Dr. C. Edward Watson, AAC&U Vice President for Digital Innovation, alongside Berry faculty and staff, will host a conference on artificial intelligence.
Berry education majors with an interest in science and math enter the workforce with competitive resumes, thanks to hundreds of classroom hours earned before graduation.
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One-on-one coaching and classes tailored to real-world scenarios provided the tools this education professional needed to move into management while working full-time.
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Chauncey Brown ’12 didn’t draw a straight line to her future career. Instead, she explored education and people groups, sparking the pursuit of an education policy and analysis master's degree at Harvard as an Equity and Inclusion Fellow.
Berry College will welcome young adults with intellectual disabilities to the new Inclusive Post-Secondary Education program starting in the fall of 2024.
Local school systems will support Rome and Floyd County teachers to earn graduate degrees at Berry College, thanks to a tuition assistance program announced this week.
Now more than ever, a liberal arts degree gives graduates an edge in the job market.
Kylie Hamilton-Lord has made a name for herself teaching students to love music. Tripling the middle school band size where she was recently employed, she sees the impact her Berry education plays in how she builds community and teaches music.
Lirio Morales Ibarra ’23, who majored in sociology and anthropology, capped off her senior year with an acceptance to Harvard’s Educational Leadership, Organizations and Entrepreneurship Program housed in the Graduate School of Education. She says Berry experiences — especially the opportunity to serve — played a crucial part in her success.
With a desire to live and work abroad, Claire Rowan ’22 gave her teaching credentials a competitive edge, thanks to training at Berry.
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.
Amber Bingham ’23 knew that Berry was the place for her when she learned about the robust education program. As early as freshman year, she worked in the South Rome Early Learning Center where she discovered her love of teaching the youngest ages.
Building on formative Berry experiences, Monica Phelps-Pineda ’13 is completing her doctorate in education at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She received the National Board of Certified Counselors Minority Fellowship in 2022.
After a national search, Berry College has named Alan Hughes the Dean of the Charter School of Education and Human Sciences.
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Through Berry’s STEMTeach program, Josh Smith ’22 is a Noyce Scholar mentored by a local high school teacher while accumulating meaningful hours in the classroom. This opportunity gives him a competitive edge in landing a teaching job as a math teacher upon graduation.
As a first-year mentor in the Office of Academic Transitions, Noah Isherwood found his calling to work in higher education. He’s also gained professional experience in the Center for Personal and Professional Development.
Being a Gate of Opportunity Scholar has given Nathania Cortes ’22 the discipline and experience she’ll apply as a high school English teacher.
Taylor Blaylock ’21 is the sixth Berry graduate to win the Fulbright grant to teach English abroad. In August, she will move to Taiwan where she will bring to bear all of her experiences in student teaching and her knowledge of supporting English language learners.
A leadership position with Berry’s ESL program led Emily Mather ’21, a Spanish major, to switch career trajectories and follow her dream of working with people in diverse, often neglected communities.
Evan Perry ’21 is prepared to engage non-native speakers of English in diverse pre-K—5 classrooms, thanks to minors in Spanish and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL). Hands-on teaching opportunities in local schools and in the community further prepared him for an exciting career in education.
Allie Williams ’21 will enroll in Middle Tennessee State University’s combined M.A. and Ed.S. program in school psychology this fall. With a psychology degree bolstered by a minor in applied behavior analysis, she is ready to advocate for at-risk, developmentally disabled, and intellectually disabled populations.
Leading a team of six fellow students, Sara Myers ’21 found a way to continue tutoring youth at a local children’s home during the pandemic.
Professor of Teacher Education Mary C. Clement and Associate Professor of Mathematics Jill Cochran published “A Sharp Contrast: First-Year Teachers with and without Teacher Preparation.”
Abby Carnill ’18 studied early childhood education and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) at Berry. Now she is living out her dream of teaching kindergarten abroad in Quito, Ecuador.
Berry Instructor Kim Bushnell, who brings a real-world approach to accounting courses, was recently recognized for her commitment to teaching.
Berry College has awarded two employees the 2020 Martindale Award, the highest faculty/staff award at Berry College.
The national Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi has awarded a Berry College alumnus an $8,500 Fellowship.
Education major Josh Woodard ’20 took a job in his hometown to teach kindergarten—the age when he first discovered his love for learning
Growing up in northwest Georgia, Martha Berry founded schools for academically able but economically poor children of the rural South – those who could not afford to go elsewhere.
Berry College Associate Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science Jill Cochran has been selected to participate in a National Science Foundation grant of approximately $1 million over five years that will support the advancement of mid-career STEM women faculty.