Calendar of Events
S Sun
M Mon
T Tue
W Wed
T Thu
F Fri
S Sat
3 events,
Alumni Movie Club – Break It All: The History of Rock in Latin America
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: Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights
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, […]
Macy’s Shopping Day
Macy’s Shopping Day
Join Career Development for a shopping day at Macy's using your professional clothing funding. A bus will leave from Boone Tavern at 8:00 am and drive to Fayette Mall Macy's where a light breakfast will be provided. Shopping will occur between 9 am and 12 pm. The bus will then depart from Macy's at 12 […]
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 […]
3 events,
Water-mamas and Mermaids: Oceanic Memory, Indian Indentured Labor, and the Caribbean Plantation
Water-mamas and Mermaids: Oceanic Memory, Indian Indentured Labor, and the Caribbean Plantation
Berea College professor of English, Amrita Mishra, will share her research on the historical and literary legacies of indentured Indian laborers in the Caribbean during the 19th and early 20th centuries.
6 events,
Medicine for the Greater Good – Johns Hopkins Bayview
Medicine for the Greater Good – Johns Hopkins Bayview
Medicine for the Greater Good (MGG), an internship partner site, is looking to hire Berea interns for Summer 2023! Join Dr. Panagis Galiatsatos to find out more about internship opportunities with MGG, which has hosted Berea College interns since 2018. MGG doctors and nurses engage with the community beyond the confines of the hospital on […]
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.
The Life and Death of Democracy: Lessons for America
The Life and Death of Democracy: Lessons for America
Dr. Daniel Ziblatt Is American democracy at risk today? Dr. Ziblatt, a government professor at Harvard University and director of the Transformations of Democracy research unit at the Berlin Social Science Center, is the author most recently of How Democracies Die (2018). In his talk, Dr. Ziblatt will draw on historical and contemporary examples of […]
4 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.
BC Planetarium Show- Two Small Pieces of Glass
BC Planetarium Show- Two Small Pieces of Glass
400 years ago, a simple adjustment to a child’s spyglass revealed for the first time an infinite and perplexing universe to your eyes and imaginations. Join us today, as the world’s great telescopes, born of that serendipitous moment, gaze ever further into the distant past — and into our future. While attending a local star […]
3 events,
BC Planetarium Show- Two Small Pieces of Glass
BC Planetarium Show- Two Small Pieces of Glass
400 years ago, a simple adjustment to a child’s spyglass revealed for the first time an infinite and perplexing universe to your eyes and imaginations. Join us today, as the world’s great telescopes, born of that serendipitous moment, gaze ever further into the distant past — and into our future. While attending a local star […]
5 events,
Art Talk with Robert R. Thurman
Art Talk with Robert R. Thurman
Join us in the Appalachian Center for lunch and conversation with Thurman as he talks about his art and Appalachian Identity.
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 […]
Concert: Paul Brock Band (High Powered Music from Ireland)
Concert: Paul Brock Band (High Powered Music from Ireland)
Join us for a free concert with four of Ireland's leading traditional musicians. The Paul Brock Band is fronted by one of Ireland’s most celebrated traditional musicians: Paul Brock on button accordion and melodeon. The band also features acclaimed pianist, composer and arranger Denis Carey as well as fiddler/dancer/bodhran player Jake James and multi-instrumentalist Brenda Dowling. Lori […]
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,
JET Program Application Workshop
JET Program Application Workshop
Join Tye Ebel from the JET Program to learn about post-graduate opportunities in Japan. This workshop is for junior and senior students who are actively preparing their applications for the JET Program.
JET Program Information Session
JET Program Information Session
Join Tye Ebel from the JET Program to learn about post-graduate opportunities in Japan. This session is open to all students and alumni interested in learning more about the program.
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.
Applying for Internships
Applying for Internships
Applying for internships can be a time-consuming (and confusing) process if you've never done it before! Learn more about different types of application processes you might encounter, how to reach out to employers who don't have established internship programs or application processes, submitting resumes/cover letters that will help you stand out, and interviewing for internship […]
Of Hard Times and Harmony
Of Hard Times and Harmony
Windborne The Windborne Ensemble’s captivating performance draws on the singers’ deep roots in traditions of vocal harmony. The absolute uniqueness of their artistic approach brings old songs into the present. The ensemble shifts effortlessly between dramatically different styles of music, inviting their audience into a journey that spans continents and centuries, while illuminating and expanding […]
4 events,
Art Talk with Robert R. Thurman
Art Talk with Robert R. Thurman
Join us for lunch and conversation with Thurman as he talks about his art and Appalachian identity. Robert R. Thurman lives close to where he was born, raised, and attended school: in small, hard-working towns 45 to 60 miles southwest of Knoxville. His art shows in coastal national venues. Much of Thurman’s work has been […]
BC Planetarium Show- Solar Superstorms
BC Planetarium Show- Solar Superstorms
Solar Superstorms narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch takes viewers into the tangle of magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent the Sun's rage in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system, coronal mass ejections. Audiences will witness a fury building on the surface of the Sun – high-velocity jets, a fiery tsunami wave […]
3 events,
BC Planetarium Show- Solar Superstorms
BC Planetarium Show- Solar Superstorms
Solar Superstorms narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch takes viewers into the tangle of magnetic fields and superhot plasma that vent the Sun's rage in dramatic flares, violent solar tornadoes, and the largest eruptions in the solar system, coronal mass ejections. Audiences will witness a fury building on the surface of the Sun – high-velocity jets, a fiery tsunami wave […]
4 events,
Saint John’s Bible Tour
Through December 12, Special Collections and Archives invites the campus community to view the seven volumes of Berea College's Heritage Edition St. John's Bible up close. Participants will learn about the production of the first completely hand-written and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine order in 500 years. They may also turn the pages and […]
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,
Education Abroad Fair
Education Abroad Fair
Stop by the annual Education Abroad Fair to talk with study abroad providers, find out about scholarships, see who wins the international photo contest, collect prizes, and enjoy a delicious lunch! This fair is perfect timing for students interested in a study abroad program in Summer 2023, Fall 2023 or beyond!
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,
Gender Talk: Women in the Struggle with Lenora Knowles
Gender Talk: Women in the Struggle with Lenora Knowles
Lenora R. Knowles is a Baltimore-based community organizer and organic intellectual. In today's talk, she thinks about the ways in which women of color organizers of the past and present have negotiated self and community in the context of grassroots organizing and social movement building. Knowles draws from her original research on the coalitional politics […]
7 events,
Saint John’s Bible Tour
Through December 12, Special Collections and Archives invites the campus community to view the seven volumes of Berea College's Heritage Edition St. John's Bible up close. Participants will learn about the production of the first completely hand-written and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine order in 500 years. They may also turn the pages and […]
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.
How to Receive Credit & Funding for Your Internship
How to Receive Credit & Funding for Your Internship
Learn how you can receive course credit while gaining career-related experience - and how to obtain the funding to make it possible! This session is required for all Summer 2023 interns. Register on BeyondBerea.org/Events Check out our Internship Events & Resources Guide for more internship information. ____________________________________________________________________________ **If you are not able to attend a […]
Annette Clapsaddle Reading
Annette Clapsaddle Reading
Join us for an evening with Eastern Band Cherokee Author Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle as she reads from her novel “Even As We Breathe”
6 events,
Homecoming Reunion 2022
We are thrilled to welcome alumni back to campus, November 18-20, for Homecoming 2022. It's a special reunion for the classes of 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012, 2017 and 2022 but all alumni are invited to attend. We expect close to 1,000 Bereans to return for classic Homecoming events like class receptions, the block party, basketball games, […]
BC Planetarium Show- Habitat Earth
BC Planetarium Show- Habitat Earth
Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. In the California Academy of Sciences’ latest original planetarium show, Habitat Earth, discover what it means to live in today’s connected world. Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s […]
6 events,
Better Together 5K Run/Walk and Community Event
Better Together 5K Run/Walk and Community Event
As a part of Homecoming Weekend, CELTS in partnership with Alumni Relations will sponsor a 5K Run/Walk to benefit the Berea Food Bank. Register at https://runsignup.com/Race/KY/Berea/BetterTogether5KBerea. Current Berea College students should use the code BCSTUDENT. For any K-12 kids who might be joining you, use the coupon code BETTER. After you finish the race we […]
6 events,
BC Planetarium Show- Habitat Earth
BC Planetarium Show- Habitat Earth
Living networks connect and support life forms large and small—from colonies of tiny microbes and populations of massive whales to ever-expanding human societies. In the California Academy of Sciences’ latest original planetarium show, Habitat Earth, discover what it means to live in today’s connected world. Through stunning visualizations of the natural world, dive below the ocean’s […]
6 events,
Saint John’s Bible Tour
Through December 12, Special Collections and Archives invites the campus community to view the seven volumes of Berea College's Heritage Edition St. John's Bible up close. Participants will learn about the production of the first completely hand-written and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine order in 500 years. They may also turn the pages and […]
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 […]
6 events,
Saint John’s Bible Tour
Through December 12, Special Collections and Archives invites the campus community to view the seven volumes of Berea College's Heritage Edition St. John's Bible up close. Participants will learn about the production of the first completely hand-written and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine order in 500 years. They may also turn the pages and […]
8 events,
Saint John’s Bible Tour
Through December 12, Special Collections and Archives invites the campus community to view the seven volumes of Berea College's Heritage Edition St. John's Bible up close. Participants will learn about the production of the first completely hand-written and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine order in 500 years. They may also turn the pages and […]
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 […]
8 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 […]
8 events,
Student Activist Series featuring Emily Noe
Student Activist Series featuring Emily Noe
Emily created the QueerCreek Zine to serve as a working archive and centrally-located collection of resources for queer Appalachians. Her work tackles what it means to be queer in Appalachia and grapples with the assertion that the two are not mutually exclusive despite common stereotypes. While the region is often viewed as an extremely homophobic […]
9 events,
Alumni Movie Club – Driving While Black
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 […]
Saint John’s Bible Tour
Through December 12, Special Collections and Archives invites the campus community to view the seven volumes of Berea College's Heritage Edition St. John's Bible up close. Participants will learn about the production of the first completely hand-written and hand-illuminated Bible commissioned by the Benedictine order in 500 years. They may also turn the pages and […]
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.
9 events,
BC Planetarium Show- From Earth to the Universe
BC Planetarium Show- From Earth to the Universe
The night sky, both beautiful and mysterious, has inspired awe and been the subject of campfire stories, and ancient myths for as long as there have been people. A desire to comprehend the Universe may well be humanity’s oldest shared intellectual experience. Yet only recently have we truly begun to grasp our place in the […]