The year 2020 promised to be gangbusters for the Historic Boone Tavern Hotel and Restaurant of Berea College. Patrick Huston, director of sales and marketing, was booking a…
Berea College was about three days ahead of the rest of the world in shutting down on-campus instruction due to the novel coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. The…
Jessie Ball duPont Fund To hear Mari Kuraishi, president of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, describe her philanthropy’s mission is to catch a distinctly American ethos at work.…
Dr. Faramarz Ismail-Beigi When asked what was compelling about the mission of Berea College, Dr. Faramarz Ismail-Beigi ’62 offered a one-word answer: humanity. He went on, then, to reference a large carpet…
A mural dedicated to one of Berea College’s unsung heroes was unveiled in the Old Town Artisan Village area of Berea on August 27, 2020. The mural honors…
For Clint Patterson, Berea College’s forester, the holy grail of conservationism is to find economic solutions to environmental problems. Berea College Forester Clint Patterson manages and sustains the…
When she graduated in 1981, Sherry McCulley-Hall promised nursing program administrator, Dr. Martha Pride, she would take the philosophy and skills Berea had taught her and pass them…
Outside the region itself, stories of Appalachia tend to focus on what’s missing. In Clay County, Ky., folks are working to change that. There are better stories to…
Berea College Labor Stories Berea College doesn’t just admit students, it hires them, too. Though in the beginning, the Labor program provided a means of support while attending…
Imagine a scene somewhere in eastern Kentucky, around 1914. A tent revival is underway. The preacher speaks for a while, then relinquishes the pulpit to a college professor,…