Catching the Berea Spirit
Since being elected to the Board of Trustees in 1990, Donna Hall has served and supported the College in numerous ways, including sitting on seven different board committees and creating the Shannon Wilson Book for Seniors fund to provide each graduate with a historical account of Berea’s mission and successes. In 2006, the Halls established the John and Donna Hall Study Abroad Endowment. They contributed $50,000 toward supporting students’ educational experiences in other countries. They also were instrumental in helping fund the Dimitrie Berea Gallery.
Donna Hall has served or currently serves on the following Berea College Board of Trustees committees:
- Executive Committee: 1992 to 1996; 2018-current (member at large)
- Appalachian Service Committee: 2016 to current
- Development Committee: 2000 to current
- Educational Policies Committee: 1991 to 2016
- Labor & Student Life Committee: 1991 to 2000, served as Chair 1992 to 1996
- Long-Range Planning Committee: 1992 to 1994
- Committee on Trustees: 1994 to current