At Berea, we often talk about how education opens doors. For many of our students and alumni, those doors were once closed, locked, or hidden from view. Yet…
A Berea College alumnus is to thank every time someone taps to make a purchase with a credit or debit card. However, when William “Jody” Gray ’85 was…
Photo by Robert Massucci When Felicia Turnley ’83 visited Berea as a high school senior, it immediately felt like home. Because of that instant sense of connection, she…
Maurice Godsey ’60 remembers the coal dust. “Coal was the thing that from the time you woke up till you went to bed, you heard it, you smelled…
All doors were closed. That’s why Melissa Benson ’11 came to Berea College. “I was in my 30s,” she explained. “I had never finished college, and it was…
Life events, timing and who you meet sometimes seem random and unremarkable. Other times, they line up in unexplainable ways that put into motion the story of your…
When Jonathan “JJ” Johnson ’99 thinks back on his childhood in Fairfield, Alabama, in greater Birmingham, he remembers a life that was both loving and precarious. He grew…
Sidwell Ferguson-English wasn’t sure at graduation in 2011 where his political science degree would lead him. Turns out it was to the largest library in the world, the…
Summer Reunion 2025 Calvin Gross ’85: Rodney C. Bussey Award of Special Merit A native of Clover Bottom in Jackson County, Kentucky, Calvin Gross never imagined college was…
Enjoy images of the many events held at Summer Reunion 2025 to welcome and celebrate our alumni. Click the small square in the top right corner of each…