Berry Community Stories

2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner: Entrepreneurial Spirit Hester Parks (95C) Having started her career as a financial analyst, Hester Parks took the leap to follow her dream of owning her own event... More

2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner: Distinguished Achievement Bridgette Stewart (98C) Bridgette Stewart’s career in higher education has spanned over 20 years. Throughout that time, her focus has been... More

2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner: Outstanding Young Alumni Dr. Carson Kay (16C) Dr. Carson Kay, rhetorical scholar and faculty member in the Department of Communication Studies at Washburn... More

2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Winner: Distinguished Service Patricia Jackson (82C, FFS) Patricia Jackson is a retired educator who taught students with disabilities and supervised special education and... More

Berry alumna Keeley Patterson (08C) shares how she's working through the pandemic as a nurse at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta: How have you been impacted by COVID-19? I have continued to work while... More

It takes a community: Berry alumnus and hospital physician Jeremy Walker (05C) shares his thoughts on how others can lend a helping hand to those fighting COVID-19. How have you been impacted by COVID-19? I... More

Berry alumnus Ted Goshord (06C) is the pastor at Eastman First United Methodist Church and has been learning how to serve his community in the midst of a pandemic. Here's what he says it keeping him... More

2020 Berry graduate Kathryn Barker has found these trying times to be a great opportunity to leave the better world better than she found it. How have you been impacted by COVID-19? Like my fellow... More

Berry alumna Bonnie Stevens (82C) is the manager at the Nelson County Humane Society. Here's how she's been making sure that even the furry members of her community are taken care of during these difficult... More