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…
Dawn ’25, a northern Virginia native, liked to paint as a kid, but her junior year in high school, she took a class to be certified as a…
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…
Elaine ‘23 developed a love of plants in high school. Unfortunately, her suburban Alabama neighborhood didn’t have a lot of biodiversity. “We have two trees in our whole…
At the edge of campus, an iron bridge stretches across Brushy Fork Creek, leading to scenic trails open to hikers of all stripes. Over the past 11 years…
Rhea Carter ’20 is still in shock. The communication major from a little place called Gray, in Knox County, Ky., was invited to a round-table discussion with none…