News & Stories
Jan 5, 2024

President Steve Briggs outlines the reasoning for Berry’s growing emphasis in the health sciences, including early success in nursing and plans for a new graduate-level physician associates program.

Jan 5, 2024

Leroy Hite (08C) ignites a spark of an idea into one of Atlanta’s fastest growing small businesses, Cutting Edge Firewood.

Jan 5, 2024

Michael Howard (14C) spreads joy and hope with Operation Christmas Child, a global outreach effort of Samaritan’s Purse.

Jan 5, 2024

Arden Foster (15C) finds her passion out west, raising horses and roping steers in Northern New Mexico.

Jan 5, 2024

With fundraising moving swiftly, Berry prepares to move forward with construction of a new academic facility supporting continued growth in the health sciences.

Jan 5, 2024

A summer immersion opportunity in Kenya yielded clinical experience and cultural insight for rising seniors in Berry’s nursing program.

Jan 5, 2024

Berry recently welcomed Dr. Bernice A. King, CEO of the Martin Luther King Jr. Center for Nonviolence and Social Change, for a special campus event highlighting the importance of respect in a world of strife.

Jan 5, 2024

The Charter School of Education and Human Sciences is forging new partnerships with area school systems with the goal of supporting professional development of teachers.

Jan 5, 2024

Retired U.S. Navy Captain Robert Carpenter (87C), Mark Banta (82C), Robert Swarthout (04C) and Caroline Gettis Huffaker (09C) found themselves in the spotlight as the 2023 winners of the Berry Alumni Council’s Distinguished Alumni Awards.

Jan 5, 2024

Jim and Lonnie Puhger are among the many residents of The Spires at Berry College who have stepped forward as champions of Berry students.

Jan 5, 2024

Emma Ruth Elder Catlett (45c) may not have finished her degree at Berry, but her memories of those days are strong, as is her desire to help current students.

Jan 5, 2024

Chester Forsh (73C) has been honored by his Metro Atlanta community for his history-making tenure as a teacher and coach in a local high school.

Jan 5, 2024

Sidney McAdams (18C) proves his mettle and lives his dream while successfully hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine.

Jan 5, 2024

A short foray as a student at a much larger state institution led senior Drayton Matus to the realization that all roads lead to Rome (or at least to Berry).

Sep 6, 2023

Want a competitive edge in the job market? Data analytics skills give graduates the upper hand in nearly every industry.

Aug 16, 2023

Mathewson Parks has been selected for the prestigious Television Academy Foundation ‘Bob Bennett Future Leaders Program.’ He is one of just 10 college students selected, among the Foundation’s 2023 summer interns, for the inaugural program.

Jul 5, 2023

A rising star in Hollywood, exciting facilities enhancements for athletics and another incredible gift by one of Berry’s most generous supporters are just a few of the things you can read about in the Summer 2023 issue of Berry magazine.

Jul 5, 2023

President Steve Briggs traces the development of the Berry Center for Integrity in Leadership, highlighting its impact through lessons learned by participants in its signature mentoring program.

Jul 5, 2023

Actor Darren Barnet (13C) works hard in Hollywood and finds success with breakout role in Netflix hit series.

Jul 5, 2023

Charter nursing program graduate Peggy Earley (15C) follows a heavenly whisper to serve Ukrainian refugees with the Flying Doctors of America.

Jul 5, 2023

From the Hollywood Improv and "Star Search" to corporate retreats and conventions, comedian Leslie Norris-Townsend (77c) has kept – and keeps – people laughing.

Jul 5, 2023

As a child, Anaiah Rucker (22C) received a scholarship to Berry after losing her leg while saving her sister from an oncoming truck. This spring, she walked across the commencement stage.

Jul 5, 2023

Audrey B. Morgan has done it again, making her largest gift to date – $10 million – in support of a new health sciences building and scholarships in music and education.

Jul 5, 2023

The completion of a new beach volleyball venue and the relocation and expansion of the Dickey Field throws facility for track and field promise increased opportunities and visibility for Berry student-athletes.

Jul 5, 2023

Berry’s storied Hollywood connections grew stronger this spring with visits by a Tyler Perry-led film crew and famed "Frasier" star Kelsey Grammer.

Jul 5, 2023

When Hester Parks (95C) learned that hardworking students might have to give up their college dreams, she knew she had to help. Now she’s a member of the Martha Berry Society of annual leadership supporters

Jul 5, 2023

Berry mourns the passing of a dedicated servant-leader whose powerful legacy endures on campus and beyond.

Jul 5, 2023

Trejohn Skinner (23C) loves sharing his musical gifts. Now the accomplished tenor is bound for a career in which he helps others do the same.

Jun 21, 2023

The Bartow County School System and Cartersville City Schools are partnering with Berry College to launch ContinUed Bartow and ContinUed Cartersville, a premier program that offers educational graduate degrees at no cost to tenured employees.

May 11, 2023

Studies in the humanities positioned Vanessa Rice ’23 to receive a coveted Fulbright Scholarship as well as two Critical Language Scholarships from the U.S. Department of State.

Apr 19, 2023

Georgia Lottery CEO Gretchen Corbin is the featured speaker for the Berry College Commencement May 6. 

Jan 11, 2023

The ingenuity, passion and relentless drive of Berry alumni, students and faculty are on full display in the Winter 2022-23 issue of Berry magazine.

Jan 11, 2023

A decade after the founding of the Southern Athletic Association, President Steve Briggs reflects on the challenges and ultimate triumph of Berry’s transition to NCAA Division III.

Jan 11, 2023

Meaghan Nolan Boenig (99C) has built an equestrian powerhouse from the ground up at the University of Georgia.

Jan 11, 2023

Two incredible couples and programs they helped to inspire were the focus of attention and appreciation at Berry’s second-annual Evening of Honors event.

Jan 11, 2023

Derek Detweiler (03C) is indulging his passion for computer programming as a video-game designer for PBS Kids and other clients.

Jan 11, 2023

Justus Edwards (21C) reached a milestone in his recovery from a serious injury with his triumphant walk across Berry’s commencement stage.

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