Berea College
Recent News About Berea College
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59.2% of college applicants to Madison County's 4 universities were admitted for fall 2022
Madison County's four universities admitted an estimated 59.2% of applicants for fall 2022, an increase over the previous year.
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Student body in Madison County universities comprised mostly of white students in 2022-23 school year
Enrollment data for the four universities in Madison County revealed white was the most common ethnicity among students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.
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Madison County awards $6,304,799 in athletically-related financial aid to students in 2023
Madison County's two universities paid $6,304,799 in athletically related financial aid in 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
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Madison County's institutions spent $3,842,798 on basketball teams in 2023
Madison County's basketball collegiate teams received $3,842,798 in funding for the 2023 season.
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Madison County's women's football teams did not receive any funding in 2023
Women's football teams from Madison County received no funding during the 2023 season, unchanged from the previous year.
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Madison County's men's football teams receive $5,994,389 in 2023
Men's football teams from Madison County received $5,994,389 during the 2023 season, up 22% from the previous year.
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How much did Madison County spend on women’s basketball teams in 2023?
Women’s basketball teams from Madison County received $1,427,061 during the 2023 season, up 11.1% from the previous year.
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Kentucky: Madison County’s men’s basketball teams budget increases 16.3% in 2023
Men’s basketball teams from Madison County received $2,415,737 during the 2023 season, up 16.3% from the previous year.
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Madison County's universities spent $5,994,389 on football teams in 2023
Madison County's two colleges spent $5,994,389 on their football teams in 2023, a 22% increase over the previous year.
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2022: 5.2% of Madison County students played sports on collegiate teams
Madison County universities had 5.2% of its student body playing sports on collegiate teams in 2022.
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40 coaches at institutions in Madison County earned $48,791 on average in 2022
The average coaching salary at Eastern Kentucky University, the only institution paying coaches during 2022 in Madison County, was $99,083, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
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BC Planetarium Show- Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity on March 31
This cutting-edge production features high-resolution visualizations of cosmic phenomena, working with data generated by supercomputer simulations, to bring the current science of black holes to the dome screen.
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Friday Finds: Explore the Writings of bell hooks on March 31
Throughout Women’s History Month 2023, Hutchins Library invites you to spend an hour (or more!) each week reading what bell hooks wrote.
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How to Listen after the Flood on March 30
In July 2022, a flood in eastern Kentucky killed 39 people and left thousands homeless.
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Mining the Story: Community-led Journalism to Fortify our Civic Infrastructure
Join us for Dinner on the Grounds with Crystal Good, an Affrilachian artist, social advocate, and founder of Black by God.
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Saint John’s Bible Tours on March 20
In 1998, Saint John’s Abbey and University commissioned renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson to produce a hand-written, hand-illuminated Bible.
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Team Kentucky Gallery includes photos by two Berea College seniors
Photos by two Berea College students are currently on display in the Team Kentucky Gallery, located in the state Capitol Building in Frankfort.
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Berea College, Local Salon Owner Partnering to Offer Kentucky’s First Beauty Product Vending Machine on Berea College Campus
Berea College is teaming up with You’ve Got Curls Hair Loss center to provide a beauty product vending machine—the first of its kind in Kentucky—in Berea’s Black Cultural Center.
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Friday Finds: Explore the Writings of bell hooks
Former Berea College professor bell hooks (Gloria Jean Watkins, Ph.D., 1952-2021) is no longer with us.
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Berea College Library Offering Historical Look at Dr. Carter G. Woodson
The Berea College Hutchins Library is offering the public a chance to learn more about Berea College graduate and historian Dr. Carter G. Woodson during the library’s upcoming Friday Finds series.