Berea College News

Children and parents are invited this week to participate in the International Days of Play.

The 28th Berea Craft Festival takes place this weekend in Berea, Kentucky starting Friday, July 10 through Sunday, July 12, 2009.

Ray Robbins remembers how concerned he and other volunteers were in 2004 when faced with the mission of establishing the Union County Museum in its new home on West Main Street.

Versailles artist Damon Farmer, a Berea native and Berea College graduate, works on his latest sand sculpture Friday at Berea City Park as part of the city's 4th of July Spectacular.

In the - moo'd for a free meal? As part of the chain's fifth-annual Cow Appreciation Day celebration, the Chick-fil-A at 410 Riverhill Drive is offering a free meal to any customer who visits fully dressed as a cow on Friday, July 10.

A Berea College graduate who worked the past two years as a Red Cross manager in Parkersburg, W.Va., is the new executive director of the Daniel Boone Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Finding a new job can be a struggle, but finding a job as a recent college graduate or a current college student is even more difficult.

The story of how Berea became the "folk arts and crafts capital of Kentucky" is itself a local folk tale.

John Courter, of Berea, is a carillionneur. No, that's not somebody who has more money than Donald Trump.

Papa Leno's restaurant is well known among the staff and students at Berea College.

Berea College, the Kentucky campus that gives every accepted student a full-tuition scholarship, saw a 15% uptick in applications for this fall.

Linsey Hogg, a resident of LaFayette, was named to the deana s list at Berea College for the spring term of 2009.

A couple of weeks ago, I received a newspaper clipping from the Berea Citizen . The article was headlined, 'Berea College reducing budget, staff due to economic slide.' According to the report, 30 full-time positions and nine part-time positions are being cut to save money.

Published: Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 6:02 p.m. This has been a tough year for Chivonne Jenne Smith's family.

" Westport resident David Chow, founder and chief executive officer of management-consulting firm DanCourt Management, was elected to a six-year term on the board of trustees of Berea College in Kentucky.

Berea police still are searching for the man who robbed the Berea Credit Union at gunpoint on Friday, said Chief Dwayne Brumley.

Berea College's Loyal Jones Appalachian Center is the site of a newly installed 15,000-watt photovoltaic collection system.

Berea police are searching for a man they believe robbed Berea Credit Union on Short Street at gunpoint Friday afternoon.

Police in Madison County are investigating a bank robbery. It happened just before five, Friday afternoon.

Spaces still are available for "Into the Wind," the Berea Arts Council's 2009 Summer Art Camp.