When Margaret Cox ’72 thought about her future as a child, it didn’t involve owning a strawberry farm. However, it would turn out that she would find her…
Eastern Kentucky saw a new day when Appalshop unveiled the largest net-metered renewable energy system in the area in June 2019. The solar panels were installed to address…
It’s a warm spring day on the Berea College campus, and parked blue bikes add color to the landscape. These bikes, which students staying during the COVID-19 pandemic…
When Joan Pauly became attuned to the science of climate change, she came to realize that she would not be able to look at herself in the mirror…
Labor Students from the Center for International Education (CIE) and the Academic Affairs Office created sustainably dyed tablecloths to adorn tables at various College functions. Through this experiential…
2020 grad leads troops at home and abroad Navigating graduation during a pandemic is not something easy to prepare for. But since a scout’s motto is “be prepared,”…
On the right day, in a fenced-off corner of the student parking lot, one may find a curious scene: an art student applying Coca- Cola to the pavement…
Preserving an Appalachian tradition Bill Best heard about planting by the signs from his neighbor, the late Lucy Alexander. She would mark his calendar for when to plant…
Charles Rayburn In 1938, Charles Rayburn left kerosene lamps at home in the hills of Lewis County, Ky., to switch on electric lights at Berea’s Lower Division (high…
Kayla Barbour ’19 desired an internship in the sustainable design field. She completed her DFE with Hellmuth + Bicknese Architects, the firm that designed Berea College’s Deep Green…