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2009 News Releases

12-23 Berea College hosting 71st Christmas Country Dance School Dec. 26 – Jan. 1
12-14 Berea College students receive $30,000 grants from Kentucky’s New Energy Ventures program to develop their businesses
12-7 Berea College Named 2009 Tree Campus USA College by Arbor Day Foundation
12-1 John M. Rosenberg, retired director of Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, speaker for Berea College Mid-Year Graduation Ceremony Dec. 13
11-20 Three new trustees elected to Berea College Board
11-17 Music Department Annual Christmas Concert offered on two evenings this year, Dec. 4 and 5
11-11 Puppetry performance by Wood and Strings Theatre coming to Berea College Nov. 19
11-09 Warren Brunner photography exhibit at Berea College captures 45 years of Miners and Mining in Appalachia
11-05 King Lear opens November 12 at Berea College. Presented by The Actors from the London Stage
11-02 Toby Foyeh and Orchestra Africa bringing “Afrijam music” to Berea College Nov. 12
11-02 Christmas Country Dance School at Berea College is a Holiday Tradition
11-01 Contemporary Cherokee author Robert J. Conley reading at Berea College Friday evening, Nov. 6
10-30 Berea College VP Bill Laramee receiving Honorary Alumnus Award during 2009 Berea College Homecoming Nov. 13-15
10-26 Annual Fall Concerts by Berea College Concert Choir Nov. 7 and 8
10-21 Classical Guitarist Michael Fogler performing at Berea College Sunday
10-20 2nd Annual Bluegrass Regional Boomer and Senior Games a success
10-19 17th Annual “Hunger Hurts Food Drive” sponsored by Berea College’s Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service (CELTS) and Students for Appalachia (SFA) set for Nov. 7, 2009
10-13 “Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science” author Charles Wheelan speaking at Berea College Oct. 29
10-13 Berea College Baseball Team partners with former player to provide baseball gloves underprivileged youth around the world
10-13 Founder of the U.S. Public Service Academy and author Dr. Chris Myers Asch, speaker for Lunch and lecture series at Berea College Oct. 19
10-12 Cave Cartographer and explorer Dr. Hazel Barton speaking at Berea College Oct. 22
10-7 Symposium on European Union Nov. 5 part of “International Focus on Europe” at Berea College for 2009-2010
10-1 Berea College celebrates 134th annual “Mountain Day” Oct. 14
9-30 Kentucky teacher, poet and early Berea alumnus Henry Allen Laine honored at Berea College Founder’s Day Oct. 8
9-24 36th Celebration of Traditional Music at Berea College Oct. 15-18
9-16 “Political provocateur” Dr. Larry Sabato speaking at Berea College Oct. 1
9-15 Contemporary chamber quartet Cordis performing at Berea College Sept. 26
9-14 Trailblazing African American theologian leading “Accent on Christian Faith 2009’’ Sept. 22-24 at Berea College
9-11 Berea College awarded U.S. Department of Education grant to help Girls in Math, Science
9-10 Berea College ranked among top U.S. Liberal Arts Colleges in 2009 “Washington Monthly” College Rankings
9-8 Georgia Guitar Quartet bringing a blend of southern comfort and classical sophistication to Berea College Sept. 17
8-26 Bluegrass Regional Boomer and Senior Games to be held Sept. 12
8-25 Berea College announces Westervelt technology courses for fall 2009
8-17 Berea College Launches Pinnacle Scholar Awards Recognizing Outstanding High School students in Science, Music and Service
7-30 Berea Announces New Women’s Basketball Coach
7-30 Berea College featured in new 2010 edition of The Princeton Review Guidebook: “The Best 371 Colleges”
7-17 Berea College Summer Carillon Concert Series features John Courter Aug. 3
6-11 Berea College’s Loyal Jones Appalachian Center being partially powered by new solar array
6-11 Financial strategist David Chow of Westport, Conn., elected to Berea College Board of Trustees
6-2 Summer Carillon Concert Series at Berea College begins June 8
6-2 Poet Jim Wayne Miller celebrated in Summer 09 “Appalachian Heritage ” and event June 12 at Berea College
6-2 Kentucky Private Colleges Open Campuses to Prospective Students During Kentucky Private College Week, June 15-19
6-2 Bill Best and Violet Farmer to be honored by Berea College during annual Summer Reunion June 12-14
5-26 “Work and Learning in Higher Education in the 21st Century” Symposium at Berea College May 31-June 2
5-24 Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, inspires graduates to “make history” at 137th Berea College Commencement today
5-11 Beverly Daniel Tatum, president of Spelman College, speaker for 137th Berea College Commencement May 24
5-7 Dr. Peter Hackbert of Berea College’s Entrepreneurship for the Public Good program is speaker for Southern Kentucky Inventors and Innovations Council meeting May 14
4-29 Music of the British Isles with quartet “Bare Necessities”
at Berea College May 7
4-28 Celebration Saturday, May 2, honors Loyal Jones and Willis Weatherford Jr.
4-28 Berea College Bluegrass Ensemble performing Spring Concert this Friday
4-27 Reading with author Pamela Duncan May 1 at Berea College
4-22 Berea College senior awarded $28,000 Watson Fellowship for International Travel
4-22 Neil LaBute’s Fat Pig opens April 24 at Berea College
Play About Body Image Takes the Stage
4-21 EKU String Orchestra performing free concert at Berea College Friday, April 24
4-21 Berea College Concert Choir, Eastern Kentucky University Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra Players combining for special anniversary concert Sunday, May 3 at Berea College
4-17 87th Annual Berea College Labor Day April 21
4-15 Mark Hanis, grandchild of four Holocaust survivors and now an activist against genocide, speaking at Berea College April 30
4-14 African guitarist Habib Koite and his band Bamada performing at Berea College April 23
4-13 “Rhythms of the Nile” at Berea College April 17 features leading Egyptian percussionist Karim Naji, Middle Eastern dancing and Drum Ensemble
4-13 Berea College professor William H. Turner receives award from Appalachian Studies Association for lifetime of service to the region
4-13 Winners of Weatherford Awards for outstanding new books about the Appalachian South announced
4-9 Berea College Students Sponsor Community-Wide Event Benefitting the New Opportunity School for Women
4-8 Berea College and Saint Joseph-Berea receive $14 million from Alfred and Mary Wood estate; $10.7 million is largest single gift in College’s history
4-7 Nationally recognized mountaintop removal activist Larry Gibson speaking at Berea College Thursday
4-7 First annual Arbor Day tree planting at Berea College Thursday replacing trees lost recently to drought and ice
3-27 Celebrated Virginia natural farmer Joel Salatin talks about “Healing the Land, the Food, the Economy, and the Culture” at Berea College April 16
3-25 Sustainability pioneers John and Nancy Jack Todd featured speakers for April 8 Berea College Sustainability and Environmental Studies (SENS) 10th anniversary event
3-23 Berea College Empty Bowls Dinner scheduled for April 22
3-23 World expert on epidemics and public health speaking at Berea College March 26
3-23 Federal Judge Thomas W. Phillips Elected to Berea College Board of Trustees
3-17 Madison Central’s Lance Sheets continuing baseball career at Berea College
3-16 Former Washington Post columnist and peace activist Colman McCarthy speaking at Berea College Thursday, March 19
3-5 Reading with author Jayne Anne Phillips March 13 at Berea College
2-24 A capella ensemble Anonymous 4 bring their exquisite harmonies to Berea in a concert March 12
2-24 Pianist William Chapman Nyaho performing concert at Berea College this Thursday, Feb. 27
2-16 First Book- Berea College now accepting Book Grant Applications from local programs serving children in need
2-10 Berea College celebrates Black History Month 2009
2-2 String Ensemble “Les Violons du Roy” performing Feb. 12 at Berea College
1-26 73rd Mountain Folk Festival, March 20 and 21, 2009
1-14 Berea College student featured in a lively discussion of African Americans and politics on the next “Connections with Renee Shaw” airing Friday, Jan. 16 and Sunday, Jan. 18 on KET