Nina Yarbrough ’09 never dreamed she’d be a patron of the arts. The poet and playwright imagined she’d be on the other side, the one asking for money…
“Berea found me,” remembers Ariel Owens Williams ’14. Williams grew up and lived in Hawaii, but her father moved them to Kentucky for a short period of time…
On her father’s shelf, Concepta ’23 found a book written in a mysterious language. The symbols on the cover—C++—were a computer language she would not understand for some…
In the early part of the 1980s, as Jodi Gentry ’87 was thinking about college, her options were not limited. Though living in rural Florida in a single-income…
Growing up in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sierra N. Turner ’19 was accustomed to a highly diverse environment. It was uncommon to make assumptions about an individual’s race based…
Not too long ago, there was a girl at the Cincinnati Ballet who loved to dance. She loved other things, too, like art and playing school with her…
As a baby, Dr. Jamilah Page wanted to be included when her mom was cooking; she’d cry if her mother wasn’t holding her. Even as a toddler, Page…
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.…
While students at Berea College, Franklin ’49 and Betty Parker ’50 each found a treasured classmate, the love of a lifetime and the groundwork for great success. It…
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…