Dear Berea Alumni and Friends Did you know that of our more recent graduates (2017-2020), 41 percent chose to advance their education after leaving Berea? Of those, 20…
George Dewey has devoted his life to the cause of education. Teaching is more than just a job for him—it’s a spiritual calling. “Teaching is a ministry,” he…
The 10th president of Berea College, Cheryl Nixon, has done many things over the course of her career. She’s been a dishwasher, a college professor, a department chair,…
Building relationships, finding identity and cultivating purpose—these core attributes of Berea College’s Black Male Leadership Initiative (BMLI) changed the course of Jordan (Tré) Sims’ life. The 2015 graduate…
Dr. Robert Stafford Dr. Robert Stafford grew up in Camargo, Ky. He earned his B.A. in economics from Berea College. He went on to earn his master’s degree…
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…
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…
The Henson Family Scholarship Opens Doors for Kentucky Students Henry Levi Henson and his wife, Della Mae Holtzclaw Henson, were tenant farmers in Adair and Casey counties in…
Chance, happenstance, faith and love mark one alumnus’ journey from Ghana to Berea At 1 a.m. in Elmina, Ghana, after a long day of selling water on the…
Berea professor conducts diversity training to build relationships between police and campus community In the summer and fall of 2012, two unarmed African American teenage boys were shot…