Five Siblings Finish Berea As President Lyle Roelofs prepared for a bittersweet conclusion to his tenure at Berea College— his final commencement before he retired—he received a letter…
Xhafer Rama ’17 was a small child when his house became a casualty of war and was burned to the ground. The war in Kosovo left his family…
2023 Awardees from Summer Reunion
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…
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…