If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose? For many of us, the answer would be difficult. After all, there are countless amazing places…
“My story isn’t one of beating the odds; it is one of unwavering support that changed the odds,” explained William Woelki ’22 during his TED Talk as a…
For Seth Lewis ’15, his first semester at Berea was nearly his last. Going through a difficult time in his life, he had every intention of dropping out.…
When one hears “Appalachian music,” they may be forgiven for the image accompanying it in their mind. If the genre inspires a vision of an old, bearded white…
Linsey Hogg ’12 knows injustice. She was raised in it. Now that she’s grown, Kentucky’s assistant attorney general takes aim at her childhood nemesis by protecting the state’s…
New Folklife Apprenticeship Program Takes Flight Stories are the glue that holds cultures together, enabling the passing on of information, tradition and practices. Community narratives can reside in…
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…
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…
It may seem that Cory Schlesinger ’09 is living the dream, but he longs for 50 acres and some chickens. For now, he is leaning into his position…