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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]
John Stephenson established ties with a diverse group of notable people whom he brought to speak at Berea College, from Roots author Alex Haley, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, to the Dalai Lama. Stephenson established the Tibetan scholarship program, which supports students at Berea College from the Tibetan exile community in India.
Aug. 16—BEREA — More than 420 Berea College students were named to the Spring 2023 Dean's List. A student is named to the Dean's List who achieves a GPA of 3.4 or higher while passing at least ...
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.
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.
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 ...
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Gott v. Berea College, 161 S.W. 204 (Ky. 1913), [1] was a case heard before the Kentucky Court of Appeals wherein J. S. Gott—a restaurant owner—sued the private institution of Berea College when they issued a new policy in their 1911 student manual that forbid their students from patronizing establishments not owned by the college.