When Lindsey Heuscher ’14 arrived at Berea College as a transfer student in 2011, she had no idea what to expect. A Seattle native, she applied on the…
At Berea, we often talk about how education opens doors. For many of our students and alumni, those doors were once closed, locked, or hidden from view. Yet…
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…
All doors were closed. That’s why Melissa Benson ’11 came to Berea College. “I was in my 30s,” she explained. “I had never finished college, and it 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…
Dear Alumni and Friends, This August marks 26 years since I stepped foot on Berea’s campus as a first-year student. We pulled up to Talcott Hall in a…
Although my parents were both schoolteachers, when I began my undergraduate journey, I encountered aspects of a world very different from high school. I could, though, rely on…
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,…
For Adam LeMaster ’25, identity was difficult to pin down. He knew he was Appalachian, although he didn’t have the words to describe exactly what that meant. As…
Allison ’26 is a Nickelodeon kid. As a child, she drove around in her Dora the Explorer Jeep and had Miranda Cosgrove stickers on everything she owned. The…