On September 1 at 3 p.m. in Phelps Stokes Chapel, Larry Shinn, Berea’s eighth president, opens the new academic year as he talks about Berea College’s enduring values and their educational expression in the 21st Century. See the full convocation schedule at http://www.berea.edu/convocations.

Berea College is one of the best colleges in the southeast according to the nationally known education services company, The Princeton Review.  It is one of 135 institutions The Princeton Review recommends in its “Best in the Southeast” section of its website feature, “2012 Best Colleges: Region by Region,” that posted August 1, 2011 on [...]

Dear Berea Friends: As president of Berea College and a citizen of the Berea community, I am writing to share my shock and concern about the recent racially motivated vandalism targeting an interracial couple in Berea. How ironic that a town founded on interracial principles over 150 years ago still has to battle the age-old [...]

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 1994. In a letter to trustees, faculty, staff and students, Shinn stated that, with the college emerging strongly from the challenges of the [...]