{"id":307,"date":"2016-03-09T18:49:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-09T23:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/?page_id=307"},"modified":"2021-09-29T13:38:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T17:38:15","slug":"about-our-center","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/about-our-center\/","title":{"rendered":"About Our Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;308&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center at Berea College is a complex mixture of scholarship, academics, in-reach, out-reach, and action. \u00a0Director Chris Green likens it to an octopus, in which neurological function is not all concentrated in one place, but is distributed. \u00a0Our Center has core activities based in our dynamic and multifunctional LJAC Gallery. \u00a0We also have several connected\u00a0programs, each with a different level of autonomy and blend of support. \u00a0Use the links below to learn more about this complex entity we call the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/history-loyal-jones-appalachian-center-berea-college\/\">Our History<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/about-loyal-jones\/\">About Loyal Jones<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/appalachian-center\/home\/faculty-and-staff\/\">Staff &amp; 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