The Berea College Board of Trustees has authorized the college administration to move forward with an application for a “Qualified Historic Site License” that would permit the sale of alcoholic beverages by the drink at historic Boone Tavern Hotel & Restaurant. This action took place during the board meeting on February 21 and 22, and follows an extensive process in which the college’s administration received input and opinions from faculty, staff, students, community leaders and citizens on the subject. Continue reading Board of Trustees Decision on Boone Tavern →
Author: Zack Thompson
Kiplinger Ranks Berea College The Country’s #1 Best Value
For the second consecutive year, Berea College tops Kiplinger’s list of the country’s best-value private colleges where students pay less than $20,000 a year. In determining the ranking, Kiplinger cited Berea College’s generous financial aid and commitment to providing an education to students with limited financial resources. Continue reading Kiplinger Ranks Berea College The Country’s #1 Best Value →
Chris Green: Making a Difference in Appalachia
Dr. Chris Green
Chris Green is a busy man. This is most readily evidenced by the titles he holds: Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center (LJAC), Associate Professor of Appalachian Studies, Program Coordinator of Appalachian Studies, Continue reading Chris Green: Making a Difference in Appalachia →
Buddhism and Hip-hop: Dr. Chris Haskett Spoke on February’s Asian Studies Colloquium
This year, the Asian Studies Program is celebrating its fifteenth year anniversary. Hence, the Program is organizing several events on campus which are both continual and unique to the celebration. One of these events took place on Wednesday February 5th in Room 101 of the Science Building. Right from the beginning, the room was filled by an audience of students and faculty. The occasion was February’s Asian Studies Colloquium which focused on Buddhism and Hip-hop as presented by Dr. Chris Haskett of Centre College. Continue reading Buddhism and Hip-hop: Dr. Chris Haskett Spoke on February’s Asian Studies Colloquium →
American Spiritual Ensemble Returns To Berea
The American Spiritual Ensemble, a critically acclaimed professional singing group that performs classic spirituals throughout the country, will perform and conduct workshops at Berea College on February 21-23. These events are open to the general public. Continue reading American Spiritual Ensemble Returns To Berea →
Berea College Mountaineers Host Carbon-Neutral “Green Games”
Berea College hosts Kentucky’s first carbon-neutral basketball game in a doubleheader with Alice Lloyd College men and women’s teams on February 18 in the Seabury Athletic Complex. It’s just the second time a carbon-neutral basketball game has been played in the country. Continue reading Berea College Mountaineers Host Carbon-Neutral “Green Games” →
President Roelofs Joins Governor in Tax Refund Campaign
Gov. Steve Beshear joined Berea College President Lyle Roelofs, local officials and representatives from regional Asset Building Coalitions at Berea College on January 31 to launch an annual campaign urging eligible Kentuckians to apply for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a refundable federal tax credit for low- and middle-income working individuals and families. Continue reading President Roelofs Joins Governor in Tax Refund Campaign →
Local “Stars” Dance to End Power-based Violence
The first Berea College “Dancing with the Stars” event will be held on Friday, January 31 at 7 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel and feature former Miss Kentucky Djuan Trent and local “stars” Reid Connelly, Reverend Rachel Small-Stokes, Berea College faculty and Berea College dance groups. Continue reading Local “Stars” Dance to End Power-based Violence →
Bereans earn honors from KY Academy of Science
During the Kentucky Academy of Science’s 99th annual meeting, Berea College faculty and students earned 17 awards, including eight first-place awards, tying Northern Kentucky University for the most first-place awards in Kentucky.
Since 1913 the Kentucky Academy of Science Annual Meeting has provided a venue for Kentucky’s scientists and student scientist to publicly present their research before more than 800 attendees. Continue reading Bereans earn honors from KY Academy of Science →
Monica Jones: An advocate for education and sacrifice
Monica Jones, a native of Zanesville, a town in the Ohio foothills of the Appalachian region, was named the director of the Black Cultural Center (BCC) at Berea College in July of 2012. Jones believes the center serves as a leader in facilitating the college’s mission of interracial education, through the understanding that God has made one blood of all peoples of the earth. “I provide a space that allows them (students) to have a place for study, a space to deal with cultural understandings of each other, and a space where they can just hang out with one another.” She adds, “However, I think that when they are in this space, they realize that I have expectations for them, that they will always be seen as scholars and that I am committed to their education.” Continue reading Monica Jones: An advocate for education and sacrifice →
Naomi Tutu Facilitates ‘Truth & Reconciliation,’ January 20
Naomi Tutu, daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu and a 1983 alumna of Berea College, will facilitate a workshop titled “Truth and Reconciliation” on January 20 from 5-7:30 p.m. in the Carter G. Woodson Center Gallery in the Alumni Building. Dinner is provided. Continue reading Naomi Tutu Facilitates ‘Truth & Reconciliation,’ January 20 →
Speech & Debate Excels to Top 25 Ranking
For the first time in school history, the Berea College Speech and Debate Team of 2013-2014 is nationally ranked. According to the National Parliamentary Debate Association, Berea is ranked 19 out of 146 colleges in the nation. Inclusion in the top 25 ranking qualifies the team to compete in the national tournament in February. Continue reading Speech & Debate Excels to Top 25 Ranking →
Sam Gleaves Talks Berea and Mountain Music
Originally posted on April 14, 2011 by WC Kilby
Sam Gleaves’ casual and cheery demeanor accounts for his nicknames, “Smiling Sam” and “Sunshine Sam,” as he is known around campus, both for his friendly nature and yellow hair. Continue reading Sam Gleaves Talks Berea and Mountain Music →
Candis Cantrell Talks about Her Traditional Values
Originally posted on April 27, 2011 by Jay Buckner
Candis enjoys traditional activities like quilting and making jams. Raised in Morgan County, Ky., she is the first in her family to attend college. She plans to return home after graduation.
Tommy Boykin Thoughtfully Defines His Future at Berea
Originally posted on November 17, 2009 by Jay Buckner
What kind of socks does a physics major wear? Well, if you’re Tommy Boykin, there are two kinds of socks in the world: dress socks and black Nike athletic socks, specifically the running type that are engineered for each foot. On laundry day Tommy dutifully matches right with left, mashes them into a ball and puts them in the top drawer of his dresser in Blue Ridge, a residence hall at Berea. Continue reading Tommy Boykin Thoughtfully Defines His Future at Berea →
Kay Smith Offers Scholarships and Encouragement
Originally posted on November 20, 2009 by Jay Buckner
Kay Smith first learned about Berea College while she was a student enrolled at Sullins College in Virginia. During a convocation, the Sullins president’s wife mentioned Berea as one of those distinctive educational institutions that served Appalachia. “It just made such an impression on me,” Kay says. “Here’s a college that offers an education to those students who need it. I thought it was wonderful.” Continue reading Kay Smith Offers Scholarships and Encouragement →
Shirley Fowler Offers a Legacy of Support
Originally posted on November 20, 2009 by Jay Buckner
As a private money manager, Shirley Fowler has always been impressed by how Berea handles its finances. “I have watched your balance sheets with interest,” she once wrote President John Stephenson, “and I agree with your objectives. As you know, I have admired and supported Berea for years.” Tied to her understated admiration is a deep respect for the Berea mission born from personal experience. Continue reading Shirley Fowler Offers a Legacy of Support →
Berea College Students Explore Poverty, Abundance and Peace
Originally posted on December 16, 2011 by Erica Cook
by Erica Cook ’13
From November 13 to the 15, eight Berea College students traveled to the foothills of the Smoky Mountains in North Carolina to attend the 2011 Lake Junaluska Peace Conference. The conference was positioned in a beautiful setting, almost idyllic. The speakers focused their topics on “Poverty, Abundance, and Peace: Seeking Economic Justice for all God’s Children,” the theme of this year’s conference. Continue reading Berea College Students Explore Poverty, Abundance and Peace →
Dr. Robert Hoag: Discovering Truth in Philosophical Pursuits
Originally posted on January 31, 2012 by Erica Cook
by Erica Cook ’13
Dr. Robert Hoag Passionate about the search for ethical and moral truth, Dr. Robert Hoag, Chairman of Division V, teaches philosophy courses in ethical and political philosophy and law at Berea College.
Continue reading Dr. Robert Hoag: Discovering Truth in Philosophical Pursuits →
Home Energy Partners’ Workshop at Berea Public Library: an example of blending classroom and community
Originally posted on February 24, 2012 by Jessica Roberge
by Jessica Roberge ’13
“All students have to live somewhere, so they need to know how to be energy efficient in whatever way they can,” said Berea College teacher Jason Coomes. Coomes has been a teacher at Berea College since 2008. He started out in Ecological Design in the Sustainability and Environmental Studies (SENS) program but in fall 2011 he switched to the Technology Industrial Arts program. This semester Coomes is teaching a course called Building Renovation Practicum. The course consists of focusing on renovating existing buildings to radically lower energy costs and energy usage for the building. Coomes had become familiar with the local organization Home Energy Partners and had his class attend one of their workshops to reinforce the material they had been learning in class. Continue reading Home Energy Partners’ Workshop at Berea Public Library: an example of blending classroom and community →
Glimpsing Difference
Originally Posted on May 1, 2012 by Zachery Thompson
Comparing the student experience at a big state university and a small private college (that provides full tuition scholarships for every student)
In the Spring of 2012, EKU Junior Zachery Thompson interned in the Public Relations Office at Berea College. He compared the student life experience at Eastern Kentucky University — a large public university (over 17,000 students) with the student life experience at Berea College, a small, private liberal arts college with well under 1,700 students, all of whom receive full tuition scholarships for four years. Continue reading Glimpsing Difference →
Ragtime: the musical – Berea’s summer 2012 sensation
Originally posted on August 15, 2012 by Sam Gilbert
On July 6, 2012, Ragtime: the musical opened to boisterous applause. The student actors were confident and capable. After a month of rehearsals as well as voice training they had good reason to be.
Continue reading Ragtime: the musical – Berea’s summer 2012 sensation →
Berea College Forestry Tackles Invasives
Originally posted on October 3, 2012 by Bethany Cook
Protective gear guarding them against stray wood shards and the constant drone of the chainsaw, students Sam Marshall and Sean McCoy work together fluidly as a team. One continuously cuts shrubs down while the other sprays the remaining stump with blue herbicide and chucks the leftover shrubbery aside. Continue reading Berea College Forestry Tackles Invasives →
Dr. Alicestyne Turley: Looking Back, Moving Forward
Originally posted on December 17, 2012 by WC Kilby
Dr. Alicestyne Turley, Director of the newly established Carter G. Woodson Center and Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies, holds degrees in Anthropology/ Sociology, Public Policy Administration, and History. Continue reading Dr. Alicestyne Turley: Looking Back, Moving Forward →
Deep Green Dorm Is Over Half-Way Complete
Originally posted on April 16, 2013 by Bethany Cook
“The Living Building Challenge is LEED on steroids,” says Rich Dodd, project Manager of Berea College’s new Deep Green Residence Hall, with lots of “extra special efforts” along the way designed to make the building not only 55% more energy efficient than most buildings, but the entire construction process more sustainable. Continue reading Deep Green Dorm Is Over Half-Way Complete →