Week of 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 […]
Conversations across Differences
Conversations across Differences In response to requests from alumni, Berea College is excited to offer exclusive continuing education for alumni seeking to learn how to engage in conversations with people who might think and act differently. You’re invited to register for Conversations across Differences, which will take place over a four-week period from October 3 to October […]
Berea College 49th Celebration of Traditional Music
Four days of traditional music concerts, jams, worshops, lectures, and dance! Symposium Thursday at Hutchins Library; Workshops Friday/Saturday at Loyal Jones Appalachian Center; jam Friday night at Boone Tavern and throughout the weekend; concerts Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday afternoon at Gray Auditorium; Kidzone Saturday afternoon at Woods Penn; Dance Saturday night at Woods […]
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, […]
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 […]
Pride Week: Coming Out Day
Pride Week: Coming Out Day
Join us on the quad in front of the Hutchins Library steps for pizza, cupcakes, Pride swag, and a live performance from Thelma and the Sleaze, an independent all-female, queer southern rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. The group is the brainchild of lead vocalist and guitar player Lauren "LG" Gilbert and features an evolving cast of […]
Pride Week: Movie Night
Pride Week: Movie Night
Join us to view Moonlight (2016), an American coming-of-age drama film that presents 3 stages of the main character's life: child hood, adolescence, and early adult life, and explores the difficulties he faces with his sexuality and identity, including the physical and emotional abuse he endures growing up.
Tree Powered: Forests, Flooding, and Community in Appalachian History and Beyond
Tree Powered: Forests, Flooding, and Community in Appalachian History and Beyond
Join us for Dinner and Conversation with Kathryn Newfont, Expert in Appalachian Forest History. Dinner will be served by 5:45 pm and talk will begin at 6:00 pm. “Like we humans, trees find strength in community. Nowhere is this point more evident than in the Appalachian region, where human and forest communities have long partnered. […]
A Berea Day at the Races
A Berea Day at the Races
Join us Thursday, October 13, for a Berea Day at the Races with fellow alumni in the Lexington Room, one of Keeneland's formal dining rooms. Located on the 4th floor and overlooking the racetrack, the Lexington Room offers a spectacular view of the horses in the final stretch to the finish line. The ticket price ($85) […]
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 […]
Pride Week: Movie Night
Pride Week: Movie Night
Join us to watch Prom (2020), American musical comedy film about a lesbian high school student whose prom is canceled by the PTA because she wants to take a girl, and a group of narcissistic Broadway stars, who experience a bomb open night of their new show, jump on the cause to revitalize their careers.
Acoustic Blues
Acoustic Blues
Jerron Paxton A multi-instrumentalist, Jerron Paxton has an incredible ability to transform traditional jazz, blues, folk, and country songs into the here and now, thus making his music “real.” He mesmerizes audiences with his humor and storytelling. His sound is influenced by the likes of Fats Waller and “Blind” Lemon Jefferson. Celebration of Traditional Music […]
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 […]