A Berea College alumnus is to thank every time someone taps to make a purchase with a credit or debit card. However, when William “Jody” Gray ’85 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…
On a service trip to Ghana in 2003, Denessa Baters McPherson ’05, upon meeting the village chief, asked about acquiring a Ghanaian broom to take home. “Why do…
Dear Alumni and Friends In our Winter 2024 issue, we shared inspiring, motivational and downright feel-good stories about the impact Bereans make worldwide. In that issue, I said,…
Aaron Gilmour ’12 was at his home in western North Carolina when Hurricane Helene swept through and left heartache in its wake. He spent the night of September…
Some say we become who we are due to 10 defining moments, seven critical choices and five pivotal people. Sometimes, they overlap. As a Berea College student in…
Winter 2024 In early November, I was reading and came across this challenge: “What if we started to seek the welfare of others? What if we actively went…
Deciding on a major and career can be difficult for some. One can be interested in too many topics or not interested in any. But for April Townsend…
Adrienne Keller Eisenmenger ’05 helps young refugees from all over the world settle into their lives in the United States. She helps them in the process of getting…
On Oct. 14, 1960, at 2 a.m., a young crowd eagerly anticipated the words of John F. Kennedy as he took the steps outside the University of Michigan’s…