How does a little girl go from sleeping on a couch in a crack house to coaching CEOs of Fortune 500 companies, holding four degrees and being respected…
Collins Kandongwe ’23 is proof that where you start doesn’t always dictate where you finish. Growing up in Zambia, in the southern part of Africa, he dreamed of…
Five Siblings Finish Berea As President Lyle Roelofs prepared for a bittersweet conclusion to his tenure at Berea College— his final commencement before he retired—he received a letter…
Xhafer Rama ’17 was a small child when his house became a casualty of war and was burned to the ground. The war in Kosovo left his family…
Chloe’s mom is her rock—the person she tells everything to, her best friend, her role model. The two also work together as certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at a…
Sree P S ’24 I will never forget the sense of relief I felt as I got off the shuttle in the circle outside the Woods-Penniman building on…
For even the best students, transitioning from high school to college can be a challenge. They are moving from highly structured lives at home and school, with adult…
It’s a Saturday afternoon, and the main room of the Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education is abuzz with people of color but with a diversity of…
Dr. Princess Nash ’07 leads a life of equal parts adventure and academic rigor. She is a planner who welcomes the diversity of the world’s experiences and executes…
Destiney McCoy ’23 came from Birmingham, Ala. She didn’t think much about her surroundings growing up. It was merely a normality in which she was immersed. All she…