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…
The world is unfair. For Jennan ’25, that doesn’t mean give up. Born and raised in Berea, Kentucky, Jennan grew up surrounded by Berea College’s influence. Her dad…
Though Shaun ’25 and Nicole ’26 came from much different backgrounds, their experiences share a common thread. Both communication and child and family studies double majors sought a…
Berea’s student chaplains greet first-year students as they exit Phelps Stokes on their first day on campus in August 2023. Photo by Crystal Wylie ʼ05 Berea College is…
Jared Aaronson is an experiential learner. He was part of the team that ran the first data-processing centers in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) during the Vietnam…
While pursuing his master’s degree at Harvard, Adam Howard ’93 found himself at an elite boys’ school outside Boston. For the previous two months, he had been researching…
Message from the President As I look back on my first year as President of Berea College, I am continually inspired by the generosity of our donors and…
The first project for students in Berea’s new summer science research program was a combination of fun and learning. Working in pairs, they designed and constructed life-sized cardboard…