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\\u201cWe are excited about Money<\\/em>\\u2019s recognition of Berea College in this year\\u2019s rankings,\\u201d said Berea College President Lyle Roelofs. \\u201cAs we continue to fulfill our commitment to providing educational opportunities to students who have great promise and limited economic resources \\u2014primarily from Appalachia\\u2014being recognized for that work ultimately helps us get the word out to students across the globe that even if they think they cannot afford to go to college, at Berea College, that may have that opportunity.\\u201d

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\\u201cBerea College was founded as a Christian school with a mission of providing an education accessible to all,\\u201d Money<\\/em> says in its description. \\u201cIn the past that meant Berea was one of the first colleges in the South to open its classes to people of color and women. Today, it means offering a path to a college degree for students with limited economic resources, especially those from the Appalachia region, where the college is located. As such, it\\u2019s not surprising that the small, liberal arts college is a standout for affordability, capturing the No. 1 spot for this measure in Money\\u2019s rankings. Nearly all first-year undergraduates are eligible for federal Pell Grants. Berea doesn't charge tuition\\u2014all students work a minimum of 10 hours a week\\u2026 At the end of their college careers students leave with a labor transcript along with a degree.\\u201d

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S\\u00fale Greg Wilson, founding member of Carolina Chocolate Drops, will perform at Ballad Night at Berea College on Friday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Gray Auditorium, Presser Hall. The evening is hosted by the Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble.
Wilson will present a 30-minute set of African American ballads which will be followed by a ballad round robin. The performance is free and open to the public. All audience members must be masked as per college policy due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

With more than 50 years serving as a community musician, intercultural healer and storyteller, Wilson mines tradition for the power and wisdom within. He has shared at bemb\\u00e9s, block parties, boardrooms, ceildhs, festivals, horas, jooks, shouts and symposia.
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Wilson\\u2019s work as a composer, writer and performing artist has graced stage and screen, print and the street, taking him from Antrim to Kumasi, Newport to Bahia, Juneau to Hermosillo. He has produced numerous folk and world albums, and his award-winning book, \\u201cThe Drummer\\u2019s Path: Moving the Spirit with Ritual and Traditional Drumming,\\u201d is an international standard in the field.
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Treasure Glover \\u2013Salamanca, Spain (Fall)<\\/li>
Sophia Gueye \\u2013 Italy (Summer)<\\/li>
Kaylee Jorgensen - Salamanca, Spain (Fall)<\\/li>
Seyram Komanyor \\u2013 Ghana (Summer)<\\/li>
Matthew McCandless \\u2013South Korea (Fall)<\\/li>
Ania McDougal \\u2013 Ecuador (Summer)<\\/li>
Zoe Medeiros \\u2013 Greece (Summer)<\\/li>
Molly Miller-Garrison \\u2013 Costa Rica (Summer)<\\/li>
Trayvion Newton \\u2013 Ghana (Summer)<\\/li>
Thomas Ogburn \\u2013 Chiang Mai, Thailand (Fall)<\\/li>
Victor Penaloza - Costa Rica (Summer)<\\/li>
Alejandro Ramos \\u2013 Argentina (Summer)<\\/li>
Heather Rapien \\u2013 Greece (Summer)<\\/li>
Bella Ray \\u2013 Greece (Summer)<\\/li>
Jared Sipple \\u2013Chiang Mai, Thailand (Summer)<\\/li>
Hue Tran \\u2013 Santiago, Chile (Fall)<\\/li>
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Nine member institutions of the USA South Athletic Conference (USAS) have officially formed and have been approved by the NCAA as a new Division III athletic conference, following a planned separation of USAS. This new conference, the \\u201cCollegiate Conference of the South\\u201d (CCS), will include Agnes Scott College, Belhaven University, Berea College, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont University, and Wesleyan College.

The USA South is currently the nation\\u2019s largest NCAA Division III conference, with 19 member institutions. After years of internal discussions, a two-conference separation strategy emerged, and more recently, the USAS Presidents Council formally committed to the establishment of two viable conferences. The new CCS was officially incorporated in the State of Georgia on Jan. 12, 2022, and application materials for conference membership were officially approved on Feb. 17 by the NCAA Division III Membership Committee.
The CCS Presidents Council and Executive Committee are led by Dr. Bryan F. Coker (president, Maryville College), chair; Dr. Susanna L. Baxter (president, LaGrange College), vice-chair; and Rev. J. Cameron West (president, Huntingdon College), at-large representative. CCS schools are being supported in forming this new conference by Dr. Kurt Patberg, who currently serves as CCS acting commissioner.
\\u201cWe are grateful to our USA South colleagues for the productive and collegial manner in which this separation has been approached, and we are immensely excited about the possibilities which lay ahead for the new Collegiate Conference of the South,\\u201d said Coker, CCS chair. \\u201cIn addition, we are thrilled that the NCAA has supported our application for membership as we move toward full competition in the fall of 2022.\\u201d
In addition to sharing the member institutions\\u2019 geographic identity, the name, \\u201cCollegiate Conference of the South,\\u201d is indicative of their shared commitment to academic excellence, which is commensurate with the NCAA Division III philosophy. Now officially approved, the CCS plans to begin full-time operations in summer 2022 and compete in 14 championship sports beginning in fall 2022. The championship sports for men are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field and for women are basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. The sports of football, women\\u2019s golf, and men\\u2019s and women\\u2019s lacrosse will continue to compete in the USA South as associate members.
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Nine member institutions of the USA South Athletic Conference (USAS) have officially formed and have been approved by the NCAA as a new Division III athletic conference, following a planned separation of USAS. This new conference, the “Collegiate Conference of the South” (CCS), will include Agnes Scott College, Belhaven University, Berea College, Covenant College, Huntingdon College, LaGrange College, Maryville College, Piedmont University, and Wesleyan College.

The USA South is currently the nation’s largest NCAA Division III conference, with 19 member institutions. After years of internal discussions, a two-conference separation strategy emerged, and more recently, the USAS Presidents Council formally committed to the establishment of two viable conferences. The new CCS was officially incorporated in the State of Georgia on Jan. 12, 2022, and application materials for conference membership were officially approved on Feb. 17 by the NCAA Division III Membership Committee.
The CCS Presidents Council and Executive Committee are led by Dr. Bryan F. Coker (president, Maryville College), chair; Dr. Susanna L. Baxter (president, LaGrange College), vice-chair; and Rev. J. Cameron West (president, Huntingdon College), at-large representative. CCS schools are being supported in forming this new conference by Dr. Kurt Patberg, who currently serves as CCS acting commissioner.
“We are grateful to our USA South colleagues for the productive and collegial manner in which this separation has been approached, and we are immensely excited about the possibilities which lay ahead for the new Collegiate Conference of the South,” said Coker, CCS chair. “In addition, we are thrilled that the NCAA has supported our application for membership as we move toward full competition in the fall of 2022.”
In addition to sharing the member institutions’ geographic identity, the name, “Collegiate Conference of the South,” is indicative of their shared commitment to academic excellence, which is commensurate with the NCAA Division III philosophy. Now officially approved, the CCS plans to begin full-time operations in summer 2022 and compete in 14 championship sports beginning in fall 2022. The championship sports for men are baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field and for women are basketball, cross country, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. The sports of football, women’s golf, and men’s and women’s lacrosse will continue to compete in the USA South as associate members.
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In 1969, his “Por Los Caminos del Día” was published as a series of 16 prints illustrated by Puerto Rican linoleum print artist José Antonio Torres Martinó (1916–2011). This notable work of 20th-century poetry and art (signed copy 93 of 250) is part of the Berea College Special Collections and Archives."}},{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"content\":\"The exhibit \\u201cPor Los Caminos del D\\u00eda: Poetry and Art of Puerto Rico,\\u201d<\\/em> is part of Friday Finds, a program where a series of public tours are provided to explore the holdings of Hutchins Library's Special Collections and Archives department. \\u201cSome of the events are opportunities for the community to experience rare books and regional or topical publications up close\\u2014actually handling them and viewing them at their own pace. Others are guided tours of Special Collections and Archives exhibits,\\u201d said Tim Binkley, head of Special Collections and Archives. \",\"dropCap\":false,\"anchor\":\"\"}","name":"core/paragraph","attributes":{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockAttributes","content":"The exhibit “Por Los Caminos del Día: Poetry and Art of Puerto Rico,” is part of Friday Finds, a program where a series of public tours are provided to explore the holdings of Hutchins Library's Special Collections and Archives department. “Some of the events are opportunities for the community to experience rare books and regional or topical publications up close—actually handling them and viewing them at their own pace. Others are guided tours of Special Collections and Archives exhibits,” said Tim Binkley, head of Special Collections and Archives. 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Berea College\\u2019s Woodworking School at Pine Croft will be buzzing with activity beginning in April with a new slate of classes that include guest instructors teaching their trade.
The first full session in October 2019 was attended by students from Kentucky as well as Florida, North Carolina, Michigan and Minnesota. Andy Glenn, head of the Woodworking School at Pine Croft, hopes to see an even greater interest this time around.
\\u201cWe are just getting started with Pine Croft,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201c2020 and 2021 proved challenging, but we\\u2019re excited for the future. We have a great slate of instructors scheduled for 2022 and a wide range of classes.\\u201d
Three guest instructors will be part of the Spring 2022 class schedule.
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\\u201cMy goal is for Pine Croft to offer a variety of class opportunities led by instructors who cover a wide range of backgrounds and experiences,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cWe want to offer participants a collection of experienced and established makers to work with, along with a few offerings by younger makers doing great things. We truly want to appeal to everyone\\u2014the novice and the experienced alike.\\u201d
Studio furniture maker Michael Puryear from upstate New York will lead a spoon carving class. Puryear\\u2019s work can be found in the collections of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Rockefeller University and the Newark Museum as well as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
\\u201cMichael is a renowned maker, and in offering a spoon-carving class, students will have an opportunity to learn from his technical expertise in a quieter setting,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cThis class is centered around hand tools, allowing participants the time and atmosphere to focus their efforts on a skill that will be beneficial in future works.\\u201d
Michigan-based woodworker Dawson Moore will lead a modern ladder-back chair class. Dawson uses traditional, sloyd-based hand skills with designs that blend both contemporary lines and traditional approaches.
\\u201cDawson is a younger maker doing wonderful things in the craft,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cI became enamored with his spoon carving works a few years ago. He recently turned his efforts towards chairmaking, crafting Windsor and a modern ladder-back chair. He\\u2019ll join us to teach his ladder-back\\u2014a gorgeous combination of modern design and traditional chairmaking techniques. I\\u2019m thrilled he\\u2019s joining us in Berea.\\u201d
Megan Fitzpatrick of Cincinnati will lead an Anarchist\\u2019s Tool Chest class. She has carved a reputation within the woodworking world around her strong work and engaging writing. She was the managing editor at Popular Woodworking Magazine<\\/em> and is now a freelance woodworker, editor and instructor.
\\u201cMegan\\u2019s class will create a traditional English Tool Chest,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cMegan has taught this class all over the country, and I\\u2019m excited that she\\u2019ll bring it to Berea. With a deep knowledge of hand tools and their application, Megan\\u2019s classes are nonstop action. Fun and informative, Megan is a wonderful instructor. I\\u2019m thankful she\\u2019s coming back to teach at the school again.\\u201d
Glenn will also teach classes this spring, including a one-day sharpening class and weeklong classes around chairmaking, beginner woodworking and table making.\",\"dropCap\":false,\"anchor\":\"\"}","name":"core/paragraph"},{"__typename":"CoreImageBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/bereafaust.wpengine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2022\\/09\\/andy-glenn-300x200-1.jpeg\",\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"A student cleans the mortise of a table leg during a previous class at the Woodworking School at Pine Croft.\",\"title\":\"\",\"href\":\"\",\"rel\":\"\",\"linkClass\":\"\",\"linkTarget\":\"\",\"anchor\":\"\",\"align\":\"left\",\"id\":85767,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}","name":"core/image"},{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"content\":\"
\\u201cI\\u2019m thankful to be part of Pine Croft\\u2019s beginning,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cI was trained in Boston, through the cabinet and furniture making program at the North Bennet Street School. I\\u2019ve been making and instructing, in one way or another, for the past 15 years. The past four years were with Berea College, heading the Woodcraft Program, but now I am back to my personal shop again, making furniture and craft, while still leading the efforts at Pine Croft.
\\u201cI offer a range of classes for the woodworking community, from single-day classes to weeklong courses,\\u201d Glenn added. \\u201cI love woodworking\\u2014it all excites me. So, I offer skill-based classes like sharpening and turning, as well as project courses like table making, and green wood chairmaking. Every day in the shop is a great day.\\u201d
This year, Pine Croft will also work with the Forestry Department to highlight the Berea College Forest. A hickory bark harvesting class will be offered, and students can follow that class with a chairmaking class using all materials collected from the forest.
\\u201cIt only makes sense that we work tightly with the College Forestry Department\\u2014after all, Pine Croft is tucked back in the forest,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cWe have a day of hickory bark harvesting in June where we\\u2019ll go into the woods to gather the bark and hear from Clint Patterson, the College\\u2019s lead forester. We\\u2019ll follow that with a weeklong chair making class, splitting out all the wood for the chair directly from a red oak log from the Berea College forest.\",\"dropCap\":false,\"anchor\":\"\"}","name":"core/paragraph"},{"__typename":"CoreImageBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"url\":\"https:\\/\\/bereafaust.wpengine.com\\/wp-content\\/uploads\\/2022\\/09\\/student-mortise-300x200-1.jpeg\",\"alt\":\"\",\"caption\":\"A student lays out the dovetails for a cherry drawer during a previous class at the Woodworking School at Pine Croft.\",\"title\":\"\",\"href\":\"\",\"rel\":\"\",\"linkClass\":\"\",\"linkTarget\":\"\",\"anchor\":\"\",\"align\":\"right\",\"id\":85768,\"sizeSlug\":\"full\",\"linkDestination\":\"none\"}","name":"core/image"},{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"content\":\"
Pine Croft launched as part of Berea College\\u2019s Student Craft Program in 2019, extending Berea\\u2019s support of craft to local, regional and national communities. Located adjacent to the Berea College forest at 1865 Big Hill Road in Berea, the woodworking school is on the site of the former Kelly Mehler\\u2019s School of Woodworking. The Woodworking School at Pine Croft supports Berea College\\u2019s 128-year commitment to the preservation and promotion of craft.
The school was named \\u201cPine Croft\\u201d after the title originally given to the property by Mrs. Anna Ernberg, the weaving director of Berea College\\u2019s Fireside Industries. She made her home on the site in the early 1900s. The woodworking school continues the tradition of fine woodworking for which both Berea College and Kelly Mehler are well known.
\\u201cKelly created a beautiful school that combined world-class instruction and a personal touch, and we plan to continue with that approach,\\u201d Glenn said. \\u201cKelly continues to share his time with the school. While he\\u2019s not on the schedule as an instructor, he is consistently around, helping with the classes and as a sounding board. As anyone who knows him can attest, his generosity knows no bounds.\\u201d
Registration is now open for this year\\u2019s classes at the Woodworking School at Pine Croft. For more information, visit https:\\/\\/pinecroftwoodschool.com<\\/a>. 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The Berea College Alumni Association presented Andrew Baskin with the Rodney C. Bussey Award of Special Merit during this year\\u2019s Black Student Union Pageant. Baskin\\u2019s wife, Symerdar, was presented with an Honorary Alumna Award.
Andrew Baskin was raised in Alcoa, Tenn., and came to Berea as a student in 1968. He majored in history and graduated in 1972 with enough hours for a double major in Black studies. In 1975, he earned a master\\u2019s degree in history at Virginia Tech University and went on to teach at Ferrum College in Virginia.

In 1983, Baskin returned to Berea with his wife, Symerdar, and became the first director of the Black Cultural Center and joined the College faculty. Through his contributions to Berea College, African and African American Studies became a distinctive program of academic study at the College.
Symerdar Baskin had never been to Berea before she and her husband visited to search for a new house before their move from Virginia. Once here, she grew to love the campus and students, often finding herself serving as a host to students who were unable to go home for the holidays. Those students, she said, became family. Even today, the Baskins keep in touch with many of those students.
In 2018, the Baskins decided to establish an endowed scholarship to help students and to carry their dedication into the future.
The Andrew and Symerdar Baskin Student Research Fund is scheduled to award its first scholarship in 2022. The scholarship is intended to promote continuing education and research in African American culture and history.
The Rodney C. Bussey Award of Special Merit is given to alumni who have been employed by the College in recognition of their outstanding service to, demonstrated loyal interest in, and extraordinary quality of work for Berea College.
Honorary Alumnus Awards are given to non-alumni in recognition of their outstanding service to, and demonstrated loyal interest in, Berea College.
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The Berea College Alumni Association presented Andrew Baskin with the Rodney C. Bussey Award of Special Merit during this year’s Black Student Union Pageant. Baskin’s wife, Symerdar, was presented with an Honorary Alumna Award.
Andrew Baskin was raised in Alcoa, Tenn., and came to Berea as a student in 1968. He majored in history and graduated in 1972 with enough hours for a double major in Black studies. In 1975, he earned a master’s degree in history at Virginia Tech University and went on to teach at Ferrum College in Virginia.

In 1983, Baskin returned to Berea with his wife, Symerdar, and became the first director of the Black Cultural Center and joined the College faculty. Through his contributions to Berea College, African and African American Studies became a distinctive program of academic study at the College.
Symerdar Baskin had never been to Berea before she and her husband visited to search for a new house before their move from Virginia. Once here, she grew to love the campus and students, often finding herself serving as a host to students who were unable to go home for the holidays. Those students, she said, became family. Even today, the Baskins keep in touch with many of those students.
In 2018, the Baskins decided to establish an endowed scholarship to help students and to carry their dedication into the future.
The Andrew and Symerdar Baskin Student Research Fund is scheduled to award its first scholarship in 2022. The scholarship is intended to promote continuing education and research in African American culture and history.
The Rodney C. Bussey Award of Special Merit is given to alumni who have been employed by the College in recognition of their outstanding service to, demonstrated loyal interest in, and extraordinary quality of work for Berea College.
Honorary Alumnus Awards are given to non-alumni in recognition of their outstanding service to, and demonstrated loyal interest in, Berea College.
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The awards were presented by Berea College President Lyle Roelofs during the annual Service Convocation, hosted by the College\\u2019s Center for Excellence in Learning through Service and the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center.
Born in Banner Elk, North Carolina, Stephenson has focused her career on helping people, especially women from Appalachia, to achieve their educational and career goals.
In 1987, she founded the New Opportunity School for Women (NOSW) at Berea College. The NOSW seeks to improve the financial, educational and personal circumstances of low-income women in the Appalachian region and began by offering a free, multi-week residency program. The NOSW has since expanded, with programs now at Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, North Carolina, and Bluefield College in Bluefield, Virginia, as well as shorter, non-residential programs throughout the region. More than 925 women have graduated from NOSW programs. Stephenson directed the Berea-based program from 1987 to 1996 and remains closely involved with the NOSW Foundation through fundraising, advocacy and advising.
Prior to founding NOSW, Stephenson taught courses and held administrative leadership positions at the University of Kentucky, served as the First Lady of Berea College while her husband, John Stephenson, was president, and later served as the Appalachian director of the Steele-Reese Foundation.
Stephenson earned degrees from Lees-McRae College, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Appalachian State University, and the University of Kentucky. She has published three books featuring stories from NOSW graduates. She has been recognized with numerous awards, including honorary degrees from Berea College, Eastern Kentucky University and Lees-McRae College, as well as Oprah Winfrey\\u2019s Use Your Life Award. Stephenson has served on multiple boards and continues to be featured as a guest speaker at community events and conferences.
Michael Maloney is a community organizer, educator, social researcher, and civil rights activist. Born in Breathitt County, Kentucky, Maloney moved to Cincinnati to attend college and started a movement to encourage urban Appalachians to celebrate their heritages and to organize community-based programs to serve people from the mountains and their descendants.
Maloney has worked to establish more than 40 programs that address these goals in Cincinnati and southern Ohio, including founding the Urban Appalachian Council in 1974, to promote decent quality of life for Appalachian citizens in Greater Cincinnati. He led the organization for years and helped transform it into the Urban Appalachian Community Coalition (UACC) in 2014, now an alliance of individuals and organizations committed to the well-being of Appalachian people, communities, and cultural expression in the greater Cincinnati area.
A member of the founding meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association, Maloney has advocated for Appalachian people through activism, service, scholarship and teaching. He earned degrees from the Seminary of St. Pius X, Xavier University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has received numerous awards, including the Bob Evans Humanitarian Award and the Appalachia Studies Association\\u2019s Brown\\/Williams Community Service Award. He has taught courses in Appalachian Studies at colleges and universities in the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area, and his research has served as a foundation for the work of other scholars in community planning and neighborhood integration.
Maloney now advises non-profit organizations and offers trainings on topics related to the Appalachian region and community organizing.
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Fee\\u2019s mission was one of abolition, education, and reform. That the school he founded was located in Appalachia was incidental. What he saw in the county was a need for education among the impoverished\\u2014a need he hoped to fulfill\\u2014and the opportunity to demonstrate how \\u201call peoples of the earth,\\u201d blacks and whites, men and women, could truly live and study together in peace.\",\"dropCap\":false,\"anchor\":\"\"}","name":"core/paragraph","attributes":{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockAttributes","content":"In 1855, Berea College founder John G. Fee’s mission was one of abolition, education, and reform. That the school he founded was located in Appalachia was incidental. 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It also served as a way for Appalachian students to bring their home region more in line with modern developments. During Frost’s tenure, there was an increasing need in Appalachia for teachers, nurses, and modern farming techniques, and Berea sought to train students in these areas as well as printing and other trades. These efforts gave birth to a formalized labor program."}},{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"content\":\"Today, modern forms of reaching out to create change in Appalachia while preserving it continues in earnest at Berea College with programming specially tailored to regional students and families. These efforts are overseen by the Loyal Jones Appalac<\\/a>hian Center<\\/a> (LJAC), which houses the Appalachian Studies Program<\\/a>,\\u00a0Appalachian Heritage<\\/em>\\u00a0magazine, and the Entrepreneurship for the Public Good<\\/a>. Recently, the College created the Division of Strategic Initiatives<\\/a>, overseen at the vice presidential level. 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Scholars of Appalachia have often criticized mountain colleges for not doing enough to encourage graduates to return to home communities to work toward a better Appalachian future, one that is mindful of both assets as well as challenges.  The great Appalachian writer, James Still, referred to the love of place in Appalachia as the \\u201cearth loved more than any other earth.\\u201d And yet, while a college education has become an important entry point for gaining employment, limited economic opportunity in Appalachia means many who go away to school do not return.  Such has long been the case, and many parts of the mountains have had more willing workers than jobs available to them. 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Such has long been the case, and many parts of the mountains have had more willing workers than jobs available to them. At Berea, just 17 percent of our graduates travel back to live and work in at-risk Appalachian counties—not because they don’t want to, but because it is exceedingly difficult to find employment."}},{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"content\":\"The College remains committed to finding strategies to bring students back to the mountains. Campus leaders should continue to learn more about the barriers preventing students from returning to the region after graduation and to research ways to overcome those barriers. One way to do this may be through partnerships with outside organizations such as the Mountain Association for Community Economic Development<\\/a> (MACED), the Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises<\\/a> (FAHE), the Highlander Research and Education Center<\\/a>, or the Stay Together Appalachian Youth<\\/a> (STAY) Project. 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Our history is replete with women faculty and staff heroes, from Dean Julia Allen, who promoted professional equality for women staff and faculty, to Dr. Louise Hutchins, the wife of President Hutchins and pediatrician, who rode her bicycle to the preschool to give medical services to children, to Jane Stephenson, wife of President Stephenson, who founded the New Opportunity School for Women<\\/a>, which seeks to remove barriers to education, employment, and financial independence for Appalachian women with little knowledge of the world outside the home.\",\"dropCap\":false,\"anchor\":\"\"}","name":"core/paragraph","attributes":{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockAttributes","content":"Much has changed on campus since the early 1900s, and though even at Berea change in general was slow over the years, Berea managed to be ahead of the surrounding culture in terms of gender equality. 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Identifying the CCC as “the heart of the Great Commitments,” Weatherford envisioned the center as an effort “to put several distinguished persons of inspiring and challenging Christian ideals at the heart of the intellectual life of the College.” The center is led by two ministers, and is home to college chaplains and student chaplains who offer pastoral and peer counseling to students, faculty, and staff."}},{"__typename":"AcfImageStackBlock","attributesJSON":"{\"id\":\"block_6356dc3f0d870\",\"name\":\"acf\\/image-stack\",\"data\":{\"images_0_image\":86410,\"_images_0_image\":\"field_image_stack_images_image\",\"images_0_aspectRatio\":\"square\",\"_images_0_aspectRatio\":\"field_image_stack_images_aspectratio\",\"images_1_image\":86402,\"_images_1_image\":\"field_image_stack_images_image\",\"images_1_aspectRatio\":\"square\",\"_images_1_aspectRatio\":\"field_image_stack_images_aspectratio\",\"images\":2,\"_images\":\"field_image_stack_images\",\"stack_direction\":\"horizontal\",\"_stack_direction\":\"field_image_stack_stack_direction\"},\"align\":\"\",\"mode\":\"edit\"}","name":"acf/image-stack","imageStack":{"__typename":"AcfImageStackBlock_Imagestack","stackDirection":"horizontal","images":[{"__typename":"AcfImageStackBlock_Imagestack_images","aspectratio":"square","image":{"__typename":"MediaItem","id":"cG9zdDo4NjQxMA==","altText":"Rev. 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As we renew our commitment to impartial love and service to others, we are faced with the challenge of preparing our students to navigate a profoundly different world. Though, as always, the spiritual challenges are many, learning to live and work with diverse philosophies and finding stillness in a fast-moving culture are essential.\",\"dropCap\":false,\"anchor\":\"\"}","name":"core/paragraph","attributes":{"__typename":"CoreParagraphBlockAttributes","content":"The kinship of all people as expressed in our scriptural motto (God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth. Acts 17:26) remains vital to the mission of Berea College as we move forward. The future is marked by increasing religious and cultural diversity, accelerated change and accelerated lifestyles. As we renew our commitment to impartial love and service to others, we are faced with the challenge of preparing our students to navigate a profoundly different world. 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Lane was the recipient of the Carter G. Woodson award at Berea College in 1994 and the Alumni Loyalty award in 2012. She has continued to volunteer as an Admissions alumni ambassador since 1986.

Lane has served on numerous community and agency boards. She is active in her church, Enoree Baptist Church, in Greenville, S.C., where she serves on the Hospitality Committee and is one of the youth advisors. Lane currently resides in Maudlin, S.C. with her husband, Bill Lane, a 1976 Berea College graduate.

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After graduating from Berea College in 1979 with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Lane was employed as a social worker with the Greenville Hospital System for 20 years. In 2000, she was hired as a selection/intake coordinator with the Governor’s Office Continuum of Care Program in South Carolina. She was later assigned to the role of service coordinator until her retirement in 2017.

Lane was the recipient of the Carter G. Woodson award at Berea College in 1994 and the Alumni Loyalty award in 2012. She has continued to volunteer as an Admissions alumni ambassador since 1986.

Lane has served on numerous community and agency boards. She is active in her church, Enoree Baptist Church, in Greenville, S.C., where she serves on the Hospitality Committee and is one of the youth advisors. Lane currently resides in Maudlin, S.C. with her husband, Bill Lane, a 1976 Berea College graduate.

As one of four Alumni Trustees on the board, Lane was nominated by the Alumni Executive Council to serve a six-year term. Other Berea alumni serve as regular members of the Berea College Board of Trustees.
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The store is open year-round, offering a daily lunch menu provided by students using fresh, organic ingredients, which come directly from the Berea College Farm.\\u00a0

\\u201cBerea College is a huge part of the community, and the farm and Farm Store provide a connection to the community by providing locally grown food to our customers,\\u201d said David Little, manager of the Farm Store for the past eight years. \\u201cThe community may not always see everything Berea College does, but they can see what the greenhouses are growing, and they can see the cows, pigs and poultry out in the farm pastures. Then, when they come and shop at the Farm Store, they see those products for sale, and they know exactly where they came from and where they were raised or grown.\\u201d\\u00a0

The Berea College Farm has grown significantly throughout its 150 years of operation. As a result, the Farm Store was created as an outlet to sell meat and produce from the Berea College Farm to the community.\\u00a0\\u00a0

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The store also has been a testimony to Berea College's supportive and sustainable living commitment.\\u00a0\\u00a0

\\u201cWe try to be a good example of sustainability and eliminate as much waste as possible,\\u201d Little said. \\u201cPlus, we advocate for buying local, organic produce as a way of supporting the community.\\\"\\u00a0

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\\u201cWe were operating with a curbside grocery pickup, and I had many community members comment on how grateful they were that we were able to provide groceries safely and conveniently.\\u201d\\u00a0\\u00a0

Little grew up in Berea and has served the community by promoting the Farm Store and offering fresh, locally grown food by the College and surrounding farm partners.

Little has coached youth sports in Madison County for more than 12 years, and he volunteers with the Madison Sothern High School booster clubs where his son, Sam, plays football and basketball.\\u00a0\\u00a0Little\\u2019s wife, Kristy, has also been an important part of the community. She was born and raised in Madison County and has been a teacher for 26 years. She currently teaches science\\u00a0at Madison Southern High School.\\u00a0\\u00a0

\\u201cMadison County has been our home for a long time, and we love it here\\u201d Little said. \\u201cI love that my job allows me to engage with the community and offer products that are grown in the community. It\\u2019s a source of great pride for me.\\u201d\\u00a0

Aside from a few full-time staff, the Farm Store operates entirely on student labor. The students are a diverse group of individuals who come together with their desire to learn more about farm-to-table food preparation and collaboration of business models.\\u00a0\\u00a0

The Farm Store offers a large selection of items, including daily hot and cold lunch offerings, fresh bread and pastries, frozen meat, fresh produce and dry goods. Bakery items are made from scratch with Berea College grains, herbs, fruits and vegetables. The in-house butchery allows the Farm Store to offer and use meats raised on the College Farm.\\u00a0

\\u201cThe store used to be just an outlet to sell the products from the farm, but now it has evolved into a store where we offer a number of value-added products like chicken salads and hot lunches and sandwiches,\\u201d Little said. \\u201cThat\\u2019s just another way we use products from the farm. So, we aren\\u2019t just bringing in items and putting them on the shelf to sell. We are bringing them in and adding value by using these ingredients in all the products we sell. And on top of that, we are teaching students about sustainability, collaboration and business management.

\\u201cThe Farm Store has been a testimony to Berea College\\u2019s supportive and sustainable living commitment,\\u201d Little said. \\u201cIt has provided so much for our students and our community. I look forward to the next 10 years of growth at our Farm Store.\\u201d\\u00a0

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The store is open year-round, offering a daily lunch menu provided by students using fresh, organic ingredients, which come directly from the Berea College Farm.

“Berea College is a huge part of the community, and the farm and Farm Store provide a connection to the community by providing locally grown food to our customers,” said David Little, manager of the Farm Store for the past eight years. “The community may not always see everything Berea College does, but they can see what the greenhouses are growing, and they can see the cows, pigs and poultry out in the farm pastures. Then, when they come and shop at the Farm Store, they see those products for sale, and they know exactly where they came from and where they were raised or grown.”

The Berea College Farm has grown significantly throughout its 150 years of operation. As a result, the Farm Store was created as an outlet to sell meat and produce from the Berea College Farm to the community.

With the help of the staff and 13 labor students, the Farm Store has also expanded exponentially, becoming a place where customers can get hot lunches, salads, sandwiches and different products from the bakery all prepared using fresh, organic ingredients from the Berea College Farm.

The store also has been a testimony to Berea College's supportive and sustainable living commitment.

“We try to be a good example of sustainability and eliminate as much waste as possible,” Little said. “Plus, we advocate for buying local, organic produce as a way of supporting the community.\"

Little said he believes the pandemic raised awareness about where our food comes from, and the Farm Store provided a great place for the community to shop.

“We were operating with a curbside grocery pickup, and I had many community members comment on how grateful they were that we were able to provide groceries safely and conveniently.”

Little grew up in Berea and has served the community by promoting the Farm Store and offering fresh, locally grown food by the College and surrounding farm partners.

Little has coached youth sports in Madison County for more than 12 years, and he volunteers with the Madison Sothern High School booster clubs where his son, Sam, plays football and basketball.  Little’s wife, Kristy, has also been an important part of the community. She was born and raised in Madison County and has been a teacher for 26 years. She currently teaches science at Madison Southern High School.

“Madison County has been our home for a long time, and we love it here” Little said. “I love that my job allows me to engage with the community and offer products that are grown in the community. It’s a source of great pride for me.”

Aside from a few full-time staff, the Farm Store operates entirely on student labor. The students are a diverse group of individuals who come together with their desire to learn more about farm-to-table food preparation and collaboration of business models.

The Farm Store offers a large selection of items, including daily hot and cold lunch offerings, fresh bread and pastries, frozen meat, fresh produce and dry goods. Bakery items are made from scratch with Berea College grains, herbs, fruits and vegetables. The in-house butchery allows the Farm Store to offer and use meats raised on the College Farm.

“The store used to be just an outlet to sell the products from the farm, but now it has evolved into a store where we offer a number of value-added products like chicken salads and hot lunches and sandwiches,” Little said. “That’s just another way we use products from the farm. So, we aren’t just bringing in items and putting them on the shelf to sell. We are bringing them in and adding value by using these ingredients in all the products we sell. And on top of that, we are teaching students about sustainability, collaboration and business management.

“The Farm Store has been a testimony to Berea College’s supportive and sustainable living commitment,” Little said. “It has provided so much for our students and our community. I look forward to the next 10 years of growth at our Farm Store.”

For more information about the Farm Store, click here.
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$2,825 Raised | 19 Donors

$925 Raised | 12 Donors

$3,567 Raised | 13 Donors

$1,543 Raised | 12 Donors

Class of 2023\n$415 Raised | 10 Donors

Class of 2018\n$10,270 Raised | 9 Donors

Class of 2013\n$5,575 Raised | 19 Donors

Class of 2008\n$6,570 Raised | 24 Donors

Class of 2003\n$5,745 Raised | 27 Donors

Class of 1998\n$16,310 Raised | 13 Donors

Class of 1994\n$12,460 | 17 Donors

Class of 1989\n$8,702 Raised | 23 Donors

Class of 1984\n$8,410 | 21 Donors

Class of 1979\n$73,519 Raised | 29 Donors

Class of 1974\n$23,055 | 21 Donors

Class of 1969\n$127,385 Raised | 64 Donors

Class of 1964\n$74,570 Raised | 35 Donors

Class of 1959\n$672,406 Raised | 25 Donors

American Smoke Tree\nDedicated in Honor of\nAlex and Bea Robertson’s 50th wedding anniversary\nBy their children\nJuly 1996

Black Gum Tree\nDedicated in Memory of\nAnn Runyon Gullet\nClass of 1970\n2007

Shumard Oak\nDedicated in grateful recognition of\nAnne Ray Charitable Trust\nAnd in memory of\nMargaret Anne Cargill\nBenefactors of Berea College since 2005

Willow Oak\nArizona Alumni Chapter\n1997

Sugar Maple\nDedicated by the Berea College Cheerleaders\n1943-1996\nIn gratitude for all that Berea College instilled in them

Pin Oak\nDedicated in Gratitude to Berea College\nBy the Class of 1961\n1991

Overcup Oak\nDedicated in Memory of\nBolette Gwen Ahlgrim\nBy Christine Reichman\n2009

Northern Red Oak\nDedicated in Memory of\nCarl L. Marsh\nBerea College Forester 1980-1991

Sugar Maple\nDedicated in Memory of\nCarol K. Sell\nBy Roger J. Sell\n2014

Sugar Maple\nDedicated in Honor of\n50th Anniversary\nBy the Class of 1947\nJune 28, 1997

Overcup Oak\nDedicated in Honor of\nBerea College Class of 1951

Ginkgo\nDedicated in Honor of\nBerea College Class of 1952

Serviceberry Sap\nDedicated in Honor of\nBerea College Class of 1999\nNovember 1999

Kentucky Coffeetree\nDedicated in grateful recognition of the friendship and generosity of\nThe Compton Foundation, Inc.\nMenlo Park, California\nBenefactors of Berea College since 1945\n

Swamp White Oak\nDedicated in Memory of\nDavid O. Welch\n1934-2016\n“Kentucky’s Long Distance Runner for Civil and Human Rights”\nBerea College Class of 1955\nHarvard Law School Class of 1958\nTrustee of Berea College 1986-1992, 1993-2011\nHonorary Trustee 2011-2016

White Ash\nDedicated in grateful recognition of the friendship and generosity of\nDelta Natural Gas Company, Inc.\nBenefactors of Berea College since 1961

Dedicated in loving Memory of\nDr. Thomas R. Beebe\n1932-1998\nBy Amy Shehee\n1999

Kentucky Coffeetree\nDedicated in grateful recognition of the friendship and generosity of\nThe Fred L. Emerson Foundation, Inc.\nBenefactors of Berea College since 1959

American Holly\nDedicated in Memory of\nGerald “Jerry” Gozy\nWith love from the Trio Programs at Berea College\nSummer of 1997

Flowering Dogwood\nDedicated in Memory of\nMrs. Gussie Cox Cole\nClass of 1941\nLexington, Kentucky\n2007

Sugar Maple

Black Gum\nDedicated in loving memory of\nIan Klenk

Ginko\nDedicated in Honor of\nJack and Ann Saylor Mullins\n50th Wedding Anniversary\nClass of 1940\nJuly 24, 1990

Kentucky Coffeetree\nDedicated in Memory of\nJane Turner\nClass of 1942\nBy Kamal & Linda Fatehi-Turner

Ginkgo\nDedicated in Honor of\nJeffery S. Amburgey\nVice President for Finance\nFather, mentor, friend\nBy Meagan & Ethan Payne

American Sweetgum\nDedicated in Memory of\nJohn B. Stephenson “Mr. Jane”\nHe touched our hearts, rekindled our spirits, and gave us new opportunities to explore

Overcup Oak\nDedicated by\nLaura J. & Morgan C. McIlwain\nKentucky\n2009

European Beech\nDedicated in Honor of\nLillian Snow Morris\nClass of 1931\n90th Birthday\nFebruary 15, 1998

Southern Red Oak\nDedicated to\nMary McLaughlin\nBy Upward Bound and Talent Search Staff\n1993

Dedicated in Memory of\nMatthew Braden Ross\nSon of Berea alums Linda M. and Michael A. Ross\nBy generous gifts from special family and friends

Flowering Dogwood\nDedicated in Honor of\nNancy Shinn\nFirst Lady of Berea College\n25 years a Kindergarten teacher, always a lover of children\nAugust 1994

Sugar Maple\nDedicated in Honor of\nNancy Tenny Rhudy Sprinkle\nClass of 1961\nBy her husband, Dr. Philip Sprinkle\nIn celebration of her birthday

Overcup Oak\nDedicated in Honor of\nRodney C. Bussey\nClass of 1963\nBerea College Alumni Association Director, 1973-1993\nVice President for Alumni Relations, Development, and Public Relations, 1993-2000\nMentor, colleague, friend\nBy staff members\n 2000

Eastern Redbud\nDedicated in Memory of\nRoland E. Goode\nBerea College Class of 1946\nBerea Trustee 1988-2001\nA true Berean who is a friend to all\n“This mule could plow”\nBy Larry and Nancy Shinn\n March 2002

Sweetbay Magnolia\nDedicated by\nMary Katherine Beckman Hawks ’77 & Robert F. Hawks

Oak\n Dedicated in Honor of\nRosemarie Adams\nFor making College Square and Berea College resplendent with flowers and plants\n2022

Kentucky Coffeetree\nDedicated in Memory of\nRoy Turner\nClass of 1942\nBy Kamal & Linda Fatehi-Turner

Kousa Dogwood\nDedicated in Memory of\nStanley and Wanda Bays\nClass of 1960\nBy Robert and Barbara Bays\n2014

\nRededicated by\nClass of 1929\n1979

European Beech\nDedicated in Memory of\nWilliam R. French\nClass of 2012

Common Apple\nDedicated in Memory of\nZachary P. Sieben\nClass of 2011\nJuly 27, 1989-February 10, 2009\nA precious human life

Class of 2023
\n$415 Raised | 10 Donors

Class of 2018
\n$10,270 Raised | 9 Donors

Class of 2013
\n$5,575 Raised | 19 Donors

Class of 2008
\n$6,570 Raised | 24 Donors

Class of 2003
\n$5,745 Raised | 27 Donors

Class of 1998
\n$16,310 Raised | 13 Donors

Class of 1994
\n$12,460 | 17 Donors

Class of 1989
\n$8,702 Raised | 23 Donors

Class of 1984
\n$8,410 | 21 Donors

Class of 1979
\n$73,519 Raised | 29 Donors

Class of 1974
\n$23,055 | 21 Donors

Class of 1969
\n$127,385 Raised | 64 Donors

Class of 1964
\n$74,570 Raised | 35 Donors

Class of 1959
\n$672,406 Raised | 25 Donors

American Smoke Tree
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nAlex and Bea Robertson’s 50th wedding anniversary
\nBy their children
\nJuly 1996

Black Gum Tree
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nAnn Runyon Gullet
\nClass of 1970
\n2007

$\"Anne$ Shumard Oak
\nDedicated in grateful recognition of
\nAnne Ray Charitable Trust
\nAnd in memory of
\nMargaret Anne Cargill
\nBenefactors of Berea College since 2005

$\"\"$ Willow Oak
\nArizona Alumni Chapter
\n1997

$\"Berea$ Sugar Maple
\nDedicated by the Berea College Cheerleaders
\n1943-1996
\nIn gratitude for all that Berea College instilled in them

Pin Oak
\nDedicated in Gratitude to Berea College
\nBy the Class of 1961
\n1991

$\"Bolette$ Overcup Oak
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nBolette Gwen Ahlgrim
\nBy Christine Reichman
\n2009

Northern Red Oak
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nCarl L. Marsh
\nBerea College Forester 1980-1991

$\"Carol$ Sugar Maple
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nCarol K. Sell
\nBy Roger J. Sell
\n2014

Sugar Maple
\nDedicated in Honor of
\n50th Anniversary
\nBy the Class of 1947
\nJune 28, 1997

Overcup Oak
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nBerea College Class of 1951

Ginkgo
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nBerea College Class of 1952

Serviceberry Sap
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nBerea College Class of 1999
\nNovember 1999

Kentucky Coffeetree
\nDedicated in grateful recognition of the friendship and generosity of
\nThe Compton Foundation, Inc.
\nMenlo Park, California
\nBenefactors of Berea College since 1945
\n

Swamp White Oak
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nDavid O. Welch
\n1934-2016
\n“Kentucky’s Long Distance Runner for Civil and Human Rights”
\nBerea College Class of 1955
\nHarvard Law School Class of 1958
\nTrustee of Berea College 1986-1992, 1993-2011
\nHonorary Trustee 2011-2016

$\"Delta$ White Ash
\nDedicated in grateful recognition of the friendship and generosity of
\nDelta Natural Gas Company, Inc.
\nBenefactors of Berea College since 1961

$\"Thomas$ Dedicated in loving Memory of
\nDr. Thomas R. Beebe
\n1932-1998
\nBy Amy Shehee
\n1999

Kentucky Coffeetree
\nDedicated in grateful recognition of the friendship and generosity of
\nThe Fred L. Emerson Foundation, Inc.
\nBenefactors of Berea College since 1959

American Holly
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nGerald “Jerry” Gozy
\nWith love from the Trio Programs at Berea College
\nSummer of 1997

Flowering Dogwood
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nMrs. Gussie Cox Cole
\nClass of 1941
\nLexington, Kentucky
\n2007

Black Gum
\nDedicated in loving memory of
\nIan Klenk

$\"Jack$ Ginko
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nJack and Ann Saylor Mullins
\n50th Wedding Anniversary
\nClass of 1940
\nJuly 24, 1990

$\"Jane$ Kentucky Coffeetree
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nJane Turner
\nClass of 1942
\nBy Kamal & Linda Fatehi-Turner

$\"Jeff$ Ginkgo
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nJeffery S. Amburgey
\nVice President for Finance
\nFather, mentor, friend
\nBy Meagan & Ethan Payne

$\"John$ American Sweetgum
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nJohn B. Stephenson “Mr. Jane”
\nHe touched our hearts, rekindled our spirits, and gave us new opportunities to explore

$\"Laura$ Overcup Oak
\nDedicated by
\nLaura J. & Morgan C. McIlwain
\nKentucky
\n2009

European Beech
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nLillian Snow Morris
\nClass of 1931
\n90th Birthday
\nFebruary 15, 1998

$\"Mary$ Southern Red Oak
\nDedicated to
\nMary McLaughlin
\nBy Upward Bound and Talent Search Staff
\n1993

Dedicated in Memory of
\nMatthew Braden Ross
\nSon of Berea alums Linda M. and Michael A. Ross
\nBy generous gifts from special family and friends

Flowering Dogwood
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nNancy Shinn
\nFirst Lady of Berea College
\n25 years a Kindergarten teacher, always a lover of children
\nAugust 1994

$\"Nancy$ Sugar Maple
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nNancy Tenny Rhudy Sprinkle
\nClass of 1961
\nBy her husband, Dr. Philip Sprinkle
\nIn celebration of her birthday

$\"Rod$ Overcup Oak
\nDedicated in Honor of
\nRodney C. Bussey
\nClass of 1963
\nBerea College Alumni Association Director, 1973-1993
\nVice President for Alumni Relations, Development, and Public Relations, 1993-2000
\nMentor, colleague, friend
\nBy staff members
\n 2000

$\"Roland$ Eastern Redbud
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nRoland E. Goode
\nBerea College Class of 1946
\nBerea Trustee 1988-2001
\nA true Berean who is a friend to all
\n“This mule could plow”
\nBy Larry and Nancy Shinn
\n March 2002

$\"Ronald$ Sweetbay Magnolia
\nDedicated by
\nMary Katherine Beckman Hawks ’77 & Robert F. Hawks

$\"Rosemarie$ Oak
\n Dedicated in Honor of
\nRosemarie Adams
\nFor making College Square and Berea College resplendent with flowers and plants
\n2022

$\"Roy$ Kentucky Coffeetree
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nRoy Turner
\nClass of 1942
\nBy Kamal & Linda Fatehi-Turner

Kousa Dogwood
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nStanley and Wanda Bays
\nClass of 1960
\nBy Robert and Barbara Bays
\n2014

\nRededicated by
\nClass of 1929
\n1979

$\"William$ European Beech
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nWilliam R. French
\nClass of 2012

Common Apple
\nDedicated in Memory of
\nZachary P. Sieben
\nClass of 2011
\nJuly 27, 1989-February 10, 2009
\nA precious human life