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Alumni Movie Club: Crip Club
Join our virtual community to discuss “movies that matter” connected to social justice, history and social issues. Scroll down for more information. Participation is free! How It Works Berea College created a virtual movie club for students, alumni, faculty and staff. The movie club will connect through a private text-based forum where all participants can […]
Alumni Book Club: All the Lonely People: A Novel
Join our virtual community to connect with fellow Berea College alumni, faculty and staff as we read and discuss various book genres such as lifelong learning, personal growth, novels and other topics. Scroll down for more information. Participation is free! How it Works We have created a virtual book club for alumni, faculty and staff, […]
3 events,
Funding Premiere
Funding Premiere
Kettle Corn, Cotton Candy, & Funding! Career Development is premiering our funding for junior and seniors for the 2022-2023 school year. You'll have the opportunity to learn about our funding and ask questions to use this funding to the best of your ability.
3 events,
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
On a weekly basis during the academic year, the Campus Christian Center leads a worship service on Tuesday’s at noon. The Center plans and offers diverse services of Christian worship within an ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Worshipers can also share a light, midday meal together in the Fireside Room, immediately following worship at 12:30 p.m. The […]
4 events,
Staff Forum
Staff Forum
The Staff Forum’s general purpose is to provide an organized means of communication and participation for staff in the shared governance system of the College. Faculty and staff are welcome. […]
5 events,
Giving Day 2022
Join us for Giving Day 2022! This year, you will have not ONE, but TWO opportunities to make a gift: a gift to the Berea Fund enables Berea to continue to cover the cost of tuition for every enrolled student, providing a quality education to talented students with limited economic means; a gift to the […]
Alumni Movie Club: The Ron Clark Story
Join our virtual community to discuss “movies that matter” connected to social justice, history and social issues. Scroll down for more information. Participation is free! How It Works Berea College created a virtual movie club for students, alumni, faculty and staff. The movie club will connect through a private text-based forum where all participants can […]
Spiritual Seekers
Spiritual Seekers
Want to learn more about other religions and explore your own spirituality? Do you believe interfaith dialogue is crucial to building stronger communities? We meet each Thursday at noon in the Fireside Room, Draper Bldg. for conversation, reflection, education and inspiration. A light vegetarian lunch is included.
Why Berea?
Why Berea?
Dr. Lyle Roelofs Ten years ago, Dr. Roelofs delivered an opening convocation address with this same title. This talk will take up some of the questions he was thinking about back then and connect them to the present and the future of Berea College. Special music will be provided by the great singers of the Berea […]
5 events,
Community Closet
Community Closet
The community closet provides a safe space for students, faculty, and staff to get stylish, size-inclusive, and gender-affirming clothing and accessories as well as information about various resources both on and off-campus.
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
On these weekly tours, participants will view the exhibit Works of Art on the Art of Quilting: Twenty WPA Quilt Block Prints. Guests will then visit the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room to examine books on, and historic pictures of, quilts and quilt making.
BC Planetarium Show- Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
BC Planetarium Show- Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity
Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity, this cutting-edge production features high-resolution visualizations of cosmic phenomena, working with data generated by supercomputer simulations, to bring the current science of black holes to the dome screen. Audiences will be dazzled with striking, immersive animations of the formation of the early universe, star birth and death, the […]
5 events,
Career Success in Your 20s
Young alumni are invited to join us for our next free, virtual professional development course, offered exclusively to Berea alumni. If you’re spinning your wheels in your career, feeling overwhelmed by what’s next, or have the sense that your career is happening to you, you aren’t alone. The modern career landscape is vastly different from […]
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
On a weekly basis during the academic year, the Campus Christian Center leads a worship service on Tuesday’s at noon. The Center plans and offers diverse services of Christian worship within an ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Worshipers can also share a light, midday meal together in the Fireside Room, immediately following worship at 12:30 p.m. The […]
Green Dot Student Training
Green Dot Student Training
This training is a bystander intervention program. Green Dot Training is designed to help participants understand the definition of "bystander" and to equip them with necessary skills to assist in establishing two campus norms. First, violence will not be tolerated and secondly everyone is expected to do their part to keep the campus free from […]
6 events,
WGS Colloquium featuring Shana Goggins, KFTC
WGS Colloquium featuring Shana Goggins, KFTC
Identity and the Politics of Change in Appalachia: How does culture and identity influence social justice advocacy? In this workshop, Shana Goggins, community organizer with Kentuckians for the Commonwealth, will explore the impact of culture and identity in the context of cultural competence and how we work to achieve social justice. Culture is part and parcel […]
Study Abroad Info Session
Study Abroad Info Session
Planning to study abroad this winter or spring? Get your questions answered before the September 15th deadline! Thinking about a later term? Find out how it all works! We’ll cover program options, deadlines, scholarships, and Q&A.
Japanese Taiko Drums: Past, Present, and Potential Future
Japanese Taiko Drums: Past, Present, and Potential Future
Berea College professor of Japanese and faculty sponsor of the Berea Japanese Taiko & Culture Club, Nathan Patton, and his students will share the Japanese musical and dance form known as taiko and discuss its past, present, and potential future.
5 events,
Spiritual Seekers
Spiritual Seekers
Want to learn more about other religions and explore your own spirituality? Do you believe interfaith dialogue is crucial to building stronger communities? We meet each Thursday at noon in the Fireside Room, Draper Bldg. for conversation, reflection, education and inspiration. A light vegetarian lunch is included.
Soul
Soul
Brian Owens Soul singer Brian Owens enthralls his audiences with soulful, jazzy numbers while conjuring up the spirits of such Motown legends as Marvin Gaye and the Temptations. Owens’ songs encapsulate his shared love of soul music and humanity. In his music he seeks to engage in conversation with his listeners and to build community, […]
5 events,
Mindfulness & Meditation Hour
Mindfulness & Meditation Hour
Join your peers in the bell hooks center for an hour of quiet time. We welcome you to meditate, nap, pray, or utilize this time for whatever form of quiet contemplation and mindfulness that suits your needs. The lights will be turned low and music or a guided meditation will be played.
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
On these weekly tours, participants will view the exhibit Works of Art on the Art of Quilting: Twenty WPA Quilt Block Prints. Guests will then visit the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room to examine books on, and historic pictures of, quilts and quilt making.
4 events,
Career Café
Career Café
Come hang out with our labor students every Monday from 5-8 pm for space and support to work on your career development. We know it's tough to find the time to work on your job search, resume, applications, cover letters, and the like so every Monday the coffee maker will be running full steam and […]
4 events,
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
On a weekly basis during the academic year, the Campus Christian Center leads a worship service on Tuesday’s at noon. The Center plans and offers diverse services of Christian worship within an ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Worshipers can also share a light, midday meal together in the Fireside Room, immediately following worship at 12:30 p.m. The […]
6 events,
Meet the Recruiters: Accounting Employers
Meet the Recruiters: Accounting Employers
Stop by Draper Lobby on your way to class this Wednesday! Recruiters from the area will be there for you to learn about their companies, discuss open positions, and connect with professionals in the accounting field. Please register in advance via Handshake and fill out the survey connected to registration if you would like to […]
bell hooks center Artist-in-Residence Artist Workshop: Channeling Selfhood
bell hooks center Artist-in-Residence Artist Workshop: Channeling Selfhood
Inspired by bell hooks's argument that "to transgress we must return to the body," this workshop will examine selfhood as an unfixed location that is expansive, variable, and fully autonomous. Participants will discuss and unpack multiple modalities that are used to locate and express one's self. From self-portraiture to stream of consciousness to radical dreaming. […]
bell hooks center Artist-in-Residence Artist Talk
bell hooks center Artist-in-Residence Artist Talk
Southern-California based artist Chanell Stone will discuss her works "Natura Negra" and "Umbra" detailing the Black body's connection to diasporic landscapes via self-portraiture and written word. Influenced by bell hooks's essay on "the oppositional gaze," this compilation of photographs champion radical self-definition.
4 events,
Spiritual Seekers
Spiritual Seekers
Want to learn more about other religions and explore your own spirituality? Do you believe interfaith dialogue is crucial to building stronger communities? We meet each Thursday at noon in the Fireside Room, Draper Bldg. for conversation, reflection, education and inspiration. A light vegetarian lunch is included.
4 events,
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
On these weekly tours, participants will view the exhibit Works of Art on the Art of Quilting: Twenty WPA Quilt Block Prints. Guests will then visit the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room to examine books on, and historic pictures of, quilts and quilt making.
4 events,
A Berea Day at the Cincinnati Zoo
We are so excited to host a Berea Day at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday, September 17, 2022, with discounted tickets for our Berea College alumni and their guests! The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second-oldest zoo in the United States and houses over 500 animals and 3,000 plant species. A 2022 ranking of the nation’s best zoos […]
4 events,
Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
Songs of Slavery and Emancipation
Dr. Kathy Bullock and Mat Callahan In 2015 Mat Callahan discovered a song composed and sung by slaves preparing an insurrection in South Carolina in 1813. The lyrics were explicitly revolutionary and unlike any other Negro Spiritual he’d ever heard. He realized immediately that this song posed many questions: what if there were more songs […]
4 events,
Career Development Week: Career Café
Career Development Week: Career Café
Our biggest Career Café yet! Meet in Baird Lounge for coffee, tea, and cocoa while you organize your career development goals for the year with the help of our peer consultants. Stay for as little or as long as you want and bring lots of questions!
4 events,
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
On a weekly basis during the academic year, the Campus Christian Center leads a worship service on Tuesday’s at noon. The Center plans and offers diverse services of Christian worship within an ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Worshipers can also share a light, midday meal together in the Fireside Room, immediately following worship at 12:30 p.m. The […]
7 events,
bell hooks day
bell hooks day
Join the bell hooks center for our inaugural bell hooks day festivities honoring the late bell hooks. 10:30 AM: Ribbon-cutting on bell hooks way (formerly Campus Dr.) 11:30 AM-1 PM: Gender Talk with Dr. Monica Casper entitled "Love, Rage, and Dreams: bell hooks on Reproductive Freedom" in the Alumni Activities Room; lunch will be provided […]
KY Law School Panel
KY Law School Panel
Join recruiters from Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, University of Kentucky J. Davis Rosenberg College of Law, and Brandeis School of Law at University of Louisville during the Graduate and Professional School fair to learn more about application best practices and form your graduate school network.
KY Law School Panel
KY Law School Panel
Join recruiters from Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University, University of Kentucky J. Davis Rosenberg College of Law, and Brandeis School of Law at University of Louisville during the Graduate and Professional School fair to learn more about application best practices and form your graduate school network.
7 events,
Spiritual Seekers
Spiritual Seekers
Want to learn more about other religions and explore your own spirituality? Do you believe interfaith dialogue is crucial to building stronger communities? We meet each Thursday at noon in the Fireside Room, Draper Bldg. for conversation, reflection, education and inspiration. A light vegetarian lunch is included.
Beyond Berea: A Convocation on Careers
Beyond Berea: A Convocation on Careers
Berea Alumni Join us as we welcome three accomplished Berea alumni who will share their stories of navigating career discernment and finding direction. Each speaker will talk about their own personal experiences and provide insights into how they managed to overcome hurdles related to their careers. Their unique perspective on “success” is meant to inspire future […]
Career Development Week: Beyond Berea Networking
Career Development Week: Beyond Berea Networking
Continue the conversation with our career convocation speakers with light refreshments.
6 events,
Career Development Week: Donuts & Discernment
Career Development Week: Donuts & Discernment
Grab a treat to celebrate the last day of Career Development week! We'll be in front of the Alumni Building giving out donuts and helping you navigate career discernment.
Mindfulness & Meditation Hour
Mindfulness & Meditation Hour
Join your peers in the bell hooks center for an hour of quiet time. We welcome you to meditate, nap, pray, or utilize this time for whatever form of quiet contemplation and mindfulness that suits your needs. The lights will be turned low and music or a guided meditation will be played.
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
On these weekly tours, participants will view the exhibit Works of Art on the Art of Quilting: Twenty WPA Quilt Block Prints. Guests will then visit the Special Collections and Archives Reading Room to examine books on, and historic pictures of, quilts and quilt making.
4 events,
A Berea Day at Dollywood
A Berea Day at Dollywood
A Berea Day at Dollywood We are so excited to once again host a Berea Day at Dollywood on Saturday, September 24, 2022, with discounted tickets for our Berea College alumni and their guests! Spanning 160 acres in the Great Smoky Mountains, the Dollywood theme park offers more than 50 world-class rides, high-energy entertainment, award-winning dining, and the friendliest […]
4 events,
Career Café
Career Café
Come hang out with our labor students every Monday from 5-8 pm for space and support to work on your career development. We know it's tough to find the time to work on your job search, resume, applications, cover letters, and the like so every Monday the coffee maker will be running full steam and […]
5 events,
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
Chapel Worship Service & Lunch
On a weekly basis during the academic year, the Campus Christian Center leads a worship service on Tuesday’s at noon. The Center plans and offers diverse services of Christian worship within an ecumenical Christian atmosphere. Worshipers can also share a light, midday meal together in the Fireside Room, immediately following worship at 12:30 p.m. The […]
Cancer Crisis in Appalachia: Dinner on the Grounds
Cancer Crisis in Appalachia: Dinner on the Grounds
Join us for dinner and an insightful presentation by Dr. Nathan Vanderford, as he discusses the upcoming exhibit in the Appalachian Center featuring photographs by students from the University of Kentucky’s Appalachian Career Training in Oncology (ACTION). The exhibit explores the high cancer rates in Kentucky, which has some of the highest rates in the nation.
4 events,
Student Activist Series featuring Filza Mutaal
Student Activist Series featuring Filza Mutaal
As a student growing up in Pakistan, Filza identified sexual harassment occurring in school during her teen years. She questioned why boys and men in positions of power, especially in school settings, get away with sexist behavior. She openly shared her perceptions on her social media accounts. Other young girls began to share their stories […]
6 events,
Spiritual Seekers
Spiritual Seekers
Want to learn more about other religions and explore your own spirituality? Do you believe interfaith dialogue is crucial to building stronger communities? We meet each Thursday at noon in […]
Putting On Our Blue Jeans: White Supremacy, Counter Witness, and God’s Delivering Presence
Putting On Our Blue Jeans: White Supremacy, Counter Witness, and God’s Delivering Presence
Rev. Dr. Drew G.I. Hart Rev. Dr. Hart will explore the domesticated and distorted witness western Christendom has produced, with particular concern for its colonial child, white supremacy. Rather than […]
Accent on Christian Faith Convocation
Accent on Christian Faith Convocation
The Campus Christian Center offers our Accent on Christian Faith Convocation each fall. The Center invites notable and accomplished ministers, speakers and/or theologians to deliver this lecture. We are pleased to […]
6 events,
Foundation, Academy & Knapp Hall Reunion
After nearly three years apart, we can’t wait to celebrate the Foundation, Academy and Knapp Hall Reunion together on campus September 30 and October 1. We are looking forward to sharing stories of the good old days and making a few new memories, too. Check out the full schedule below and register today! We hope […]
Staff Forum
Staff Forum
The Staff Forum’s general purpose is to provide an organized means of communication and participation for staff in the shared governance system of the College. Faculty and staff are welcome. Staff are encouraged to attend. These meetings take place via Zoom and in Baird Lounge, Alumni Building, Berea College Campus. For more info, visit the […]
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
Friday Finds: Works of Art on the Art of Quilting
On these weekly tours, participants will view the exhibit Works of Art on the Art of Quilting: Twenty WPA Quilt Block Prints. Guests will then visit the Special Collections and […]