On April 20, Dr. Kathy Bullock, professor of music at Berea, will present “African and African-American Musical Connections in Appalachia” during the Appalachian center’s “Dinner on the Grounds.” Her ...

The Berea College Bluegrass Ensemble presents its annual spring concert on Saturday, April 16. The 8 p.m. performance is scheduled in Gray Auditorium of Presser Music Building. Admission is free and ...

Berea College graduate Gyude Moore, an aide to Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, will present his talk “Wired to Restore: A Perspective on Service” at a convocation at Berea College on ...

The Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers annual spring concert will be performed on Sunday, April 10, at 3 p.m. The concert will be held in Gray Auditorium in Presser Music Building on ...

Grammy Award-winning musician Kathy Mattea, known for her songs with introspective lyrics and social activist themes, will speak at Berea College on Thursday, April 7, at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes ...

Berea College President Dr. Larry D. Shinn announced today that he will be retiring from the college, effective June 30, 2012. Berea’s 8th president, Dr. Shinn has served in this capacity since ...

The 75th Annual Mountain Folk Festival will take place at Berea College on April 1 and 2, 2011 at Seabury Center, Berea College, with events for both registered participants and the public. This will ...

Berea College and Vanderbilt University have announced the Hal Moses Summer Research Internship Program which allows Berea’s most advanced biology students the opportunity to participate in summer ...

Named an “Environmental Hero” in 2008 by Time Magazine, activist and creator of the documentary The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard will speak at Berea College on Thursday, March 31. The program is ...

Co-founders of Rose Metal Press, an independent, not-for-profit publisher, and an acclaimed Kentucky poet will lead a publishing conference at Berea College on March 26. Abigail Beckel and Kathleen ...

Three of the nation’s best-known and respected critics of the works of Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Cormac McCarthy, will present a multimedia celebration of his work at Berea on Friday, March ...

Father John Dear, a Jesuit priest who has been at the forefront of the religious peace movement, will speak at Berea College on Thursday, March 24. The program, scheduled for 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes ...

Crocus shoots are peeking out and blooming. The sun is shining with clear skies and gentle breezes one day and a thunderstorm the next. The trees will start to grow fresh new leaves. This is the ...

During the week of October 22 to 26, Berea College students Ethan Hamblin and Musa Jitmoud, along with Berea Campus Life Director Holli Hudson, traveled to Washington, D.C. for the Interfaith ...

Anat Cohen Jazz Quartet will perform “Electric and in the Moment” at Berea College on Thursday, March 10, at 8 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Auditorium. The event is part of 2010-11 Stephenson Memorial ...

The Berea College music department presents the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble Pops Concert on Tuesday, March 8, at 8 p.m. in Gray Auditorium in Presser Hall. This concert is free and open to the ...

Berea College has earned Tree Campus USA recognition for 2010 for its dedication to campus forestry management and environmental stewardship. This is the second year Berea College has been named a ...

Glenn Jennings, chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Delta Natural Gas Company, was elected to Berea College’s board of trustees during the board’s February 2011 meeting. ...

Carol Browner, currently the Senior Presidential Advisor of Energy and Climate Change in the Obama Administration, recently enlightened the students at Berea College of a startling message—the time ...

Carol M. Browner, White House coordinator of energy and climate policy for the Obama administration, will present “The Courage Not To Look Away: Protecting Where and How We Live” during the ...

Djuan Trent remembers very fondly the day she decided she wanted to compete in the Miss America pageant. “I was sitting in the basement of Seabury Residence Hall at Berea College with my best friend ...

This year's Berea College Labor Day celebration on Tuesday, March 1, will offer students a unique experience to explore academic and labor opportunities. Themed "A Day of Exploration, Integration, ...

“Black history is American history. We don’t need a month; it should be celebrated all the time” stated Adanma Onyedike Barton, director of Berea’s version of the play The Last Black Man in the Whole ...

An African American biologist who specializes in human genetics at University of Chicago and who traces African ancestry through DNA testing, Dr. Rick Kittles will speak at Berea College on Thursday, ...

Noted philanthropist and volunteer, Kate Ireland passed away at her home at Foshalee Plantation in northern Florida on Feb. 15, 2011. She was 80 years old. A memorial service will be held in ...

Phil Miller, ’10, represented the United States in the Junior World Championships as a member of the bobsled team in Park City, Utah on February 6. The event was held on the same track as the 2002 ...

The 2011 Kentucky Forensic Association’s State Championship was held at Gateway Community and Technical College this past weekend on February 18 and 19. The Berea contingent traveled to Florence, ...

“The music carried me away to dreamland, except I wasn’t dreaming. This was real music infiltrating my veins”, said Matt Jenkins, a junior art major about convocation on Thursday, February 17. La ...

“How wonderful to hear four young musicians be such good ambassadors for music,” says world renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma in reference to La Catrina String Quartet, who are performing at Berea College on ...

Still-life paintings by Dick Daugherty and mixed-media sculptures by Robin Taffler are featured in a new art exhibit through March 25 at Berea College.

Dorothy Tredennick, 96, of Berea died on Wednesday, February 9, 2011. A professor at Berea College for 41 years, she was known for her work as an art historian, an inspiring teacher and her ...

The highly acclaimed civil rights lawyer, advocate, and legal scholar Dr. Michelle Alexander will speak at Berea College on Thursday, Feb. 10 for the 2011 Dr. Carter G. Woodson Memorial Convocation ...

Berea College is celebrating Black History Month by sponsoring several events on campus in February. These events are open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise noted. For more ...

Located in Draper Hall, the Berea College Learning Center (LC) has been a campus resource since the early 1970’s. The LC employs student consultants who are trained to assist Berea's students in the ...

Three Berea College professors will lead a discussion about the political situation unfolding in Egypt. The forum will be held on February 3, 2011, at 7 p.m. in Baird Lounge in the alumni building on ...

Award-winning religion editor and author, Dr. Ira Rifkin, will present “Globalization: Coping with Unintended Consequences” during his February 3 convocation at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Auditorium at ...

The Berea College Art Department is exhibiting “Catheads and Other Meditations,”16 beautifully woven baskets by artist Herb Goodman. The exhibition runs through February 11. This unique body of work ...

Percussion Group Cincinnati will perform "Thinking Outside the Box" at Berea College on Thursday, Jan. 27, at 8 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Auditorium. The event is part of the

Berea's Martin Luther King, Jr. convocation

The Student Support Services Grant (SSSG) is more than just a grant to Berea College students; It is a Federal Trio program with a five-year grant funding entitled Emerging Scholars. This grant ...

The work of photographic artist Daniel Shea is on display through February 25, 2011, at Berea College. Shea’s photographs are a multifaceted exploration of coal mining communities and the people and ...

Beginning on Monday, January 17, 2011, several campus events will commemorate the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and explore "Women of the Civil Rights Movement."

Dance in the new year at Berea College’s 73rd annual Christmas Country Dance School December 26 - January 1.

Berea College guard Darrin Dorsey was named the KIAC men’s basketball player of the week by KIAC officials on Monday, December 20.

John B. Fenn, Berea College alumnus and Nobel Laureate, died Friday, December 10, at age 93, in Richmond, Virginia. At this time, there is no information regarding a memorial service.

December 12, 2010: During her address to Berea College's midyear graduation candidates, the "Mother of Appalachian Studies," Dr. Helen Matthews Lewis urged nearly 70 Berea College seniors to address ...

Dr. Helen Matthews Lewis, a founding member of the Appalachian Studies Association will be the speaker at Berea College's Recognition Ceremony for mid-year graduates on Sunday, December 12, 2010, at ...

The 2009 Berea College Christmas Concert at Union Church will be broadcast on the Kentucky Educational Television (KET) network this holiday season. This professionally produced video features the ...

On Friday, December 10, at 8 pm, Berea’s freshman class and the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a multicultural holiday celebration in Phelps Stokes Chapel. The event was organized for ...

On Friday, December 10, at 8 pm, Berea’s freshman class and the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a multicultural holiday celebration in Phelps Stokes Chapel. The event was organized for ...

On Friday, December 10, at 8 pm, Berea’s freshman class and the Student Government Association (SGA) hosted a multicultural holiday celebration in Phelps Stokes Chapel. The event was organized for ...

The Student Government Association (SGA) Senate’s Non-Traditional Student Committee and the Non-Traditional Student Association hosted a holiday celebration for Non-Traditional students and their ...

On December 4 at 8 p.m., Lexington Philharmonic, conducted by Scott Terrell, and members of Berea College's Concert Choir and Chamber Singers will perform George Frederick Handel's Messiah at Union ...

On Thursday, December 2 at 3 p.m., ecologist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Carol Yoon will speak at a convocation in Phelps Stokes auditorium. She will talk about her new book Naming Nature: The ...

On November 11, Mr. Bill Cloyd brought a contraption called The Device, to the Quadrangle in Berea College.

Going away to college, fresh out of high school, we tend to become nostalgic, even resentful, of the fact that we now have to leave momma’s nest and carve a life out for ourselves. College, for most ...

Jump shots, relays, layups and backstrokes are ready to steal the sports scene in an exciting new season of Berea basketball and swimming.

Berea basketball fans were treated to quite a show this past week as they watched the men’s basketball team win their first three home games in exciting fashion. Their wins came against Crown College ...

On October 20, 2010, Daira Quiñones Preciado , an advocate against the exploitation of natural resources, the Trans-Atlantic slave trade, and paramilitary actions, spoke in the basement of Union ...

The Berea College Community Choir, conducted by music professor Stephen Bolster, will perform its annual fall concert on Sunday, November 21, 2010, in Gray Auditorium at 3 p.m. The concert is free ...

Looking for Lilith, a theatre company based in Louisville, will present “Strangers Extranjeras: A Bilingual Play” at 3 p.m. on November 18, 2010, in Phelps Stokes Auditorium.

John M. Ramsay, ’52, received a Lifetime Contributor Award from the Country Dance and Song Society of America for his contributions to the world of country dance. Ramsay’s passion for folk dance ...

Penny Loafers, a popular a cappella quartet based out of Berea, Kentucky, celebrated its 25th anniversary with two concerts on November 13, 2010. The concerts were performed at Berea Baptist Church ...

Dr. Robert Ling, a renowned statistician and retired professor at Clemson University; Dr. Ronnie Nolan, director of Kentucky Educational Collaborative for State Agency Children; Joshua Powell, the ...

As part of Berea College’s homecoming celebration, an event to rename the Berea College carillon after John Courter, is scheduled for 10 a.m., Saturday, November 13. Courter, who died this past June, ...

Berea College will celebrate its 2010 homecoming “Reliving the Spirit of Berea,” Nov. 12-14 with a special reunion for alumni from the classes of 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010.

The 2010-11 Berea College Theatre season continues with An Evening of Clay by Clay McLeod Chapman, opening at 8 p.m. on November 12 with additional performances on November 13 and November 17-20 in ...

Orchid Ensemble, a trio of Chinese, Taiwanese, and Canadian musicians, creates an innovative musical genre inspired by the rhythms, melodies and cultural traditions found along Silk Road. The ...

Senior Psychology and Sociology major Florence Anyabuonwu is not used to carrying a book on her head while riding her bicycle. She just tried it one day this September, but she has balanced objects, ...

Gloria Steinem, a veteran leader of the Women’s Liberation Movement, joined Berea College’s illustrious scholar-in-residence and fellow feminist, bell hooks, on September 19 for a late Sunday evening ...

Kentucky author George Ella Lyon was on Berea’s campus the afternoon of September 3 to teach a senior English class and explain the process she has used to author a prolific number of writings, many ...

Ben Sollee, the cellist and vocalist known for his political activism, performed his music at Berea College’s Mountain Day Festival this year.

Mountain Day is a taste of freedom during a hectic week of studying before midterms.

Berea College is among the 21 nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education that have been awarded planning grants as part of the Promise Neighborhoods initiative. During a press ...

Sept. 19: Writer, lecturer and feminist activist Gloria Steinem spoke at Berea College on Sept. 19, 2010 at 7 p.m. in Gray Auditorium in the Presser music building. Steinem led a dialog along ...

Jazz-rock pioneer Larry Coryell and the group Bombay Jazz performed at Berea College on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010, at 8 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Auditorium. The event was the first of six performances of ...

Berea College, with its unique mission, has a lasting impact on students. For this reason, many graduates have returned to work for the institution, both as faculty and staff. All have seen how Berea ...

The first episode of the Berea-produced TV series "Head of the Holler" featuring renowned author Silas House aired on KET network.

Newly crowned Miss Kentucky Djuan Trent, a recent Berea graduate, continues to address a social plight she’s fought since her childhood: homelessness. Growing up in Columbus, Ga., Trent helped feed ...

Berea College is a habitat which fosters creativity and opportunity. Berea’s full-tuition scholarship is the greatest opportunity that the college offers its students, but perhaps even greater is ...

This issue is titled “Appalachian Voices” and focuses on Appalachia and the region’s writers, with a special feature on author and scholar of Appalachia, Loyal Jones.

The second concert of Berea College’s Summer Carillon Concert Series, featuring guest Carillonneur Laura Ellis of Gainesville, Fla., began Monday, July 19, at 7:30 p.m.

Graduation has ended and many students are preparing to begin a new chapter in their lives. Other students have gone home to work, while still others are studying or researching in other parts of ...

This summer, Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) is training students in both business and community leadership. The program supplies young entrepreneurs with the abilities to strengthen their ...

The inventor of touch screen technology and the first woman and economist to serve as U.S. Secretary of Commerce passed away this week. Both were graduates of Berea College.

June 11: C. E. Morgan, one of America’s most celebrated young writers, presented a rare public reading at Berea College's Loyal ...

June 29: Three Berea College faculty members and an alumnus were elected to the Board of Directors of the Daniel Boone Chapter of the American Red Cross during the chapter’s annual meeting.

John Courter, organist and carillonneur at Berea College and retired professor of music, died Monday, June 21, at his home in Berea. He was 68.

June 21: The first concert of Berea College’s Summer Carillon Concert Series began Monday at 7 p.m. Guest carillonneur Dennis Curry of Bloomfield Hills, Mich. performed on the newly renamed ...

June 17-21: Berea College will host the 2010 World Massage Festival and Massage Therapy Hall of Fame, June 17-21. Berea was chosen not only for the wide selection of meeting rooms & support ...

Setting high-scoring records, receiving state recognition for consistent performance, helping lead her to team to national play twice, and serving as a team role model – Annbruce Madden has made her ...

A recital honoring the carillon music of John Courter, internationally known as a performer and composer for the instrument, will be featured during the 68th Congress of the Guild of Carillonneurs in ...

Three new members were elected to the Berea College Board of Trustees at the board’s spring meeting May 21-22. Tyler S. Thompson of ...

June 11-13: Two outstanding alumni and an Arizona couple, who have been friends of Berea College for more than 40 years, were honored as part of

June 1: Berea College (NAIA division II) named John Hemenway the school’s fifteenth men’s basketball coach and ...

Through June 5 at Berea College, the Bonner Foundation will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Bonner Scholars Program.

Heather Hutchins graduated this year, and she will be missed, because no athlete has worn a Berea College uniform with greater distinction.

The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) and the Walmart Foundation have selected Berea College for a $100,000 College Success Award.

Several Berea College students had their recitals this spring. In interviews with BC-Now! writers, these students talked of the musical and personal growth they have experienced in Berea.

Jeffrey Newman, Executive Chef at Historic Boone Tavern Hotel and Restaurant of Berea College, is one of four Kentucky chefs selected to prepare a Kentucky-centric meal at the James Beard House. The ...

The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center presents a new exhibition “Steam in Appalachia,” 40 plus color photographs and film footage by the late rail fan/photographer Bill Price, whose work covers the ...

Senior Mikah Turner has come to be one of the best athletes to set foot on Berea College’s grounds. Although recognized for numerable basketball accomplishments, Turner is also successful in other ...

May 23: Diana L. Eck, Professor of Comparative Religion and Indian Studies at Harvard University, and award-winning author and researcher on religious pluralism in America, will be the speaker ...

June 4-5: Sixty-five years after the war’s end, Navy servicemen stationed at Berea College during World War II will gather for a reunion on the College campus.

May 6-8: The Berea College Modern Dance Troupe will present the 2010 Kinetic Expressions dance performance May 6 -8 at 8 p.m. in McGaw Theatre in the Jelkyl Drama Center.

On March 26, 2010, Berea College’s very own songwriter, music entertainer and urban missionary, Breon Thomas launched a special community-driven project entitled “The Home Run Tour.”

April 27: Berea College is one of the country’s most environmentally responsible colleges according to The Princeton Review. The nationally known education services company selected Berea for ...

Dr. Ralph Thompson, a Berea College professor for 30 years, will be retiring this year after a career of achievements.

Berea College has been named to the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, the highest federal recognition a college or university can receive for its commitment to ...

April 21: Students, faculty and community residents lined up for dinner outside of the Woods-Penniman Commons to fill their grumbling tummies – and their Empty Bowls.

April 24: Berea College teams won by large margins at the 2010 KIAC Conference Track and Field Championships, asserting their dominance over this year’s field.

Dr. William H. Turner, National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College, will represent Kentucky at the public memorial service this Sunday in Beckley, W. Va., ...

April 22: Renowned acoustic pianist and multi-instrumentalist George Winston capped off the Spring semester's Stephenson Memorial Concert series with a performance at the 8-p.m. convocation in ...

April 23: The Berea College Theatre Laboratory will offer its final production of the season, Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid,” on ...

April 20, 2010: Two teams from Berea College took home prizes at the recent Appalachian IDEAS Network social entrepreneurship competition hosted by the University of Kentucky Appalachian ...

C.E Morgan’s novel All the Living and Chris Green’s historical review The Social Life of Poetry are the winners of the

Recent Berea College graduate Nathan Hall has been awarded a 2010-2011 Thomas J. ...

Kentucky author Silas House will join the faculty of Berea College this fall. House has accepted the position of National Endowment for the Humanities Chair ...

This issue features Berea College alumni who are involved in scientific inquiry.

Berea's Young Alumni Advisory Council is in search of seven new members for the 2010-2011 year to serve our alma mater.

This spring, the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources will host its annual spring plant sale. The sale takes place at the Berea College Gardens and Greenhouse on Saturday, April 17 from 9 ...

April 9: Students pass out black ribbons to teach their peers about the people impacted in Appalachia who work and live in coal communities.

April 6: Officials from Berea College and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System announced an agreement to increase the number of transfer students able to attend Berea College ...

This installment of Mountie Days highlights Black History Month events, experimental theatre focused on stories from the Berea College, an alternative spring break trip combining music performances ...

Four Berea professors received tenure recently. BC-Now! staff spoke with each and found among them a martial arts expert and a kite boarding aficionado. Read on for more interesting details.

March 24: Berea College students excelled at the Students in Free Enterprise competition in Cleveland, OH, becoming regional champions for the second consecutive year.

Dear Berea Alumni and Friends,In my nearly sixteen years as President of Berea College, we have had many challenges to face, both programmatic and budgetary. But the financial crisis of the past ...

March 18: At 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes, Dr. Eboo Patel will lecture on “Acts of Faith: Interfaith Leadership in an Era of Religious Crisis” as part of the annual

Berea College students traveled to South America and Central Asia this past Short Term to help local entrepreneurs start and improve their own businesses.

March 11: Berea College today announced that Historic Boone Tavern Hotel and Restaurant, a regional landmark owned and operated by the college, ...

On the night of February 4, three Bereans spoke at a public air permit hearing in Winchester, Ky.

Hosting the opening round of the KIAC tournament, the number two seed Lady Mounties came one step closer to becoming national-bound as they knocked off number two seed Midway 83-79.

The Phelps Stokes Auditorium at Berea College will be closed for needed structural repairs for at least four to six weeks beginning immediately.

Feb. 6: The women’s basketball team conquered the women of Indiana Southeast and marked their name in an illustrious victory, 58-53.

“What you are about to see did not exist 24 hours ago,” said Professor Shan Ayers as he introduced the interested audience to the performance that was about to take place.

Berea College’s senior forward Mikah Turner, from Maysville, Ky., has the highest scoring average in the nation. His average of 27.7 points per game is the highest in all divisions of the NAIA ...

“Sergeant York is the Berea kind,” proclaimed a promotional flyer Berea College mailed to prospective donors in 1919. “Sergeant York, whom the world takes note of as the doer of the greatest ...

In the afternoon of February 25, students walked to Union Church, not Phelps Stokes, to attend a special convocation commemorating Black History Month. Because of ongoing structural

Feb. 11: The American Spiritual Ensemble delivered a powerful performance at an evening convocation that brought inspiration to the campus.

Jan. 27: Pianist Andrea Anderson will perform a piano recital in Gray Auditorium of Berea College on Wednesday evening, January 27 at 8 p.m.

Sunday, January 24: Berea college students will be hosting a fundraising lunch for victims of the Haiti earthquake. The lunch will take place in the Union Church Fellowship Hall from 11:30 ...

Jan. 20: Berea College president Larry D. Shinn was awarded an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from Centre College ...

Jan. 5-18: The 2010 Dr. Martin Luther King commemorative events kicked off on January 5 and will culminate with a special convocation on MLK Day, January 18, at 3 p.m. in Pehlps-Stokes ...

Jan. 1: What is the best place to be when the world ends on December 12, 2012?

Dec. 26 to Jan. 1: Christmas Country Dance School is only a little more than a week away, with dance, song, and creativity from early morning until late at night.

Record-busting games, all-conference player recognitions, coach of the year awards and more – these are some of the achievements of Berea athletes this past season.

This month’s Mountie Days is our Holiday edition. After a brief wrap up of some November events, episode 4 focuses on some of the ways Berea celebrates this season of giving, including music ...

Berea College won several top CASE awards for its publications and web presence, maintaining its high-quality work that has consistently won awards for the past several years.

Kentucky entrepreneurs Nathan Hall and Curtis Britland – both students at Berea College – each recently received grants of $30,000 from the state’s Kentucky New Energy Ventures (KNEV) program.

The 2009 Berea College Christmas concert at Union Church can be heard online.

Dec. 2: Berea College students and faculty, along with representatives of community organizations, came together to share highlights from their recent service-learning projects.

Berea students showcased their summer research and won a number of awards at the annual meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Sciences.

Every morning Libby Kahler, a Berea College junior, gathers her books and hiking backpack and heads off from her yurt to school.

Dec. 13: John M. Rosenberg, retired director of Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, is the speaker for the Berea College Mid-Year Graduation Ceremony on Sunday.

In the basement of the Union Church, a group of students, staff, faculty and townspeople gathered in full recognition of the many problems of the world. But it was not a time for gloom. It was a ...

Dec. 4 and 5- The Berea College Music Department Annual Christmas Concert will be offered on two evenings this year.

Students' flight over mountaintop removal sites instilled a sense of need to protect and preserve Berea's Appalachian values.

November 13: This homecoming, Berea's Math alums shared lessons in leadership that proved to be an integral part of teaching students numerous life lessons, career skills and other valuable ...

The Arbor Day Foundation has named Berea College 2009 Tree Campus USA in recognition of its commitment to the care of trees on campus.

Three new members were elected to the Berea College Board of Trustees at the board’s October meeting.

Over 600 Alumni attended homecoming the weekend of November 13 through 15.

Women and men's basketball teams blew out their opponents, Ohio Mansfield, in a record-shattering homecoming night victory (119-43 – Women, 151-75 – Men).

In the second of our two-part series, we explore the stories of the last eight of our 15 first-year students as they share the tales of their transition to Berea College.

The third installment of Mountie Days previews homecoming, and looks at the basketball teams, the award-winning IDEA project and the Appalachian sound archives program.

The Mountaineers blew out their first win against Boyce College in their season opener Tuesday evening (108-46).

Nov. 12-14: The Berea College Theatre Laboratory continues its 2009-10 season with William Shakespeare's "King Lear," opening November 12 and continuing through November 14. Performances are ...

Nov. 7: On that early Saturday morning, about 150 Berea students, staff and faculty joined forces with the local community to volunteer at the Berea Food Bank.

More than 40 students presented their summer research findings with the college community at the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on October 23.

After independently creating a biodiesel plant for Berea College and working at Piedmont Biofuels -- a leading biofuel company -- Nathan Hall, '09, wants to ...

On October 14, student Frances Buerkens organized this fall’s local foods dinner which celebrated local food and music.

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) hosted its annual Fall Book Sale at Berea College.

Dr. Bill Laramee, Berea College vice president for alumni and college relations, will become the next best thing to a Berea graduate during the college’s homecoming activities Nov. 13-15. Laramee, ...

Dr. Charles Wheelan, N.P.R. commentator, public speaker, author, and senior lecturer in the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago spoke at the convocation in the Phelps-Stokes ...

On October 3, Berea Residents and Sustainable Berea hosted their 4th annual tour of Solar Homes.

The Berea College baseball program is partnering with Dave Audia (class of '69) to provide gloves to underprivileged youth around the world.

In this episode hosts Kina Huffman, '09, and Marcus Leslie, '11, focus on the work of the scenario planning taskforce and the near completion of Fee Glade. They also talk with some members of the ...

Fifteen first-year students share the tales of their transition to Berea College. In the first of the two-part series, we explore the stories of seven students.

On October 22 Dr. Hazel A. Barton, a nationally known cave cartographer and explorer, spoke at Berea College on Thursday. The 3 p.m. program titled “Amazing Caves: Amazing Microbes” was scheduled ...

Dr. Chris Myers Asch, founder of the U.S. Public Service Academy and author of a new book about civil rights struggles in Mississippi, was the speaker for the recent “Tukule, Tusome: To Eat, To ...

Leading musicians from across Appalachia converged in Berea for the 36th Annual Celebration of Traditional Music, Oct. 15-18. The event was hosted and organized by Berea College’s Loyal Jones ...

Berea College is one of the two greenest schools in Kentucky, according to Green Report Card’s 2010 sustainability rankings.

African-American educator and writer Henry Allen Laine (1870-1955), an early alumnus of Berea College, was honored at the the annual Founders' Day Celebration in Phelps-Stokes Auditorium on Thursday, ...

On September 24, Rev. Katie G. Cannon, Ph.D., renowned author and teacher led Berea College’s “Accent on Christian Faith Week” during the afternoon convocation. The convocation was sponsored by the ...

At a time when Berea’s endowment is severely hit by the worst recession since the Great Depression, Berea students step up and keep their tradition of giving back alive.

Oct. 1: The Berea College Student Government Association (SGA) will host the swearing-in ceremony of its officers on Thursday in Baird Lounge.

Nationally known political analyst Dr. Larry Sabato presented his case to the Berea College community about why politics is a good thing.

Oct. 1: Nationally known political analyst Dr. Larry Sabato will speak at Berea College Oct. 1. His talk in Phelps Stokes Auditorium is scheduled for 3 p.m. Admission is free and open to the ...

This issue focuses on lasting legacies.

Last week Berea College students took home several awards at a debate tournament hosted by Western Kentucky University on September 27.

“Mountie Days” a student-produced video news program debuted September 17. Hosted by Berea students Marc Leslie and Kina Estill, the first episode of Mountie Days focuses on the latest happenings at ...

Berea College has received a U.S. Department of Education grant to support a project helping low-income Appalachian and African American high school women strengthen their skills in science and math.

Larry Shinn, Berea’s eighth president, opened the new academic year by sharing his ideas about community and Berea College in the 21st century.

Sept. 12: Berea College and Saint Joseph Hospital Berea hosted the Second Annual Bluegrass Regional Boomer and Senior Games to engage ...

Berea College was among the Top 30 Liberal Arts Colleges in the Washington Monthly’s 2009 on-line ranking ...

The final concert in Berea College’s Summer Carillon Concert Series featured Steven Ball, carillonneur of the University of Michigan.

The new school year has begun and hundreds of new students are moving in, decorating rooms, stocking school supplies, checking in with the labor supervisors, finding their ways to class and becoming ...

The Westervelt program sponsored by the Berea College Technology Department for Fall 2009 will begin on September 8.

The deadline for submitting nominations for the 2009 Pinnacle Scholar Awards of Excellence has passed.

On the Aug. 11 edition of One to One with Bill Goodman, Loyal Jones, founder and former director of Berea ...

Berea College tops the list of America's top 100 "best buy" colleges and universities.

Berea College and the Kentucky Social Forum (KSF) are making strides toward “growing the movement" that may help shape Kentucky’s future.

This issue focuses on the value of an education.

Terence Brooks, formerly the head coach of the Paris High School Ladyhounds basketball team, is the new head coach of the Berea College women’s basketball program. Brooks replaces Bunky Harkleroad, ...

Berea College is one of the country's best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The education services company features the school in the new 2010 edition of ...

NAIA Hall of Fame Coach Roland Wierwille, who coached the Mountaineers from 1972–2002, passed away on July 18 in Berea.

Candy Walls, ’09, from Stanton, Kentucky, has been named the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conferences’ (KIAC) Female Player of the Year.

James Thindwa heads Chicago Jobs with Justice, a coalition dedicated to issues such as the "living wage" and the right for workers to organize.

Recently, hundreds of community members and dignitaries gathered to celebrate Boone Tavern Hotel's reopening after more than a year of renovations.

Berea College’s Loyal Jones Appalachian Center held a panel discussion on June 12 to celebrate the Summer 2009 issue of “Appalachian Heritage” that featured the late Jim Wayne Miller (1936-1996), a ...

Summer Reunion, sponsored by Berea’s alumni relations office, brought together alumni from around the country, June 12-14, for a weekend of celebration, ...

Washington, D.C. – Berea student Charles Badger met with U. S. Senator Mitch McConnell and posed for this photo recently. Badger, of Nashville, Tn., is serving as a legislative intern in McConnell's ...

A reception, sponsored by the dean of the faculty, was held recently for seven faculty authors to celebrate the recent publication of their research this past year. The authors, whose variety of ...

Updated June 12 at 6:03 p.m.: There is no indication that the subject reportedly involved in the College Square armed robbery is on campus. We are requesting all community members to exercise ...

Berea College's Loyal Jones Appalachian Center is the site of a newly installed 15,000-watt photovoltaic collection system. The 66-panel system began producing ...

David H. Chow, of Westport, Conn., founder and CEO of management consulting firm DanCourt Management, was elected to the Berea College Board of Trustees at the Board’s May meeting. Chow was ...

Two well-known Berea residents who are also alumni of Berea College will be honored as part Berea College’s Summer Reunion activities June 12-14.

Speaking at Berea College’s 137th Commencement on May 24, 2009, Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, urged graduating seniors to “be the leader you are waiting for. No matter what ...

Kneeling on the bamboo tatami mats; surrounded by the backdrop of the morning mountain mists, students received the opportunity to take part in a Japanese Tea Ceremony, a distinctive way to honor the ...

The popular, alternative magazine Mental Floss has highlighted eight tuition-free colleges, including Berea, in a recent ...

Savory soup, uplifting music, and fervent speakers marked Berea’s annual Empty Bowls Project.

Heard the BME lately? Watch their spring concert from Berea Baptist Church on our new YouTube channel.

Berea College has a new published author in town, and her first book pays homage to the place she has learned to call home.

Ron Rash’s novel ”Serena” and Ronald D Eller’s historical narrative “Uneven Ground: Appalachia since 1945” were recently named the winners of the W.D. Weatherford Awards, which recognize outstanding ...

Dull and dreary rains did not dampen the warm reception and celebration held in Union Church to honor Loyal Jones and the late Willis D. Weatherford, Jr.

Listen to the Bluegrass Ensemble's 2009 spring concert on our podcast channel.

Dr. Peter H. Hackbert of Berea College’s Entrepreneurship for the Public Good (EPG) program will be the guest speaker for the May 14 meeting of the Southern Kentucky Inventors and Innovations Council ...

On May 2, 2009, Time Magazine featured Berea College in the article "Deci$ion$: How One College Snags So Many ...

Due to the far-reaching effects of the current U.S. and global financial crisis, Berea College regrets to announce a reduction of 30 full time positions (21 of which are currently vacant) and 9 ...

According to the CDC, one case of Influenza A (H1N1) has been reported in Kentucky, and Berea College officials continue to monitor the situation in close coordination with local, state and federal ...

Neil Di Teresa, Professor of Art, recently displayed a few puppets and several of his paintings relating to Appalachia in the Appalachian Center Gallery.

Berea College is full of talented, passionate, and determined students. The three men featured here are all running for S.G.A.'s office of Executive President.

During its annual conference held in Portsmouth, Ohio, March 27-29, the Appalachian Studies Association (ASA) honored Dr. William H. Turner, current National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chair ...

When Dr. Mark Roselli, assistant professor or economics and business, started the Berea Chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) just three years ago, his intention was to provide Berea students ...

Berea bikers are fashioning a movement for environmental justice, replacing their carbon footprints with bicycle tracks.

Berea College and St. Joseph - Berea have received gifts totaling almost $14 million from the estate of Alfred M. and Mary Swain Wood.

The Hon. Thomas W. Phillips, United States District Judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee, was elected to the Berea College Board of Trustees at the Board’s February meeting. Phillips was ...

Berea College is one of 119 distinguished colleges and universities selected for the prestigious 2008 Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement.

David Shelton, '69, chair of the Berea College Board of Trustees, delivers a special video message about the struggling economy's effects on Berea's mission to serve promising students in Appalachia ...

The Cosmopolitan Club hosted its annual Cultural Talent and Fashion Show wowing the crowd with its spectacular costumes and performances.

Berea brings notable, retired journalist and peace activist Coleman McCarthy to lecture during the annual Earl Robbins lecture series.

Recently, the Chimes, a set of 10 bells in the Phelps Stokes Chapel, were restored.

Former Berea College student Kiki Ramsey returned on March 5 to motivate the daring women of her Alma Mater to stay persistent in their pursuit of success.

A day after sweeping Oberlin College 5-1 and 13-11 in a double-header in Berea’s Annual Diamond Classic on March 8, the Mountaineers lost to Davenport University, 15-6 and 13-1.

Dr. Vandana Shiva presented Globalization and the World Food Crisis.

Dr. Vibert White presented his lecture, “The Black Presence in the Middle East: A Historical and Contemporary Analysis.”

Hari Jones, a leading authority on African American military service throughout U.S. history presented a lecture showing the incongruous nature of our own history. Jones is the curator and ...

Nationals Bound! The swimming and diving team has stroked their way onto the national stage. Berea will be represented by two relay teams and a handful of individual qualifying competitors.

Larry Shinn, president of Berea College, delivers a special video message about the struggling economy and its effects on the college... and how

The campus activities board served Berea College a special treat on Friday, February 20. Saul Williams an African American poet, actor, and musician performed in Phelps-Stokes auditorium.

No. 2 Indiana University East defeated No.3 Berea College Friday 89-72. IU East (23-8) pushed ahead late in the first half to make it 49-32 over Berea (17-11) at the half. Berea chipped away at the ...

Feb. 26- Ghanaian American concert pianist William Chapman Nyaho entertained the Berea campus with his performance “Music by Composers of the African Diaspora”.

On Feb. 20, 2009, Seabury Arena became the practice gym for the University of Tennessee men's basketball squad as they prepared for their game against the University of Kentucky the following day.

February 19 Students kicked off this year’s Carter G. Woodson weekend in Phelps Stokes Chapel with a very provocative convocation presented by civil rights activist, Reverend Graylan S. Hagler.

On February 12, 2009, Berea College was lucky to have had the musical phenomenon that is Les Violons Du Roy kick off this semester Stephenson Memorial Concert Series in Phelps-Stokes Auditorium.

In an 81-73 win over #13 Indiana University Southeast (IUSE), Berea’s dynamic duo of guards, senior Cody Hornsby, who averages 16 points per game, and junior Mikah Turner, who averages a conference ...

''The Rich Have Their Own Photographers,'' a deeply inspirational film about the life and artwork of Milton Rogovin, one of America’s finest social documentary photographers alive today, was shown in ...

Senior forward Candy Walls has been selected as the NAIA Women’s Basketball Division II Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 25, 2009. She earned the honor for the second consecutive week.

View the video of the ice damage below. The college known for being green turned white and crunchy as a result of the '09 ice storm that felled trees on Berea's campus. Despite the obvious damage ...

On Jan. 19 a group of students, staff and faculty departed Berea to attend the Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C. the following day.

Senior forward Candy Walls has been selected as the NAIA Women’s Basketball Division II Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 25, 2009. She earned the honor for the second consecutive week.

Senior forward Candy Walls broke two school records while her team hosted St. Louis College of Pharmacy on Jan. 17.

Berea College student Charles Badger was recently featured in a lively discussion of African Americans and politics on ''Connections with Renee Shaw'' on KET.

Watch an

A civil discussion about the conflict in Gaza took place on Friday, January 9. The students on the discussion panel were Joshuah Bennétt and Naji Kasem. The professors residing were Dr. Richard ...

On Jan. 4 and 6, Berea College President Larry Shinn discussed the remarkable history and mission of the 153-year-old institution on Kentucky ...

The Lady Mountaineers demonstrated on home court why they are ranked number one in Division II for total rebounds, assists, scoring offense, and three point percentages per game.

Berea College President Larry Shinn discusses the remarkable history and mission of the 153-year-old institution on this edition of One to One with Bill Goodman.

Feminist scholar and author of more than 30 books on issues such as social class, gender and race, bell hooks spoke with Renee Shaw, host of "Connections" on KET.

Listen to the improved recording of this year's Christmas Concert on our

This summer, Dr. Brad Christensen and students Noah McGraw, Christopher Dueker, and George Shea began exploring energy efficient alternatives for commuting to work. Their research led them to ...

Berea College and community organizers held an Alternate Christmas gift event at Union Church.

Candy Walls is the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for Dec. 1-7. Walls, a 5'8'' senior forward from Stanton, Ky., scored 29 points and ...

On December 9, 2008, the Alternative Giving Christmas Market set up in Baird Lounge. Various clubs and organizations on campus and in the community helped to make the opportunity for students to ...

Shan Ayers, associate professor of theatre at Berea College, has been awarded an Individual Artist Professional Development Grant from the Kentucky Arts Council.

Sixty eight seniors, along with families and friends, filled Phelps Stokes Chapel, Dec. 7, for Berea College’s annual Recognition Service for Mid-Year graduates. The seniors who took part are ...

Before a full house, the Black Music Ensemble, Bluegrass Music Ensemble, Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Chamber Winds, College Community Choir, Jazz Ensemble, Wind Ensemble, and Women’s Chorus ...

Distinguished Human rights lawyer Stephen B. Bright, a University of Kentucky graduate and Kentucky native, addressed the 68 seniors participating in the Recognition Service for mid-year graduates.

“For every person there is a place. For some people it is the desert. For others it is the seashore. For some of us it is the mountains,” said Jami Ross, producer of the soon-to-be released film ...

The Berea College Community Choir, conducted by Stephen Bolster, performed their fall concert on Sunday, November 23. The choir is composed of thirty mixed voices of Berea College faculty and staff. ...

Berea men’s basketball alumni – now high school coaches – squared off for the first “High School Coaches Challenge” on Nov. 22 at Berea’s Seabury Center Arena.

On Thursday Nov. 13, a “Trio” of unique sounds graced the stage of Phelp-Stokes Chapel. With a whirlwind of sweet music playing there sat the band, Trio Voronezh.

“I am ecstatic. Not only did I do well, everyone else did to,” says Britin Ellard, who will compete in the national cross country meet. “It is exciting for me because I get to go to Nationals and ...

On Nov. 7, Jeff Biggers, a notable writer, editor, journalist and critic read excerpts from “No Lonesome Road,” a compilation of poems and prose by the late Don West, an Appalachian civil rights ...

On Thursday November 13, 2008, Oxfam once again held a successful event bringing awareness to the massive global hunger situation.

An invitation to Berea College alumni

“Future Directions for Berea College:”Q & A with Berea President Larry Shinn

As part of a week long visit by Archbishop Eilas Chacour, he spoke to the campus as part of the symposium held on Thursday November 6.

Before a large homecoming crowd, the men and women basketball teams blew out the competition.

Listen to the

The first ever Volley for a Cure was held as part of the Berea vs. Midway home game on October 28.

Once again monks visit the beautiful campus in Berea. On Friday, October 31, monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery visited. They arrived late that morning, losing their way on the course to Draper, ...

Last Thursday, former Senator and presidential candidate, George McGovern, spoke to the students of Berea on current political issues.

Mark Cartmill offers experience and confidence to help enhance Berea’s Athletic Department.

Keeping Berea's image appealing, the public relations office has upgraded its video operations to HD.

Berea College students recently teamed up with citizens of Rockcastle County to restore the Walker Newcomb Cemetery where black soldiers of the Civil War are buried.

Athletes from around the Bluegrass region and Ohio joined local competitors gathered in Berea, Ky. recently at Berea College’s Seabury Center to compete in the First Annual Bluegrass Regional Boomer ...

Ismaila Ceesay is the leading scorer on the men's soccer team. At 31 years old he is as fit (if not more so) as other players that are about half his age and he has an advantage in that he can ...

During the convocation on Oct. 16, David Holt and his group of amazing musicians and singers gave the audience everything they could have asked for and more. While keeping our ears delighted with ...

To allow for the next phase of the ongoing “green” renovation of Boone Tavern Hotel in Berea, Ky., the hotel will begin providing limited services before fully closing in December.

"Are you registered to vote?" The face of the enthusiastic young volunteer stared hopefully at students entering Kettering hall."If you are good job! If you aren't do it now!" Some students smiled ...

During the September 25 convocation, Dr. Michael Bell presented an inspiring message of diversity.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (September 23rd, 2008) The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is proud to announce Player of the Week honors for September 15th- September 21st in Cross Country and Women’s ...

Last week, a whistle blew in the middle of Food Service at 5:30 p.m. The signal began a five minute “freeze” organized by the Students for a Free Tibet, or SFT.

Pharaoh’s Daughter held the audience spell-bound as the first song, Hagar, was played. As the last straining notes were sounded, the audience erupted into thunderous applause.

Berea College Academic Vice President and Provost Carolyn Newton has announced Mark R. Cartmill as Berea College's new Director of Athletics and Seabury Center Complex. Cartmill, who began his new ...

The sounds of the Berea Bluegrass Ensemble mixed with the smell of soup beans and cornbread make the Berea Appalachian Center feel like home. After a six month renovation, the new center is now a ...

Berea College is one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company known for its test-prep courses ...

When Berea College Women’s Basketball Coach Bunky Harkleroad (’93) competes in the Ford Ironman Louisville Triathlon on Sunday, Aug. 31, ...

Watch the story on the ABC News Web channel and find out what these three have in common.

Associate Provost Joe Bagnoli and student Enchanta Jackson appeared live on Fox News at 5:50 p.m. on July 22.

An article in the July 21 edition of the New York Times features Berea College's no tuition model at a time when tuition costs continue to rise nationally.Read the

The theme for this year’s Summer Reunion was “A Walk Down Memory Lane”, for some Berea alumni it was truly just that. This year’s Summer Reunion was not only about recognizing important alumnus and ...

Read the article to see the video tour.

As part of a nearly $10 million renovation to historic Boone Tavern Hotel & Restaurant, the kitchen has been rebuilt from scratch.

Eight student athletes of Berea College named KIAC Scholar Athletes.

The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recently named Berea basketball star Jordan Samuels as one of two male athletes of the year.

Billy Edd Wheeler, '55, performed live for Berea alumni at this years Appalachian Heritage Celebration.

May 25: Pediatric neurosurgeon, author and inspirational leader Benjamin S. Carson Sr., M.D., urged seniors graduating from Berea College this afternoon to use their talents in the service of ...

The new, official Oxfam group on campus recently held their first fundraiser on Friday May 2. Along with student performers, the open mic night offered up a theme of “coffee with a conscience,” which ...

On May 4, the Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performed their 2008 Spring concert in Grey Auditorium.

Convocations bring a myriad of different, acclaimed people to Berea’s campus. May 2 marked the last official convocation of the academic year and it also marked the addition of Dr. Stephanie Evans ...

Lines in food service are one thing… but lines to get into Woods-Penn? Over two-hundred people lined up to wait for the doors to be opened for Empty Bowls on Monday April 28th, 2008. Students, ...

After being elected as the Student Government Association's president last month, Tianna Williams sat down with BCnow in order to tell the rest of the campus a little more about herself.

View the photo gallery.

With Earth day on April 22, the convocation on April 17 was targeted at environmental issues. Bill McKibben spoke to the audience in Phelps-Stokes on “the search for a hopeful future.” McKibben is a ...

With their canary yellow head ornaments and maroon robes, the Tibetan monks approached the stage and shared their sacred art and traditions with the Berea College campus. Check out photos from the ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (April 17) – Recognizing the increasingly important role of energy in Kentucky, four colleges and universities have joined forces in an innovative partnership between the public and ...

On March 27, Berea College was proud to host International Relations Professor Steven Walt, as he talked about the problems of the current foreign policy program in America, and what could be done to ...

Berea College’s video "Doin' the Green Thing" has won the National Wildlife Federation’s “Chill Out” amateur video contest that highlights sustainability initiatives on college campuses.

Jazzy Nights, an annual tradition here at Berea College, serves as a contender for one of the most popular dances of the school year and is hosted solely by the Student Government Association (SGA). ...

With the Student Government Association (SGA) elections looming, BCnow extended a new opportunity to the presidential candidates--to record a video of less than a minute detailing their platform and ...

This year, three Berea personnel, professors and students alike, were awarded winning proposals for the Spring 2008 Sustainability Mini-Grants competition. These winners were Jeff Hudson, Micah ...

Berea faculty, staff, students, and community members all gathered together Wednesday, March 19 for a solemn vigil marking the five year anniversary of the war in Iraq.

Since its launch four years ago this week, BCnow has published more than 800 articles about students, campus events, news, and faculty achievements. To celebrate BCnow’s fourth birthday, we’ve ...

2007 Berea College graduate Ryan Wilson is on his way to realizing his dream—he recently signed a contract with the River City Rascals to play professional baseball. Wilson will be playing as an ...

Late into the night on Friday, March 7, students and staff took refuge from the onslaught of falling snow that was blanketing the campus. While the community around the campus seemed to lie dormant ...

On March 13, the Irish band Dervish graced the stage of Phelps Stokes, pulling the audience into their magical music. The group played reels and flings which kept the audience on the edge of their ...

Arches, figure eights and turns were being called out for the dancers participating in the 72nd annual Mountain Folk Festival during the weekend of March 7 and 8. The dancers were mostly young ...

The 2008 season has been a great one for the Berea College baseball team, as the team has racked up a large amount of new records, both individually and as a complete group.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. – No. 8 seed Berea College lost to #1 Morningside College, 104-80, in the opening round of the 17th annual NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship.

In a little office tucked away in a suite on the first floor of Draper, Dr. Richard Sears, who was voted last year as being apt to “push the envelope and challenge students to do their best," does a ...

On February 23, eight Berea students travelled along with Dr. Dave Porter to Christian Brothers University in Memphis, TN, to compete in the MidSouth Psychology Conference. Three of these students ...

On March 11, just one day before the Lady Mountaineers NAIA basketball tournament appearance, they had priorities other than just game planning.

On March 6, Phelps Stokes was packed wall to wall as Berea College hosted acclaimed paleontologist Dr. Paul Sereno, who spoke about his adventures in the field, which included everything from major ...

The Berea College Lady Mountaineers are in Sioux City, Iowa, for their third trip to the NAIA Championship Tournament. For the second year in a row it was decided that the team would travel the 900+ ...

Dr. Abdul H. Rifai, a professor of political science here at Berea, recently accepted the prestigious Distinguished Political Science Award from the Kentucky Political Science Association (KPSA).

Maggie Heffernan spent the summer of 2007 in an internship researching sea turtles along Buck Island Reef National Monument in Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Several Berea College swimmers recently qualified for the NAIA competition in San Antonio, T.X. beginning February 26 and ending March 1.

No. 3 Berea College (20-11) defeated #1 Midway College (23-8) for the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Women’s Basketball Championship 121-101 on March 1. Berea advances to the NAIA ...

On February 28, the Women’s Studies department provided students with a convocation meant to impart knowledge about a little-known topic. Barbara Martinez Jitner came to Berea as part of her ...

V-Day, a global movement to stop violence against women and young girls will be celebrated on campus March 4 - 8. Every year, thousands of college campuses participate in V-Day events to raise money ...

Leap year was kind to the Mountaineers as both the men's and women's teams won close semifinal games to play for a chance to enter the NAIA national tournament.

With a first round 82 point win over St. Louis College of Pharmacy (STLCOP), the Lady Mountaineers left little doubt that they are focused on contending for the KIAC tournament championship, the ...

Three Berea College students were invited to participate in the annual Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival--and each student brought home awards in their sections. The competition was ...

On February 21, Berea College hosted Ms. Georgia Montgomery Powers, a revolutionary who became the first black woman to be elected to the Kentucky Senate.

Lady Mountaineer Ashley Jade Howard was recently named the KIAC women’s basketball “Player of the Week” for February 18- February 24.

“No justice, no peace,” chanted the students, faculty, and guests of Berea College at the 12th annual Unity Banquet. A select group of student speakers lined up to quote famous activists, leaders, ...

- View the photo gallery for West Side Story

Kelly Brouillet, a speech and communications major at Berea, has been involved in a sport since before she was born!

On Valentine's Day, Berea College hosted the acclaimed Marion Anderson String Quartet, the first of three Stephenson Memorial Convocation Concerts of the Spring 2008 semester.

On Wednesday February 13 at noon both students and faculty gathered in Phelps Stokes for the latest installment of “Peanut Butter and Gender” titled “Race, Place & Resistance in Women’s Experiences ...

After many months of planning and anticipation, the new myBerea portal system will be going up online the week of February 18th.

The following article was written and submitted by student Margaret Greene.

This past January, Berea College hosted an event called “Focus the Nation,” which aimed to further develop and expand sustainability, not just on campus, but in surrounding community.

Wandera's consecutive double-doubles in late January and early February earned him the honor of being named the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Men’s Basketball Player of the Week for ...

The Berea College Mountaineers used a balanced scoring attack to knock off the preseason KIAC favorite Asbury Eagles on January 29.

Junior forward Candy Walls scored her 1,000th career point versus Midway College (KY) at Berea’s Seabury Center on Tuesday, January 22.

Berea College women's basketball coach Bunky Harkleroad was talking about Trimble County's Stephanie Corry, the senior who is trying to lead the Lady Mountaineers, Kentucky's most explosive women's ...

The 69th annual Christmas Country Dance School, hosted by the college since 1938, honored the Rev. Dr. Pat Napier, ’49, with the Lifetime Contribution Award from the national Country Dance and Song ...

Berea College, along with 19 other non-profit, independent four year colleges and universities in Kentucky, will soon be with you wherever you may roam—on your car’s license plate.

Beginning January 1, 2008, historic Boone Tavern Hotel in Berea, Ky. will undergo a $9.6 million, ecologically friendly renovation. The project is designed to ensure that the historic character of ...

Normandi Ellis and Jay Buckner both won ...

Once again, Berea College has entered the National Wildlife Federation’s (NWF) “Chill Out” amateur video contest on popular video website Youtube.com. The videos focus on ways colleges and ...

Twelve times Berea College has earned a number one regional ranking in U.S.News & World Report's annual college survey. This year's ranking of 75th nationally should not be perceived as a drop in ...

With the holidays quickly approaching; a number of students have something else to celebrate—their graduation. View the

- Listen to the Christmas concert.

On November 8-10, biology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and ecology and environmental students presented summer undergraduate research at the 93rd annual Kentucky Academy of Science meeting at the ...

Gurney Norman, acclaimed author of Divine Right’s Trip and Kinfolks, and the featured author for the Summer 2005 issue of Appalachian Heritage Magazine, came to Berea on November ...

Steven D. Karcher is Berea College’s new vice president for business and administration. Karcher began his duties Nov. 12. He succeeds Diane Kerby in the position, who retired after 31 years with ...

In an effort to educate students and fight stereotypes the Islamic religion, the Muslim Student Association (MSA) partnered with the Campus Christian Center (CCC), the Center for International ...

A recent USA Today article reported the findings of the National Study of Student Engagement (NSSE). Berea College was recognized for its Convocation Program, which provides students with culturally ...

The Lady Mountaineers hit the west coast hard over the Thanksgiving holiday and managed to break even in the Menlo College Classic in Atherton, CA.

Tuesday evening, November 13, Grey Auditorium played host to three concerts, as the Wind, Jazz and Fusion Ensembles joined together for the 2007 Fall Concert: Equus.

In the recent November/December issue of the Sierra Club’s environmental magazine, Sierra, named Berea College a “Cool School” as well as put them on a list of ten schools that “Get It.”

Have you ever coasted into the gas station with an empty tank and a sputtering engine?

Led by the efforts of Paul Winker and Trey Baker, the men's cross country team won the 2007 Kentucky Independent Athletic Conference (KIAC) Men’s Cross Country title.

The lawn of Fairchild Hall is a place to find people playing frisbee, walking along and conversing with one another, and from Tuesday, November 13 through Friday, November 16, it was home to a ...

In Berea's second game as host of the Sodexho Tournament the game went into overtime.

College Square is always aglow with the holiday spirit this time of year. It's impossible for visitors and students alike to miss the enormous pine tree that stands tall in front of the Boone Tavern ...

- View the Homecoming 2007 gallery.

Add traditional chamber music along with a mixture of cultural sounds and throw the concoction into a blender of diverse stringed music for a recipe that gives you the Quartet San Francisco.

- View photos of Haaga House.

Completed this year, Haaga House, which is named after the trustee who ...

- View scenes from Julius Caesar.

- Listen to the concert - (16:57 min.)

On October 3 and 4, Berea’s concert choir treated the entire ...

- View the Berea Dances photo gallery

Berea graduate Bill Melton became the new Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Commissioner on November 1. Melton has been hired to replace Scott Crawford, who left for the Kansas Collegiate ...

If practice is any indication of the season to come, Berea College basketball fans are in for an amazing season. - Check out the photo gallery for the

Last Saturday, October 27, students across campus celebrated Halloween as a whole. Six different dorms took part in this year’s Hallowpalooza festivities, with a different activity taking place in ...

"How many are there here that want to make the world a better place?" asked Dr. Bennett Ross Taylor, a recipient of the John G. Fee award, at the annual Founders Day convocation, October 4. Following ...

Here I am again, at the start of another academic year. I am Marcus Leslie, a member of the class of 2011. Like other students at the start of this academic year, I didn’t know much about my fellow ...

-View the new and improved Pearsons Hall!

Teach for America recently paid a visit to Berea College's campus with the hope of interesting students in their program. Two recent Berea College graduates have already found a home with Teach For ...

Dr. Richard Olson’s Sustainable Appalachian Communities class took a field trip at the end of last month, September 28-30, to Eastern Kentucky to discover first-hand the effects of mountaintop ...

With mid-term exams finishing up this week, many students can be found cramming for their respective classes. And like all high-pressure weeks, students’ biggest battle is the one against ...

- Check out the Mountain Day photo gallery

Listen to Silas House read "The Evening is Now." (13:17 min)

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Only 60 percent of college-aged students are registered to vote and of those only 42 percent exercise that right. During the week of September 17, students in Dr. Billy Wooten’s political ...

Podcasting, a relatively new form of internet “radio” is now a new way for Bereans to stay tuned to Berea College happenings and issues. -

Every fall, a new group of freshman set foot on Berea College’s campus, many of them for the first time. They bring with them fresh new clothes, decorations for their rooms, and pictures of old ...

“The world is watching you even when you think the world is asleep,” declared Sister Margaret, played by Dr. Gloria Johnson, in James Baldwin’s The Amen Corner.

During this year’s Student Government Association (SGA) retreat members discussed more student involvement on campus and focused on providing service to the local community.

Thursday night, September 20, left many convo-goers breathless as Paraguayan harpist Ramon Romero took the stage, along with Latin percussionist Carlos Caro and guitarist/vocalist Rafael Manriquez.

Dr. Story Musgrave took students on a journey to the vast reaches of space during convocation on September 13, 2007.

Berea College is accepting proposals for its Appalachian Music Fellowship Program for 2008. The program is designed to support graduate students, faculty, public school teachers and or performers ...

Gathered around the candlelit motto, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth,” dozens of Bereans held a vigil this week to call attention to “Jena 6,” a civil rights issue that some ...

Dreama Gentry, GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness for Undergraduate Programs) director, and Bryan Erslan, student financial aid director, have been named to the founding board of directors of the newly ...

When students entered Phelps-Stokes expecting the typical lecture, it was clear that the convocation would be different than those in years past.

Berea College’s Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS) has announced that four courses to be offered during the 2007-2008 academic year have received designation and funding as ...

In celebration of its 40th year, the University of Kentucky's College of Health Sciences has recognized 40 outstanding alumni, one of whom is Dr. Janice Blythe, associate provost for advising and ...

Vance Blade, risk manager for the Kroger Company, and John E. Fleming, vice president of museums for the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, were elected to the Berea College Board of ...

This book is one of the newest titles in Arcadia Publishing’s Black America series and includes 200 vintage images accompanied by fact-filled, detailed captions. Berea College Associate Professor ...

Berea College was the site for the annual summer conference this summer for the Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America and attracted several hundred attendees from across the Western Hemisphere. ...

The New Mummer Group, a theatrical group based in New York City, joined forces with local writers this week to hold the first ever Writers Exchange on campus. Six plays were performed throughout the ...

Tomas Klimas, a four year starter for the Mountaineers, has signed to play professional basketball in Romania.

Berea College’s Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS) has received a Learn and Serve America innovation grant for “Energy and Empowerment in an Appalachian County,” an initiative ...

Dr. Chad Berry, director of the Berea College Appalachian Center, has announced the appointment of Dr. William H. Turner to the National Endowment for the Humanities Chair in Appalachian Studies at ...

Earl Hamner, at age 83, is still exemplifying and espousing the same traditional values that have been his trademark since he became known in the 1970’s as the writer and producer of “The Waltons,” ...

Dr. Kyoko Iitaka, a speech pathologist and Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Gakugei University, and Peter “Pete” McNeill, an agricultural and cooperative extension professional who has worked world-wide, ...

Two-hundred forty-five individuals passed a major milestone in their lives Sunday, May 27, as they became graduates during Berea College's 135th Commencement. These are accomplishments for which they ...

Forty nine years after he began his college career, Bill Cass receives his Bachelor of Science degree in technology and industrial arts at Berea College's 135th Commencement ceremony on May 27.

Berea College student Kit Cottrell’s poem, “The Alpha-Beta of Abuse,” will be performed at Until the Violence Stops: Kentucky, a two-week event in August that draws attention to and seeks to ...

If you’re a frequent visitor to the Berea College Web site, you may have noticed a new addition - an updated, flashier campus map. The interactive map was designed and created by Jacques Valentin, a ...

The Berea College baseball team had its ups and downs this season, but finished on a high note, coming in third place in the KIAC Conference tournament as the host team May 3 - 5. This meant they ...

Senior Jessa Turner took another big step toward fulfilling her dream business, HomeGrown HideAways, at the recent Appalachian Ideas Network (AIN) Social Venture Showcase in Lexington. Turner’s ...

Tradition or technology? Morality or modernization? In the final Friday Faculty Colloquium of the school year, Professor Robert Foster tackled the tension between modern and ancient ideas in ...

Lies, betrayal and violence tear at the fabric of a family in the student written and directed gospel stage show “Hidden Wounds.” The production debuted on May 3 and ran through May 5 at Berea ...

Senior Megan Naseman is no stranger to being in charge. Not only does she serve as the leader of the four house residents in the Ecovillage's SENS house as a labor supervisor and house coordinator, ...

“I’m just one person, but I feel like I should be able to do something,” Patricia Feeney told the convocation audience on May 3. That was the feeling that led the 2005 Berea College graduate to ...

Devastating. Shameful. Shocking. A war zone. These are the adjectives Berea College students and their adviser used to describe their recent impressions of the once thriving city of New Orleans. ...

A sixteen year obsession with the game of cricket has lead Fred Rweru to fulfill a dream. Rweru,’07, a Physical Education major from Kampala, Uganda, has been awarded a $25,000 Thomas J. Watson ...

Patricia Feeney, a water rights activist and 2005 Berea graduate, will speak at her alma mater May 3 at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel. In her presentation "Water Rights Are Human Rights: A Berea ...

Dressed in suit and tie, Louisville jazz saxophonist Ron Jones and three other talented musicians treated their Berea College audience to the enthusiastic, swinging performance of “Hot Licks, Cool ...

Whether it’s joining hands with strangers in a community square dance or doing freestyle clogging at a festival, many people in eastern Kentucky know how to kick up their heels and enjoy the ...

While many of us were on Spring Break lounging on the beach, hiking trails or just plain relaxing and taking it easy, members of the Berea College chapter of Habitat for Humanity used their week off ...

Today, Bereans will show their support for the Virginia Tech community as they send off a personalized prayer banner to the university as a symbol of friendship in the wake of the April 16 shooting.

The evening before Berea College's Labor Day brought recognition and thanks to several students who exemplify Berea's creed of "Learning, Labor and Service."

“What is art? Does art have a purpose? Should art have a purpose?” textile artist Hollis Chatelain asked the Berea College audience. “The more I make art, the more the questions come.”

Berea College’s newest publication, Carillon, is fresh off the press and available to literature lovers.

Berea's commitment to Christian values is a hot topic on campus. The BC speech and debate team, led by Dr. Billy Wooten, recently shed some light on the issue, staging a debate and community forum ...

On March 18, The Center for Excellence Learning through Service (CELTS) and the Ceramic Apprenticeship Program hosted the annual Empty Bowls fundraiser to end local hunger.

The elderly woman was gray-haired with a stooped back and a slow, cautious walk. As a survivor of the concentration camps, Madame F spoke to the Berea College audience about performing music for the ...

In response to startling abuse statistics and as a way to show their commitment to educating people about ending abuse, Berea College students took to the streets on April 12 for the second annual ...

The 2007 graduating class was acknowledged at the annual Senior Banquet held April 11. Faculty and staff awards were announced along with this year's senior class gift. As commencement day ...

The first week of March held much excitement for a small group of Berea College students who had the opportunity to attend the Model African Union in Washington, D.C. Seven men and six women went ...

Old Seabury Gym was buzzing with activity and conversation as the Berea College Country Dancers gave their annual spring convocation on Tuesday, April 10. The theme for the convocation, which ...

The mafia invaded Berea College’s campus March 27-28. The Petticoat Mafia, that is. The group of five mature ladies who transformed their mountain town with their leadership and tenacity were guests ...

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On March 24, Berea College’s Cosmopolitan Club and African Student Association ...

Normandi Ellis’ office at the Public Relations building has a huge window that allows the sunshine to beam in. If you walk by the building, you’ll see various CASE awards prominently displayed in ...

Help us beat the likes of Harvard, Yale and UNC-Chapel Hill by rating our student-produced "Berea College and the Environment Factory" video ...

Berea College's Dining Services was packed wall to wall Monday night with the brightest students on campus for the annual Academic Awards Banquet.

Members of Berea College’s Students In Free Enterprise (SIFE) team celebrated their recent success during their monthly meeting March 26. The campus chapter was only chartered last October, and in ...

Habitat for Humanity, an international organization that builds low-cost houses for families in need, can be found all over the globe. Berea's chapter, however, is leaving its mark in more ways than ...

“We live as a people of privilege in a world that is incredibly out of whack,” said Rick Ufford-Chase, executive director of Presbyterian Peace Fellowship during convocation on March 22.

On March 17, Berea College’s Black Music Ensemble (BME) brought down the house at the second annual College Choir Explosion in Louisville, Ky. Winning first place and tying for the people's choice ...

On March 13, The Appalachian Center continued its semester-long focus on the effects of Mountaintop Removal (MTR) on the Appalachia region with a public information session. The night’s forum ...

"I believe that cultural diversity is as important as biological diversity," said Winona LaDuke at the March 15 convocation. LaDuke, a Native American activist, environmentalist, economist, writer ...

Berea College chemistry professor, Dr. Paul Smithson, has been able to engage several enthusiastic students in research projects that involved problem-based learning over the past several years. He ...

A research paper completed for a class last fall has earned Berea College senior Lakeya Chase more than good marks. She has received regional recognition for her work. At the encouragement of ...

Two Berea College students have been named the recipients of the ESE Sustainability Research Mini-Grants totaling up to $1,600. Nathan Hall and Micah Johnson were awarded the mini-grants for their ...

The feeling of anticipation and excitement was palpable as the participants in the Mountain Folk Festival entered the Old Seabury Gym and gave performances of traditional country dances, some of ...

With Berea College as their first stop, the female guitarists of La Guitara kicked off their much anticipated tour on International Women's Day with a skillful and stunning collection of songs.

Campus Counseling Services and the Lifetime Wellness class invited the Berea community to relax with green tea and meditation, and to get down with Dance Dance Revolution.

Roaring organ music vibrated through Gray Auditorium in Presser Hall on February 25 in celebration of John Courter’s 36 years at Berea College. The evening recital marked Courter's retirement as a ...

The eleventh annual Unity Banquet honored four outstanding African American students with the Carter G. Woodson Student Service Awards, named in honor of Berea College alum Dr. Carter G. Woodson, the ...

From February 9 - 26, Hutchins Library featured "A Creative Celebration," an exhibit that showcased the talents of Berea's faculty and staff.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (naia.org)- No. 2 seed Bethel (Ind.) won a shoot-out with No. 7 seed Berea (Ky.), 98-86, in the first round of the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball National Championship ...

"Everything in science should be approached with an open mind," said Dr. Ken Miller during his convocation address. Miller, a Catholic and evolutionist, spoke to Berea students about evolution, ...

On March 2, with the help of a sneaky cat, two "things," a fish and two children whose "mother was out," the Berea College Bookstore celebrated the National Education Association's (NEA) "Read Across ...

“You are here to learn and if you’re not here for that reason, you are in the wrong place. You have to read and you have to write and if you know you aren’t strong in those areas, get better. No ...

In the semester's headline event for the Appalachian Center, a group of Kentucky authors and musicians gathered in a packed Gray Auditorium to sing and speak out against the controversial mining ...

With throbbing melodies and ethnic rhythms, kora player Mamadou Diabate and his ensemble livened up a quiet Thursday night and inspired the Berea College convocation audience to rise to its feet and ...

“Can there be peace in the Middle East or anywhere else?” That was the question of the day during a lecture at Berea College by Dr. Hector Avalos, associate professor of religious studies at Iowa ...

Variety. That is an appropriate word to describe the entertainment awaiting those attending the Berea College Theatre Laboratory’s production of “From Page to Stage - A Festival of Original Plays” ...

The Berea College Speech and Debate team ended its competitive season on a high note as the school hosted the Kentucky Forensics Association State Championship Feb. 16 - 17. Approximately 125 ...

The eleventh annual Carter G. Woodson Unity Banquet was held on February 17, hosted by the Black Cultural Center. This year’s theme, A Message in the Movement: From the Streets to the Beats, was ...

On February 16, Appalachian Heritage magazine hosted author Darnell Arnoult as the featured regional writer in celebration of the winter 2007 issue. A native of the Virginia foothills, ...

Recap courtesy of Bryan Baker, KIACsports.com.

Recaps courtesy of Bryan Baker, KIACsports.com

On February 16, Berea College's senior women basketball players were honored before large crowds and, in some cases, with record breaking stats in their game against St. Mary of the Woods.

Despite leading for the majority of the game, the Mountaineers could not stop a late surge by Asbury, who won by a final of 79 - 76. This was the final home game for seniors Melvin Brown, Donnie ...

The day after Valentine's Day brought music and talent to Berea College in the form of the Ciompi Quartet, a group of four skilled and accomplished musicians from Duke University.

In her visit to Berea College, Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie shared wisdom, advice and her experiences as the first woman elected as a bishop in the AME Church, the nation's oldest African American ...

Several Berea College students received awards for their work in physics, environmental science, chemistry and health science at the Kentucky Academy of Science's 2006 Undergraduate Research ...

To wrap up Berea College's short term semester, the men's basketball team stormed the court, ready to redeem themselves after their tough loss against Indiana University Southeast last week. The ...

“Beautiful, inspirational and meaningful poetry that is joined with singable, striking tunes, combining the powers of music and literature in a profound way.” If that clue came up on “Jeopardy,” ...

James Ruchala, a doctoral candidate from Pinnacle, N.C., is the first 2007 Appalachian Music Fellowship recipient to take up residence in Berea and begin his research this year.

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Protesting the war in Iraq and calling upon elected officials to end the ...

Berea College's recycling program hit a record last year when it recycled more than 318,000 pounds of paper, plastic, glass, aluminum, batteries and other recyclable waste materials produced by the ...

Sophomore guard Jenna Lowe (Carrolton, Ky.) tied a school record when she connected on nine of 19 shots from three-point range to lead #23 Berea to a 104-78 victory at KIAC rival St. Louis College of ...

Though only a few months old, the fledgling SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise) team enthusiastically embraces the mission of its parent organization. Founded in 1975, SIFE (which has more than 14,000 ...

Mountaineer fans were treated to an exciting and close game at Seabury Arena against the Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers. The game kept fans on their feet and players on their toes with a ...

Berea College Cross Country Coach Mike Johnson was named KIAC Coach of the Year for the 9th time this year, capping another successful season that also included having runner Antonio Marchi compete ...

Seabury Gym was crowded with excited Berea College basketball fans as the men's and women's basketball teams hit the court Tuesday night in a double header against the Alice Lloyd Eagles.

Berea College Professor Billy Wooten was recently recognized by the Madison County Safety Coalition for his work in promoting health, safety and education with the help of his communications class.

The Berea College community celebrated the life and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during several public events beginning January 14.

Berea College senior Ni Ji, a native of Nanjing, China, has been recognized for her research work by receiving an award at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Anaheim, ...

Berea College and Midway College (Ky.) broke the NAIA-II record for most points (both teams) when Berea outscored Midway 120-111 in overtime on January 11. The 231 points shatters the record of 230 ...

After a weekend win against Indiana University Southeast, the Lady Mountaineers took on Asbury College Monday night in KIAC Conference action.

After resting up over winter break, and incurring a loss to Doane College in the annual Virgin Islands Tournament, BC's Lady Mountaineers were back in action in Saturday night's game.

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Financial services executive Scott M. Jenkins of Rosemont, Pa., and former Warren Wilson College President Douglas M. Orr Jr. of Black Mountain, N.C., were elected to the Berea College Board of ...

Three Berea College students were recognized by the KIAC and NAIA for their achievements both on and off the soccer field.

Dr. Rebecca Bates, Berea College assistant history professor, educated a large group of her peers at a recent Friday Faculty Colloquium using information she gathered while working on her ...

It’s a perfect rags-to-riches story. Truman is in the doghouse… literally, that is, until a Hollywood casting agent came knocking at a shelter Truman called home. It seems the agent thought ...