Carl & Deborah Byrd Thomas Two young students from Birmingham, Ala., found their landing space at Berea in the 1970s, and continue to grow and develop that space…
In 2006, when trying to land my dream job at Berea College, I met a person who had once worked there. I was trying to learn as much…
Dear Berea Alumni and Friends, I am pleased to present this year’s President’s Report on Philanthropy and commend it for your review. Though a global pandemic has delivered…
Too Christian, not Christian enough It’s not rare in America that a liberal arts college is church-affiliated. It’s also not rare that a liberal arts college used to…
Howard Hall, built in 1869, is recognized as the first integrated male residence hall in the South. The $18,000 building was paid for by the Freedmen’s Bureau and…
This bounty of tomatoes and beans grown in the garden behind the church helps decrease food insecurity for Berea’s children and their families. Children involved in the garden…
Matilda Fee didn’t know how much her life would change when she married John G. Fee in 1844. She witnessed the horrors of slavery, which motivated her to…
In the fall of 1971, the first Hairston sister, Willene, had just graduated from Berea, and the fourth sister, Ann, entered on Nancy’s heels. “Berea was a part…