One day, in 1983, a guidance counselor in southwest Virginia dusted off an old Berea College catalog from the 1970s and handed it to one of the school’s…
Dr. Jarrod Brown ’04, assistant professor of philosophy, was 8 when his favorite hunting dog, a beagle named Bingosh, died having puppies. “I was pretty distraught,” he said.…
It was the first week of March 2020, and the world was still right-side up. Thousands of people made their way through the Smithsonian National Museum of American…
Each piece in the Purpose Collection has been touched by many hands. One person “throws” a mug, while another attaches the handle, followed by another who adds the…
Akilah Hughes ’10 came to Berea with dreams of becoming the next Oprah Winfrey. With appearances on HBO, MTV and Comedy Central, the prolific writer, comedian, YouTuber, podcaster…
Scott Darst ’02 loves an underdog story. He was once one, himself. Now, as a 4-H youth development agent and professor, he helps other underdogs realize their potential. …
Now general counsel and administrative law judge for the Kentucky Personnel Board, Stafford Easterling’s beginnings in Staunton, Va., were humble. Though he comes from a well-educated, well-established family…
Some have made assumptions that if a college education was free to everyone then students wouldn’t take it seriously and that completed degrees would be meaningless. However, at…
For many people, there is a distinct line between fantasy and reality. There is the dream of ourselves, often formed in childhood, and there is the self that…
The Value of a Liberal Arts Education There are two types of people in the world—those who believe there are only two types of people and those who…