Dr. Robert P. Jones will speak at the Service Convocation on Thursday, October 27th at 3p.m., in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Jones will discuss his new book, The End of White Christian America, in which he argues that America is no longer a majority white Christian nation and how these changes are affecting politics, churches, and American culture. Continue reading Robert Jones to Describe How the End of White Christian America is Reshaping U.S. Culture →
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Rocky S. Tuan ’72 to Share Research in Stem Cells, Skeletal Tissue Engineering and Regeneration
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring Berea alumnus Dr. Rocky S. Tuan, a prominent biomedical scientist who will discuss using adult stem cells, 3D printing, and nanomaterial technologies. The convocation will take place Thursday, October 19, at 3 p.m., in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Continue reading Rocky S. Tuan ’72 to Share Research in Stem Cells, Skeletal Tissue Engineering and Regeneration →
The Como Mamas to Perform at Berea College
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation program featuring the music of The Como Mama’s on Thursday, October 12th, at 8pm. This event, to be held in Phelps Stokes Chapel, is a part of the Stephenson Memorial Concert Series and is free and open to the public. Continue reading The Como Mamas to Perform at Berea College →
Berea College Invites Public to Hear CrossFit Coach Steph Hammerman
Phelps Stokes Chapel – 3pm, Thursday, October 5, 2017
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to hear Steph Hammerman, the first-ever female CrossFit coach with Cerebral Palsy, speak at this week’s convocation. Born three months premature, Hammerman has been defying the odds of what it looks like to live with cerebral palsy ever since. Continue reading Berea College Invites Public to Hear CrossFit Coach Steph Hammerman →
Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems to Speak at Convocation
Reconciling a Spiritual Hunger with a Womanist Thirst: Growing up Black, Female, Christian, and Black Panther
Berea College welcomes Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems, a biblical scholar, academic administrator, writer, ordained minister, and public intellectual who will be the convocation speaker on September 28th at 3 p.m., in Phelps Stokes Chapel. She is known nation-wide as a theologian whose learned perceptions into the Bible and the role of spirituality in everyday life has made her a well-respected speaker and author. Continue reading Rev. Dr. Renita J. Weems to Speak at Convocation →
Berea College Welcomes Ntozake Shange
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to its weekly convocation this Thursday, September 21, 2017, featuring award-winning poet, playwright, performer, novelist and educator Ntozake Shange. In her presentation, Wild Beauty, Shange will explore the many contradictions people of color confront in their daily lives emotionally, psychologically and politically. Through music and language, Shange approaches her material with delicacy and brutal honesty, leaving the audience with a textured mosaic of what it means and how it feels to be a 21st century colored person who speaks English. This convocation is co-sponsored with Theatre. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Ntozake Shange →
Berea College Welcomes Public to 2017 Opening Convocation
Berea Stories
Seabury Center, 3:00 p.m., August 31, 2017
Lyle Roelofs, President of Berea College
The public is invited to join the entire Berea College community in marking the beginning of the 2017-18 academic year at the College’s Opening Convocation on Thursday, August 31, 2017, at 3 p.m. in the Seabury Center. The program is free. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Public to 2017 Opening Convocation →
Berea College Welcomes Marianne Williamson
Healing the Soul of America: Reclaiming our Voices as Spiritual Citizens
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring spiritual teacher and author Marianne Williamson. In this convocation, Williamson will call on Bereans to turn the passion that is in their hearts into a powerful force for social good. This Convocation is co-sponsored with Women’s and Gender Studies. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Marianne Williamson →
Woolfolk and Whitt Selected Berea College’s 2017 Service Award Winners
Lynda Whitt, recipient of one of the 2017 Berea College Service Awards.
The annual Berea College Service Convocation and presentation of the 2017 Berea College Service Awards will take place this Thursday, March 23 at 3:00 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Following the presentation of the 2017 Berea College Service Awards to Ms. Lynda Whitt and Ms. Odessa Woolfolk, three Berea College graduates will engage in a panel discussion, titled, “Careers in Defending Human Rights in Kentucky: Perspectives of three Berea College graduates.” The panelists include Rashaad Abdur-Rahman, Christian Motley, and Cara Stewart. Continue reading Woolfolk and Whitt Selected Berea College’s 2017 Service Award Winners →
Carlos Núñez to Present Celtic Music with Latin Passion at Berea Convocation
Galician piper Carlos Núñez at Cies Islands, Vigo, Spain
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring Carlos Núñez, whom the BBC describes as “…inventive, brilliant, progressive minded and a great showman to boot.” Núñez is known as the world’s most famous player of the gaita, the bagpipes of his native Galicia, Spain’s northwest, Atlantic Ocean-abutting region rich in vibrant, expressive Celtic traditional music. He will perform at Phelps Stokes Chapel on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. This convocation, part of the Stephenson Memorial Concert series, is free and open to the public. Continue reading Carlos Núñez to Present Celtic Music with Latin Passion at Berea Convocation →
Sissoko & Segal Blend Baroque and West African Music
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Ségal who collaborate to create hybrid chamber music. Sissoko, who plays the traditional kora, a lute-harp from Mali, and Segal, a French cellist who plays for the trip-hop band Bumcello, will present Night Music: Blending West African and Baroque Traditions at Phelps Stokes Chapel on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. This convocation, part of the Stephenson Memorial Concert series, is free and open to the public. Continue reading Sissoko & Segal Blend Baroque and West African Music →
Jordan Ryan to Speak at Berea College for Justice and Peace
Phelps Stokes Chapel, February 16, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to a convocation featuring Jordan Ryan, J.D., Vice President for Peace Programs at the Carter Center in Atlanta. Ryan will speak about the Center’s work to help secure civil rights for the people that the Center serves. This convocation, sponsored by the Wills D. Weatherford, Jr. Campus Christian Center, is the annual Robbins Peace Lecture and will take place Thursday, February 16, at 3:00 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel on the Berea College campus. Continue reading Jordan Ryan to Speak at Berea College for Justice and Peace →
Berea College Welcomes Dr. Margaret Lowman
Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Rain Forest Exploration
Phelps Stokes – 3:00 p.m., February 9, 2017
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to a convocation featuring Dr. Margaret Lowman, Director of Global Initiatives, and Lindsay Chair of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences, as she discusses the connection of canopy exploration and forest conservation. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Dr. Margaret Lowman →
Jianying Zha to Discuss China’s Challenges
Transformation in Modern China
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring Jianying Zha, who will discuss Transformation in Modern China, focusing on China’s 20th century struggle for modernity. Using personal stories and photographs relevant to her topic, Zha will focus on new trends in China’s pop culture (media, public debates, and censorship); tensions and contradictions in current politics and society; and questions about China’s future. The convocation will take place Thursday January 26, 2017, 3:00 p.m., in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Woods Lecture. Continue reading Jianying Zha to Discuss China’s Challenges →
Advancing The Dream
Annual Celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day at Berea College, January 16, 2017
Berea College staff, faculty and students organized a series of events in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on Monday, January 16, 2017, including a convocation featuring Dr. Karsonya Whitehead, from Loyola University Maryland, as speaker. The day’s activities were co-sponsored by Office of the President, Berea College Music Program, Black Cultural Center, Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education, Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS), Berea College Music Program, First Christian Church, Union Church, and Willis D. Weatherford Jr. Campus Christian Center. Continue reading Advancing The Dream →
Willie Parker, M.D. to Speak at Berea College Convocation
Willie James Parker, M.D., a 1986 graduate of Berea College will speak this week on Thursday, November 10, at 3:00pm in Phelps Stokes Chapel on the Berea College campus. His address, titled Reproductive Justice in Christian Understanding: New Wine in Old Wine Skins, will focus on his Christian identity as a physician who performs abortions and who advocates for reproductive rights. Continue reading Willie Parker, M.D. to Speak at Berea College Convocation →
Berea College Welcomes Julissa Arce
The American DREAMer:
From Undocumented to Wall Street to Immigration Advocate
Author, writer, speaker, and social justice advocate Julissa Arce will speak at Berea College on November 3 to share her story of helping to bring change to conversations about immigration and immigration reform. This event, which is free and open to the public, will take place at 3:00pm in Phelps Stokes Chapel on the Berea College campus. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Julissa Arce →
Dr. John Hibbing on Liberals and Conservatives Coexisting
Dr. John Hibbing, a Political Science professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, will speak at Berea College on October 27, 2016, at 3:00pm in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Hibbing will discuss recent research on deep differences across the political spectrum, as well as understanding some distinctions that might pave the way for a less polarized political system. This Begley-Van Cleve Lecture is free and open to the public. Continue reading Dr. John Hibbing on Liberals and Conservatives Coexisting →
Berea College Welcomes Public to Prof. Steve Bright
Race, Poverty and Criminal Justice
Stephen Bright, Professor at Yale Law School and president of the Southern Center for Human Rights, will speak at Berea College October 20, 2016, at 3:00pm, in Phelps Stokes Chapel. From debtors’ prisons to the death penalty, race and poverty influence outcomes in U.S. Criminal Courts. Bright’s remarks will examine how sentences imposed by courts can destroy people and communities and he will chart hope for the future. This event is free and open to the public. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Public to Prof. Steve Bright →
NASA Scientist Julie Robinson to Speak at Berea Convocation
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to this week’s convocation featuring Dr. Julie Robinson, NASA Chief Scientist for the International Space Station (ISS). In this convocation, the Berea College Science Lecture, Dr. Robinson will highlight how the International Space Station is providing many beneficial discoveries across fields as diverse as astrophysics, nanomaterials, combustion, microbiology, and human physiology. Robinson also will explain how scientists and engineers can access the research ISS facility. This convocation is free and open to the public on Thursday, October 6, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel on the Berea College campus. Continue reading NASA Scientist Julie Robinson to Speak at Berea Convocation →
Ambassador Melanne Verveer Speaks at Berea Tomorrow
“Fast Forward: How Women Can Achieve Power and Success”
Ambassador Melanne Verveer
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to a convocation featuring Ambassador Melanne Verveer on Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel. This convocation is co-sponsored with Women and Gender Studies and is free and open to the public. Continue reading Ambassador Melanne Verveer Speaks at Berea Tomorrow →
Berea College Welcomes Public to Jim Wallis Convocation
The Bridge to a New America
Jim Wallis
Berea College welcomes the campus and public community to hear New York Times bestselling author, Jim Wallis speak about “The Bridge to a New America” on Thursday, September 22, at 3:00PM, in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Wallis is the president and founder of Sojourners, an organization based in Washington, D.C., that brings together a diverse mix of evangelicals, Catholics, Pentecostals and Protestants; progressives and conservatives; blacks, whites, Latinos, and Asians; women and men; young and old who are committed to addressing such issues as racial and social justice, life and peace, and environmental stewardship. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Public to Jim Wallis Convocation →
Appalachian Food Summit Convenes at Berea College With Opening Inaugural John Egerton Cornbread Convocation
BEREA, KY (September 2, 2016) – The Appalachian Food Summit will open with a free soup beans and cornbread supper at The Loyal Jones Center at Berea College September 16 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. The event, the first John Egerton Cornbread Convocation honors the generosity and inclusiveness of the late social justice activist, Southern food writer and Kentucky-born historian, John Egerton. The dinner is free of charge but a suggested $15 donation will benefit West Virginia Flood Recovery Efforts. Continue reading Appalachian Food Summit Convenes at Berea College With Opening Inaugural John Egerton Cornbread Convocation →
Berea College Welcomes Mariachi Tesoro de Rebecca Gonzales
Berea College welcomes the public and campus community to beautiful Latin favorites/Hermosas Canciones Latinas. This program will feature the multicultural and mixed gender music group, Mariachi Tesoro de Rebecca Gonzales. This convocation, part of the Stephenson Memorial Concert series, is free and open to the public. Thursday, September 15, 2016, at 8:00 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Mariachi Tesoro de Rebecca Gonzales →
Berea College Welcomes Public to 2016 Opening Convocation
Our Berea: Speaking the Great Commitments Anew
Seabury Center – 3:00 p.m., September 1, 2016
The entire Berea College community will mark the beginning of the 2016-17 academic year at the College’s Opening Convocation on Thursday, September 1, 2016, at 3:00 p.m. in the Seabury Center. The program is free and open to the public. Continue reading Berea College Welcomes Public to 2016 Opening Convocation →