Meet Our Students
Invest in Lives of Great Promise
Who your gift supports
Your gift to Berea College is an investment in lives of great promise, helping to fund the education of bright young minds from Appalachia and beyond.
Meet Sam ’28, a first-year student from Danville, Kentucky, whose Berea journey is transforming his future. Thanks to donor support, Sam’s dreams have taken him from small-town roots to studying abroad in Australia, proof that your gifts open doors to opportunity, independence, and possibility.
Abbie ’27 was determined to escape the vicious cycles that trapped her family members. But she wasn’t sure just where to turn. Abbie needed someone to take a chance on her if she was going to find a way to succeed.
Because of the generosity of supporters who believe in Berea College, Abbie found that chance at here
Kimberly ’26 applied to many prestigious schools—and was wait-listed for most of them. She discovered Berea College through QuestBridge, an organization dedicated to helping low-income students attend college. “Originally, I thought Berea couldn’t be real,” she said. “There was no way Berea College would pay tuition for a student.”
Liz ’26 is a nontraditional biology student, teaching assistant, and farmhand at Berea College, where nontraditional students are defined as parents, married individuals, or those over 23. She lives on campus with her husband and two children at Berea’s EcoVillage, a community for nontraditional students. The opportunity to pursue higher education at Berea has been life-changing for her family, thanks to the generous support of donors.