Week of Events
Alumni Movie 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 – Undelivered: The Never-Heard Speeches That Would Have Rewritten History
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, […]
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 […]
Alumni Movie Club
Alumni Movie 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 […]
Saint John’s Bible Tours
Saint John’s Bible Tours
In 1998, Saint John's Abbey and University commissioned renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible. The Saint John's Bible is the first completely handwritten and illuminated Bible commissioned by a Benedictine abbey since the 1450s. Berea College is fortunate to own one of only 299 Heritage Edition full-size fine art reproduction sets […]
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 […]
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 in person. These meetings take place via Microsoft Teams and in Baird Lounge, Alumni Building, Berea College Campus. For more […]
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.
A Journey of Hope: From the Land of the Eternal Spring to My Old Kentucky Home
A Journey of Hope: From the Land of the Eternal Spring to My Old Kentucky Home
Karina Barillas Karina Barillas, Executive Director of La Casita Center in Louisville, Kentucky, shares her story as a Latina who immigrated to the United States. La Casita Center is a non-profit organization that accompanies families in the Latinx community, providing a range of services and working for systemic change. Ms. Barillas, who will be recognized […]
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. Be sure to review our Internship Info Sessions & Resources Poster + the Internship Steps Checklist. ____________________________________________________________________ **If you are not able to attend […]
Friday Finds: Explore the Writings of bell hooks
Friday Finds: Explore the Writings of bell hooks
Former Berea College professor bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, Ph.D., 1952-2021) is no longer with us. Fortunately, many of her writings and recordings are preserved in the Berea College Special Collections and Archives. Throughout Women’s History Month 2023, Hutchins Library invites you to spend an hour (or more!) each week reading what bell hooks wrote. […]
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 […]