Student and Alumni Success Stories

Alumni Spotlight: Benhardt Christson’19

Benhardt Christson is a successful strategy consultant at Accenture, where he works with clients to develop strategies for market entry, sales growth, and client engagement. He is also an MBA candidate at the Warrington College of Business and constantly strives …

By Eduard Ciobanu
Eduard Ciobanu Employer Relations Specialist
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Alumni Spotlight: Kerry Brackett ’08

If you find yourself in The Magic City, I’d suggest you make a visit to the Miles College campus; here, you might bump into the Writing Center Coordinator and Assistant Professor of English, Kerry Brackett. Kerry has plenty of life …

By Hannia Amaro-Zambrano
Hannia Amaro-Zambrano Peer Consultant
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Alumni Spotlight: Melissa Benson

Melissa Benson had a unique and fulfilling experience at Berea College. She attended the college as a non-traditional student and majored in Art History while also holding multiple labor positions, including at the Philanthropy Office and the Art and History …

By Eduard Ciobanu
Eduard Ciobanu Employer Relations Specialist
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Intern Kateryna Poltoratska featured by Metropolitan Golf Association

Intern Kateryna (Kate) Poltoratska was recently featured in the Metropolitan Golf Association (MGA) magazine, website, and on their social media highlighting her successful Summer 2022 internship experience!

Check out the link below for the article and video about her story:

By Sara Cornett
Sara Cornett Internship Coordinator
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Medicine for the Greater Good Interns Measure Baltimore’s Blood Pressure

Medicine for the Greater Good (MGG), through Johns Hopkins Bayview, has been a valuable internship partner site for the past several years. Read more about how five Berea Interns made an impact #beyondberea during Summer 2022 working with Dr. Panagis …

By Joshua Glenn
Joshua Glenn
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Intern Spotlight: Victoria Blankenship & The Resource Group

Victoria Blankenship, an Associate Experience Intern with The Resource Group, is excited to learn about how business functions work in the real world this summer. The Resource Group posted an intern spotlight about Victoria on LinkedIn – check it out!

By Sara Cornett
Sara Cornett Internship Coordinator
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Intern Spotlight: It’s a ‘Grand Night’ for Interns Megan Meadors & Fig Vance with UK Opera Theatre

Megan Meadors and Fig Vance are interning this summer with the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Opera Theatre program. This has been Megan’s second and Fig’s first summer interning with Dr. Everett McCorvey, Director of Opera Theatre. On Friday night, Internship …

By Sara Cornett
Sara Cornett Internship Coordinator
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Alumni Spotlight: Alexandra Yuhas ’18

Alexandra Yuhas, a 2018 graduate of Berea College, has always had a driven personality. During our video chat, she said, “I’ve always sort of flocked to leadership positions. . .if I was going to be in a club, I was going …

By Rowan Swift
Rowan Swift Peer Consultant
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Alumni Spotlight: Jeanne Marie Hibberd ’84

Jeanne Marie graduated from Berea College in 1984 with a degree in Philosophy. But don’t let that fool you – while Jeanne Marie can wax and wane philosophically with the best of them, Jeanne’s spent much of her career …

By Rowan Swift
Rowan Swift Peer Consultant
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Student (now Alumni!) Spotlight: Michelle Mecham ’22

Meet Michelle Mecham, a senior student at Berea College who is double majoring in Asian Studies and Child & Family Studies. At the time of the interview, she had only recently applied to the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (JET). …

By Hannia Amaro-Zambrano
Hannia Amaro-Zambrano Peer Consultant
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