 is an actor and puppeteer currently performing on Sesame Street, where he first debuted in 2016. As a child, Hayes’ home…
In May 2017, President Lyle Roelofs received a thank you note from a Guinevere Beirne, a English major who was graduating the following week. In her letter the…