Imagine you’re walking in the forest and you see a bear,” said Nadine Burke-Harris, a Canadian-American pediatrician, during a 2014 TEDMed talk. “Your heart starts to pound, your…
Obinna Ilochonwu ’22 Growing up in Nnewi in the south of Nigeria, Obinna Ilochonwu ’22 says his life was relatively normal. His mother, father and three brothers didn’t…
Willow Rodriguez ’21 Senior Willow Rodriguez had a rough time as a teen, and she brought those challenges with her when she came to college. “I knew about…
Berea College Counseling Services Over the past decade, rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts among college students have risen significantly, leading more students to seek help at…
As the world was still reeling from the COVID-19 pandemic early in 2020, our nation once again collided with injustice as deaths of Black men and women at…
Veronica Mauratic Veronica Mauratic ’22 spent her childhood constantly moving—never feeling settled, never feeling like she belonged. She homeschooled herself through middle school and finally landed in Somerset,…
Toni McNaron Toni McNaron is an educator, memoirist and lesbian feminist critic now living in Minnesota. But her memories and motivations will always be rooted in Alabama. “I grew up…
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…
For Clint Patterson, Berea College’s forester, the holy grail of conservationism is to find economic solutions to environmental problems. Berea College Forester Clint Patterson manages and sustains the…
Living and learning in a community of intersecting identities Sophomore Sabina Sabal was not planning to take a Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) class. But when she saw…