To this day, Carolyn Grace ’15 can’t list all the places she has lived, but Idaho’s wheat fields blur into “an ocean of gold” in her memory. It…
Long before she found herself presenting at the International Council on English Braille, Willow Free ’08 was feeling out a career in grocery store management. “Nobody in my…
When one hears “Appalachian music,” they may be forgiven for the image accompanying it in their mind. If the genre inspires a vision of an old, bearded white…
Each Homecoming, Berea College celebrates the accomplishments and dedication of several alumni. Click on the arrows beside each name to expand each story.
Linsey Hogg ’12 knows injustice. She was raised in it. Now that she’s grown, Kentucky’s assistant attorney general takes aim at her childhood nemesis by protecting the state’s…
New Folklife Apprenticeship Program Takes Flight Stories are the glue that holds cultures together, enabling the passing on of information, tradition and practices. Community narratives can reside in…
Historically, when building construction is described, the fabled cornerstone gets all the attention. Instead, at 316 Estill Street, on the east side of campus, it is the backyard…
Maurice Godsey ’60 remembers the coal dust. “Coal was the thing that from the time you woke up till you went to bed, you heard it, you smelled…
When Jonathan “JJ” Johnson ’99 thinks back on his childhood in Fairfield, Alabama, in greater Birmingham, he remembers a life that was both loving and precarious. He grew…
On a service trip to Ghana in 2003, Denessa Baters McPherson ’05, upon meeting the village chief, asked about acquiring a Ghanaian broom to take home. “Why do…