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2010 News Releases

12-13 Berea alumnus and Nobel Laureate Dr. John Fenn Dies
12-12 Nearly 70 midyear candidates for graduation participate in recognition service at Berea College
12-06 Five Receive Alumni Awards During Berea College’s Homecoming
11-30 Ecologist Dr. Carol Yoon Presents at Berea College Convocation, Dec. 2, 2010
11-29 Berea Alumnus Receives Lifetime Contributor Award for Country Dance
11-29 Berea College and Lexington Philharmonic Perform Handel’s Messiah, Dec. 4, 2010
11-29 Looking for Lilith Theatre Company Performs at Nov. 18 Convocation
11-29 Mike Mullins Honors Friend James Still During Appalachian Heritage Celebration
11-29 Berea College celebrates 135th annual “Mountain Day” on Wednesday Oct. 6.
11-29 New Trustee Elected to Berea College Board
11-29 Orchid Ensemble Performs at Berea on Thursday, Nov. 11
11-29 The Penny Loafers Quartet Performs 25th Anniversary Concert During Berea College’s Homecoming
11-29 Berea awarded $500K grant to plan improvements for Appalachian communities
11-29 Berea College’s “Head of the Holler” debuts with Silas House on KET network
11-29 Bluegrass Guitarists Tim O’brien & Bryan Sutton Performing at Berea College, Thursday, Oct. 14
11-29 Instrumental Ensembles Concert Tuesday Nov. 16
11-29 Women’s Chorus Fall Concert
11-29 Founders’ Day at Berea College Honors Lincoln Institute on Centennial Anniversary
11-29 Berea College & ARAMARK Partner to Update Energy Management Program. Project includes a detailed energy audit and development of an energy baseline for campus buildings
11-29 Berea College hosts 37th annual Celebration of Traditional Music
11-29 Berea College Hosts 73rd annual Christmas Country Dance School
11-29 Berea College Community Choir Presents Fall Concert, Nov. 21
11-29 Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers perform fall concert Nov. 6 & 7
11-29 Political Expert Darrell West Speaks at Berea’s Nov. 4 convocation
11-29 Evening of Clay opens November 12 Playwright Clay McLeod Chapman to visit Berea College for production’s opening
11-29 Author George Ella Lyon Appears on “Head of the Holler” on KET
11-29 18th Annual “Hunger Hurts Food Drive,” sponsored by Berea College’s Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS), set for Nov. 6, 2010.
11-29 Berea College to Rename Carillon after John Courter
6-22 John Courter, Berea College Organist, Carillonneur and retired Professor of Music, dies.
6-14 Three new trustees elected to Berea College Board
6-09 Many activities open to all at World Massage Festival June 17-20 hosted at Berea College.
6-08 International convention of carillonneurs in Chicago next week includes concert of works by Berea’s John Courter.
6-04 Berea novelist C.E. Morgan, author of “All the Living” and one of America’s most celebrated young writers, presenting a public reading at Berea College Friday evening, June 11
6-03 20th anniversary celebration of national service scholarship program through June 6 at Berea College.
5-27 65 years later, Navy servicemen stationed at Berea College during WWII gather for a campus reunion June 4-5
5-27 Two Outstanding Alumni and “honorary” alumni to receive awards from Berea College during alumni Summer Reunion June 11-13
5-26 Berea College Receives $100,000 Award for programs for first generation college students
5-23 Harvard Professor Diana Eck urges graduates to embrace religious pluralism in the U.S. and our world today, at 138th Berea College Commencement today
5-19 Berea College to Dedicate Fee Glade
5-19 Chef from Berea’s Boone Tavern Hotel to Participate in “Cookin’ in the Bluegrass” Dinner at New York’s James Beard House
5-10 “Steam in Appalachia” exhibit featuring trainscapes of Bill Price opens June 4 at Berea College
5-7 Harvard religion professor and author Diana L. Eck speaker for 138th Berea College Commencement May 23
5-7 Berea College Hosting 2010 World Massage Festival June 17-21
4-29 “Pasta for a Purpose” dinner this Sunday May 2 at Union Church will benefit Silver Creek Elementary School Book Room
4-27 Berea College receives national recognition for Community Service, Named to 2009 President’s Honor Roll.
4-27 Berea College Featured by the Princeton Review & U.S. Green Building Council in their Just-Published “GUIDE TO 286 GREEN COLLEGES”
4-22 Berea College professor will represent Kentucky at Memorial Service Sunday honoring miners lost in Upper Big Branch Mine disaster
4-21 Author Silas House appointed NEH Chair in Appalachian Studies at Berea College
4-21 Annual Berea College Concert Choir Spring Concert Saturday, May 1
4-21 Berea College grad Nathan Hall awarded $25,000 Watson Fellowship for a year of study abroad
4-19 Moliere’s “The Imaginary Invalid” April 23 – May 1 Berea College Theatre season finale
4-16 88th Annual Berea College Labor Day April 20
4-13 Dr. Marybeth Lima, creator of the Playground Project, speaking at Berea College April 29
4-13 Bestselling author and Christian activist Shane Claiborne speaking at Berea College April 19
4-13 Pianist George Winston performing solo concert at Berea College April 22 Free concert will benefit Berea Community Food Bank.
4-10 W. D. Weatherford Awards for outstanding new books about the Appalachian South announced
4-7 Berea College Center for Excellence in Learning Through Service and Ceramic Apprenticeship Program team up for annual Empty Bowls Dinner
4-6 Berea College and KCTCS to Triple Transfers, Extends Application Deadline
3-29 Best-selling Kentucky author Silas House addresses Appalachian issues in a presentation at Berea College April 15
3-29 The Dancing Wheels Company performing at Berea College April 8
3-29 Annual Art Show at Berea College Child Development Laboratory April 16
3-23 Internationally acclaimed ecologist and author of “Living Downstream” Dr. Sandra Steingraber speaking at Berea College Thursday March 25
3-23 Historic Boone Tavern of Berea College becomes first Kentucky hotel awarded LEED Gold certification
3-8 St. Petersburg String Quartet performing at Berea College Thursday, March 11
3-1 Boone Tavern Hotel in Berea and TourSEKY participating in European travel show to attract WEG visitors.
3-1 Berea College’s Mikah Turner leads the nation in scoring average.
3-1 Lori Wallach, founder and director of Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch, speaking on globalization and the public interest at Berea College March 4.
2-24 Phelps Stokes Auditorium at Berea College temporarily closed for repairs.
2-16 “Museums and the African American Experience” with expert Dr. John Fleming at Berea College Feb. 25
2-15 Soprano Noemi Lugo and guitarist Dieter Hennings from UK’s School of Music, performing recital at Berea College Friday evening, Feb. 19
2-11 Eboo Patel, award-winning young leader of the global interfaith youth movement, speaking at Berea College March 18
1-30 American Spiritual Ensemble performing Feb. 11 at Berea College
1-30 Berea College celebrates Black History Month 2010
1-8 Story of “The Clinton 12,” black teens who were first to integrate a public school in the South in 1956, told by members Bobby Cain and Gail Epps Upton and in award-winning documentary, at Berea College Jan. 18