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…
Sarah Culbreth and Jeff Enge Jeff Enge ’86, a Minnesota native who grew up in the Chicago suburbs, developed a love of pottery in high school and nursed…
The ninth president of Berea College, Dr. Lyle D. Roelofs, will retire at the end of June, after 11 years of service to this unique and storied institution.…
Last year, 57 percent of Berea College students were the first in their families to attend college. In addition to adjusting to a rigorous academic life and working…