2023 Awardees from Summer Reunion Dr. Philip W. Conn ’63 Philip W. Conn ’63 Since retiring as president of Western Oregon University in 2005, Dr. Philip W. Conn…
Socioeconomic status can be an important factor in a college student’s ability to succeed. Though social pressures, financial struggles and emotional traumas are not limited to individuals from…
Ellen ’24 is a studio art major with a concentration in sculpture. The Ohio native developed a love of ceramics in high school, and now she applies what…
Kimberly’s story begins in Portland, Ore., where she lived with her mother and grandparents. Her mother had a lot of responsibility, worked primarily as an accountant but also…
For even the best students, transitioning from high school to college can be a challenge. They are moving from highly structured lives at home and school, with adult…
Photo by Crystal Wylie ’05 Dawn ’25, a northern Virginia native, liked to paint as a kid, but her junior year in high school, she took a class…
It’s a Saturday afternoon, and the main room of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education is abuzz with people of color but with a diversity of…
In August 2009, Kelci Reed ’13 left her small-town Indiana home and the single mother who had raised her and cried all the way to Berea. A self-described…
Destiney McCoy ’23 came from Birmingham, Ala. She didn’t think much about her surroundings growing up. It was merely a normality in which she was immersed. All she…
The story of how senior portraits get made can be told through what they are, but also what they are not. For starters, senior portraits are not Crystal…