Diversity Resources
Resources for Students
- African & African American Studies Department
- African Student Association (ASA)
- Arab Student Association
- Appalachian Studies Department
- Asian Student Union (ASU)
- Asian Studies Department
- Black Cultural Center (BCC)
- Black Student Union (BSU)
- Campus Crusade for Christ (CRU)
- Catholic Newman Club
- Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education: The Carter G. Woodson Center for Interracial Education integrates the College’s Black Cultural Center and the African and African American Studies program by supporting collaborations related to interracial education, equality and justice and shared commitments to cultural understanding.
- Cosmopolitan Club
- Center for Excellence in Learning through Service (CELTS): The Center for Excellence in Learning through Service is the home of student service and community engagement. Students serve through volunteer programs, help facilitate academic service-learning courses and work in local non-profit organizations and schools. CELTS also houses the Bonner Scholars Program and provides faculty development in service-learning.
- Episcopal Canterbury Fellowship
- Equal Minds
- Fighting for Equal Education (FEE)
- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
- Latin American Student Association (LASA)
- Loyal Jones Appalachian Center (LJAC): The Loyal Jones Appalachian Center (LJAC) fosters the College’s Great Commitment to Appalachia. To accomplish this mission, LJAC strives to: 1) develop service-oriented leaders for Appalachia by sponsoring and integrating educational programs on and off campus; 2) explore and illuminate the richness of the Appalachian region, people and cultures; and 3) assist communities, organizations and citizens to work toward the future they envision.
- Muslim Students Association
- Non-Traditional Students Association
- Pagan Coalition
- Peace and Social Justice Department
- Pride, Unity, Love and Social Equality (PULSE)
- The Francis and Louise Hutchins Center for International Education (CIE) seeks to foster understanding of and appreciation for “all peoples of the earth” by offering education abroad opportunities, international student and scholar services, faculty and curriculum development and campus programming each year emphasizing a particular world region.
- The Harvey Milk Society
- Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Campus Christian Center (CCC): The Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Campus Christian Center offers opportunities for worship, weekly prayer, interfaith dialogue and intellectual and spiritual engagement with the Christian faith through convocations, lectures, workshops and occasional spiritual retreats.
- Women’s & Genders Studies Department
Resources for Faculty & Staff
American Association of University Professors (AAUP)
The Associated Colleges of the South (ACS)
Association of Higher Education and Disability (AHEAD)
Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education (APAHE)
Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD)
Consortium for Higher Education LGBTQ Resource Professionals
Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC)
Kentucky Association of Blacks in Higher Education (KABHE)
Kentucky Latino Education Alliance (KLEA)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
Resources from Berea Faculty and Staff:
“How Faculty of Color Can Achieve Good Work-Life Balance in Academe,” by Dwayne Mack
Writing Beyond Race: Living Theory and Practice, by bell hooks
“African Americans in Appalachia,” by Althea Webb
“Color Me Appalachian,” by Althea Webb
Disability & Accessibility Services (DAS) Presentation by Lisa Ladanyi & Channing Francis
Gender Neutral & Inclusive Language Presentation by Amanda Wyrick