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Founded in 1855 by the abolitionist and Augusta College graduate John Gregg Fee (1816–1901), Berea College admitted both black and white students in a fully integrated curriculum, making it the first non-segregated, coeducational college in the South and one of a handful of institutions of higher learning to admit both male and female students in the mid-19th century. [10]
The Berea Mountaineers are composed of 14 teams representing Berea College in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis, and track and field. Men's sports include baseball and golf.
John Gregg Fee (September 9, 1816 – January 11, 1901) was an abolitionist, minister and educator, the founder of the town of Berea, Kentucky, The Church of Christ, Union in Berea (1853), Berea College (1855), the first in the U.S. South with interracial and coeducational admissions, and late in his life another congregation that would become First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 2 ...
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What greets you upon entering the lobby of Berea College’s Hutchins Library is something of a living scrapbook. To your left: album covers tracing roughly five decades of music summoned by Janis ...
Lincoln Hall is the administrative center of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.Built in 1887 and named in honor of Abraham Lincoln, it was declared to be a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 1974 in recognition of the college's role as the first school of higher education in the nation established to provide a racially integrated educational environment.
Cheryl L. Nixon is the 10th president of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky.She is the first woman to serve in this role. [1] Nixon most recently served as Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Fort Lewis College, and Associate Provost at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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