Berea College

From national awards and rankings to national press coverage, Berea College has enjoyed a banner year. Here’s a list of accolades and accomplishments we’re thankful for and proud of. Our success is due to a beloved community working toward a better future we hope one day is available to all. Happy Thanksgiving!
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 	<li>The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) presented Berea College with the<a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-recognized-for-outstanding-service-to-environmental-education/"> 2019 Outstanding Service to Environmental Education</a> award.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-540" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20180130_OutreachCenter_MoriahAvery-8-1024x684.jpg" alt="Berea College forester providing information to visitors of the Forestry Outreach Center" width="1024" height="684"></li>
 	<li>The Richmond-Madison County branch of the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/naacp-honors-berea-college/">NAACP honored Berea College</a> at the annual Freedom Fund Banquet.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-546" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20191102_NAACP-Freedom-Banquet_CDW-41-1024x683.jpg" alt="Group of award recipients at the NAACP Freedom Banquet" width="1024" height="683"></li>
 	<li>Berea College was <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/cnn-features-berea-as-counterpoint-to-american-admissions-scandals/">featured on CNN</a> in a major documentary created by Fareed Zakaria. Watch below.
[yotuwp type="videos" id="KXOXeuiBULI" player="width=0"]</li>
 	<li>Berea College was also featured in an <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/776348972/heres-how-two-schools-have-made-free-college-work-for-decades">NPR special report</a> recently. Listen online.</li>
 	<li>Berea’s Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS) collected 774 bags of food for the local food pantry through their annual <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/hunger-hurts-food-drive-to-support-more-than-700-families-in-madison-county/">Hunger Hurts Food Drive</a>.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-541" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20181103_HungerHurts_CDW-27-1024x684.jpg" alt="Hunger Hurts paper bags" width="1024" height="684"></li>
 	<li>The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranked Berea College the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-ranked-no-1-best-value-college-by-the-wall-street-journal-the/">No. 1 Best Value College</a> in the nation in their 2020 College Rankings.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-545" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20190906_JihanCoraBCarticle_Jalen-Prater-1-1024x684.jpg" alt="Student reading an issue of the Wall Street Journal" width="1024" height="684"></li>
 	<li>Berea gained the No. 1 spot in the nation for campus engagement in the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-cited-as-top-performer-in-sustainability/">2019 Sustainable Campus Index</a>.</li>
 	<li>Washington Monthly named Berea College the “<a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/washington-monthly-ranks-berea-no-1-as-best-bang-for-the-buck-and-no-4-best-liberal-arts-college/">Best Bang for the Buck</a>” and a top five liberal arts college.</li>
 	<li>Using the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) pass rate (we have enjoyed 5 years of 100% of our graduates passing the exam on their first taking) and net-price of nursing schools to formulate its rankings, Nursing Explorer named the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-nursing-program-named-no-1-best-value-in-kentucky/">Berea College Nursing program</a> as the best in Kentucky.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-547" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/Nursing-Lab-1024x576.jpg" alt="Berea College student nurses" width="1024" height="576"></li>
 	<li>The newly built Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building was awarded <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-science-building-gains-leed-green-building-gold-and-fsc-certifications/">LEED gold certification</a> by the U.S. Green Building Council and full project certification by the Forest Stewardship Council.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-544" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20190614_Time-Capsule_Jalen-Prater-Outreach_Jalen-Prater-3-1024x684.jpg" alt="MAC Building" width="1024" height="684"></li>
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From national awards and rankings to national press coverage, Berea College has enjoyed a banner year. Here’s a list of accolades and accomplishments we’re thankful for and proud of. Our success is due to a beloved community working toward a better future we hope one day is available to all. Happy Thanksgiving!
<ol>
 	<li>The North American Association for Environmental Education (NAAEE) presented Berea College with the<a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-recognized-for-outstanding-service-to-environmental-education/"> 2019 Outstanding Service to Environmental Education</a> award.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-540" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20180130_OutreachCenter_MoriahAvery-8-1024x684.jpg" alt="Berea College forester providing information to visitors of the Forestry Outreach Center" width="1024" height="684" /></li>
 	<li>The Richmond-Madison County branch of the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/naacp-honors-berea-college/">NAACP honored Berea College</a> at the annual Freedom Fund Banquet.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-546" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20191102_NAACP-Freedom-Banquet_CDW-41-1024x683.jpg" alt="Group of award recipients at the NAACP Freedom Banquet" width="1024" height="683" /></li>
 	<li>Berea College was <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/cnn-features-berea-as-counterpoint-to-american-admissions-scandals/">featured on CNN</a> in a major documentary created by Fareed Zakaria. Watch below.
[yotuwp type="videos" id="KXOXeuiBULI" player="width=0"]</li>
 	<li>Berea College was also featured in an <a href="https://www.npr.org/2019/11/10/776348972/heres-how-two-schools-have-made-free-college-work-for-decades">NPR special report</a> recently. Listen online.</li>
 	<li>Berea’s Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS) collected 774 bags of food for the local food pantry through their annual <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/hunger-hurts-food-drive-to-support-more-than-700-families-in-madison-county/">Hunger Hurts Food Drive</a>.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-541" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20181103_HungerHurts_CDW-27-1024x684.jpg" alt="Hunger Hurts paper bags" width="1024" height="684" /></li>
 	<li>The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education ranked Berea College the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-ranked-no-1-best-value-college-by-the-wall-street-journal-the/">No. 1 Best Value College</a> in the nation in their 2020 College Rankings.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-545" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20190906_JihanCoraBCarticle_Jalen-Prater-1-1024x684.jpg" alt="Student reading an issue of the Wall Street Journal" width="1024" height="684" /></li>
 	<li>Berea gained the No. 1 spot in the nation for campus engagement in the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-cited-as-top-performer-in-sustainability/">2019 Sustainable Campus Index</a>.</li>
 	<li>Washington Monthly named Berea College the “<a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/washington-monthly-ranks-berea-no-1-as-best-bang-for-the-buck-and-no-4-best-liberal-arts-college/">Best Bang for the Buck</a>” and a top five liberal arts college.</li>
 	<li>Using the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) pass rate (we have enjoyed 5 years of 100% of our graduates passing the exam on their first taking) and net-price of nursing schools to formulate its rankings, Nursing Explorer named the <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-nursing-program-named-no-1-best-value-in-kentucky/">Berea College Nursing program</a> as the best in Kentucky.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-547" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/Nursing-Lab-1024x576.jpg" alt="Berea College student nurses" width="1024" height="576" /></li>
 	<li>The newly built Margaret A. Cargill Natural Sciences and Health Building was awarded <a href="https://www.berea.edu/news/berea-college-science-building-gains-leed-green-building-gold-and-fsc-certifications/">LEED gold certification</a> by the U.S. Green Building Council and full project certification by the Forest Stewardship Council.
<img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-544" src="https://www.berea.edu/president/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2019/11/20190614_Time-Capsule_Jalen-Prater-Outreach_Jalen-Prater-3-1024x684.jpg" alt="MAC Building" width="1024" height="684" /></li>
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