When Katie Bister ’23 finished her engineering technologies and applied design degree, she didn’t have to go far to find a job. She had spent four years in…
Madison ’25 is a helper. She believes in showing up for people in times of need. Growing up in underprivileged southeastern Kentucky, Madison was confronted by many systemic…
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…
In May 2017, President Lyle Roelofs received a thank you note from a Guinevere Beirne, a English major who was graduating the following week. In her letter the…
Tore Borhaug ’90 was the first student from Norway to attend Berea College. He graduated with a degree in business administration and earned an MBA at the University…
As a senior in high school, I didn’t have a plan for going to college. None of my family members had gone, and it wasn’t something we discussed.…
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.…
In 2009, Jamie Nunnery Oleka ’13 arrived in Berea full of promise, excitement and a little shock that she was beginning her college journey. Her family had driven…
Growing up, all Cody Myers ’17 knew was a farm. Living in Lenoir City, Tenn., where an internet connection was seen as a luxury, Myers imagined his future…
We reached out to two recent graduates and asked how Berea has impacted their lives. These are their responses. “Berea has given me opportunities that I never thought…