Dear Alumni and Friends In our Winter 2024 issue, we shared inspiring, motivational and downright feel-good stories about the impact Bereans make worldwide. In that issue, I said,…
For Adam LeMaster ’25, identity was difficult to pin down. He knew he was Appalachian, although he didn’t have the words to describe exactly what that meant. As…
Growing up as a middle child, Summer Bahr ’25 always wanted to be like her older brother. Around the age of 10, her brother had to do volunteer…
In summer 2022, Sean ’25 was interning at Appalashop, a media, arts and education center in Whitesburg, Ky., when his community was hit by a flood. As a…
Growing up in southeastern Kentucky, Tierra Curry ’97 was thrilled at splashing in Troublesome Creek, a natural wonderland fringed with trees. There, her mother taught her to hunt,…
Dr. Robert Stafford ’89 is a tireless advocate for rural education. Throughout his long and impressive career, he’s served Kentucky’s students in many ways—as a teacher, a principal,…
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…