For Zy Garrett ’22, the magic is in the details. So, when the opportunity arose to design color blocks for Berea’s new line of quilts, launching this autumn,…
The common narrative on work colleges is that students work their way through school, paying off their tuition with their labor. It may be the common narrative because…
Ann Adams Hays ’78 has a favorite memory of watching the yellow leaves fall from the gingko tree outside the old science building, which is where the biology…
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…
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…
In a simple but beautiful wooden box, hand-carved by students in Berea’s Woodcraft program, sit the stubs of checks made out to the College 55 years ago. This…
At first glance, the minutes of the Sept. 7, 1892, Berea College Board of Trustees meeting seem unremarkable. President of the Board, Rev. John G. Fee, opened the…
Each piece in the Purpose Collection has been touched by many hands. One person “throws” a mug, while another attaches the handle, followed by another who adds the…
Work has been a hallmark of the Berea College experience since its founding. In the beginning, all members of the school community—staff, faculty and students—worked together to form…
What began as a garden on a couple of acres in 1871 has expanded to a 500-acre farm with beef cattle, hogs, poultry, field crops, horticulture crops and…