Week of Events
Homecoming Reunion 2023
We are thrilled to welcome alumni back to campus, November 17-19, for Homecoming 2023. It’s a special reunion for the classes of 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018 and 2023, but all alumni are invited to attend. Hundreds of Bereans will return to campus for classic Homecoming events like the block party, basketball games, BereaFest, the […]
Friday Finds: Peruse the Cookbooks
In this program, college and community members are invited to explore the more than 500 historic and regional cookbooks that are in the Berea College Special Collections and Archives. This year the public is encouraged to search the cookbook collection for spoonbread recipes and stories. How many will you find? Those wishing to share their […]
Saint John’s Bible Tours
Saint John’s Bible Tours
Special Collections and Archives hosts hands-on, guided encounters with the seven volumes of the St. John's Bible every Monday at 9:00 AM. Come join us for an exploration of this ancient-and-modern masterpiece of sacred art and text. Pre-registration by 7:00 AM is required.
Worship in Danforth Chapel
Worship in Danforth Chapel
Weekly Christian Worship Service in Danforth Chapel. All are welcome! Lunch served afterward.
Gender Talk – Black Nourishment: Food, Justice and Care as a Praxis
Gender Talk – Black Nourishment: Food, Justice and Care as a Praxis
Join national food justice leader, organizer, priestess, writer, facilitator, DJ, and internationalist Black feminist Dara Cooper (also known as DJ Dandara) in a talk on Black nourishment and building a movement towards justice centering care. From our personal lives to our movement, our communities and beyond, it is important-urgent-that we center nourishment and reclaim the […]
Spiritual Seekers
Spiritual Seekers
Weekly gathering of those who seek spiritual learning and fellowship. Everyone is welcome! Lunch served. Fireside Room, Draper Building.
PROF. MARK GODSEY: Blind Injustice: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform in America
PROF. MARK GODSEY: Blind Injustice: Wrongful Convictions and Criminal Justice Reform in America
University of Cincinnati law professor Mark Godsey is the co-founder and director the Ohio Innocence Project, which to date has freed from prison 42 wrongfully convicted Ohioans who served many years for crimes they didn't commit, including time on death row. Accompanied by one of his exonerated clients, Prof. Godsey, a leading legal scholar, activist, ex-NYC […]
S’mores are Better Together
S’mores are Better Together
Come out and support our local Berea Food Bank by eating s'mores on Thursday, November 16 fro 7-11 p.m. in the graveled parking lot next to Stephenson Hall where you can roast marshmallows or buy ready-to-roast s'mores kits ($2) while enjoying some music and autumnal ambience.
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Discoveries at the Doris Ulmann Galleries
Discover beloved artworks from the Berea College Art Collection and visiting artists at the Doris Ulmann Galleries through a guided tour of current exhibitions led by Ainsley Golden, BereaCorps Art […]
Folk-Roots Reunion Concert
Folk-Roots Reunion Concert
Who: Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble What: Homecoming Reunion Concert When: Friday, November 17 @ 8:00pm Where: Loyal Jones Appalachian Center, Stephenson Hall
Better Together 5K run/walk
Better Together 5K run/walk
Join us for the Better Together 5K run/walk on November 18, part of homecoming weekend. CELTS covers the cost of putting on the race and a donor covered the cost of swag so all of your registration goes to the Food Bank. Race starts at 8 a.m. and packet pickup is from 6:45 a.m. to […]
BME Homecoming Concert
BME Homecoming Concert
Who: Berea College Black Music Ensemble (BME) What: Homecoming Concert When: November 18th @ 1:30pm Where: Union Church, Berea, KY