Berea Colleges Top Moment in 2011


Our top 10 list has included some incredibly important milestones for the college. We saw an alumna promoting Berea College on a national stage, we saw a former U.S. President holding our institution up as a model for sustainability, we earned Washington Monthly’s #1 ranking, we embarked on a journey to restructure our academic program, we visited the White House, we celebrated and extended our mission to Appalachia through significant GEAR UP funding, and we enjoyed hearing our students’ stories on national radio. What can top all this?

Our #1 moment in 2011 is:

Jon Preneta at graduation#1- 296 Berea Graduates Begin to Change the World

Berea’s top moment this year was when members of our graduating class (including Jon Preneta in the photo to the left) went from being students to being alumni. Even though we don’t have football or basketball national championships to promote (although our cross-country team won its seventh consecutive conference championship), we don’t have Hollywood stars making headlines (well, there is alumnus Muse Watson), and we don’t have Nobel Prize Laureates every other year (although we do remember 2002 Laureate Dr. John Fenn), what we do have is 1) a group of graduates who (with a solid education, a social conscience and a work ethic) are poised to change the world one Berean at a time, 2) devoted alumni and friends who passionately support our mission, and 3) the support of incredibly dedicated and talented faculty and staff members all working toward the same thing: to instill the conviction to live out the college’s motto: “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth.” (Acts 17:26).

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Berea College, the first interracial and coeducational college in the South, focuses on learning, labor and service. The College only admits academically promising students with limited financial resources—primarily from Kentucky and Appalachia—but welcomes students from 41 states and 76 countries. Every Berea student receives a Tuition Promise Scholarship, which means no Berea student pays for tuition. Berea is one of nine federally recognized Work Colleges, so students work 10 hours or more weekly to earn money for books, housing and meals. The College’s motto, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth,” speaks to its inclusive Christian character.

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