Berea College has appointed Diane Kerby as acting director of the college’s alumni relations office, effective April 1, 2013. She previously held the position of vice president for business and administration at Berea College before retiring in 2007. In that role she provided operational oversight for many familiar services and operations across campus including, Boone [...]

Berea College’s social media efforts have been ranked among the nation’s best. So, here’s a primer on how you can (re)connect with Berea. Facebook- love it or not, Facebook is the most-used social network on the planet. Connect with us and other Bereans here and read frequent daily updates, view photo galleries (some that you’ve [...]

Berea College will participate in Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN) 2013, a nationwide electricity and water use reduction competition among colleges and universities. The competition was created by The Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) through its Students Program, and in partnership with Lucid, Alliance to Save Energy and the National [...]

Berea College’s long-standing and historical commitment to interracial education was celebrated with the grand opening of the Carter G. Woodson Center, whose namesake graduated from Berea in 1903 and became recognized as the “Father of Black History.” The center, located on the main floor of the Alumni Building, reasserts interracial education as a priority in [...]

The Professional Grounds Management Society has announced that Matthew Partain of Berea, Ky. has become the 139th grounds management professional to successfully complete its Certified Grounds Manager (CGM) program. Partain has served as the Grounds Coordinator at Berea College since 2008. “I have had my eye on this certification for a number of years, as [...]

“Being a member of the men’s soccer team has been one of the best experiences at Berea College. Our team members are there for each other, encouraging each other to do our best not only on the field but in the class room as well.” Chase Bates ’16 is a freshman soccer player who highly [...]

Most people don’t know where their water goes with the flush of the toilet. Not so with the kids at Tyner elementary school in Jackson County. That is because in cooperation with the environmental group Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Jackson County Schools, and CDP Engineers, a natural wetlands system was [...]