Campus Life

Campus Life is dedicated to delivering high quality co-curricular programs that support student development, community building, and campus engagement via their oversight of Recognized Student Organizations, Outdoor Adventure Programs, the Campus Activities Board, the Espacio Cultural Latinx, Post-Traditional & Student Parent Success, Student Government Association, and Voter Empowerment Political Awareness Coalition. Campus Life also oversees the Student Shuttle Service, offering weekly trips to nearby stores for necessities and specialty goods.

Students in a foam pit at Bluechella

Student Programming Team

Campus Life’s student programming team is the driving force behind signature campus events like Welcome Week, Mountain Day, and All Peoples of the Earth Day.

Biology Club RSO tabling at Mountain Day

Recognized Student Organizations

There are 50+ Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) that span a wide range of themes including music, dance, social justice, advocacy, culture, and other hobbies and interests. Visit the Campus Life office or email rso@berea.edu for more information about joining or starting a club.

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Outdoor Adventure Programs on a white water rafting trip

Outdoor Adventures Program

The Outdoor Adventures Program includes initiatives like Berea Bikes, Trips & Expeditions, and Gear Rental.

CAB's 2026 Homecoming dance

Campus Activities Board

The Campus Activities Board (CAB) is a volunteer student organization that plans and coordinates student activities on campus, such as the annual Homecoming dance. Their office is located on the second floor of Woods-Penniman.

ECL salsa workshop

Espacio Cultural Latinx

The Espacio Cultural Latinx (ECL) serves as the central space and hub for Latinx student support at Berea College. Visit the ECL on the ground floor of Woods-Penniman.

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Blue the Bear visiting children at the Child Development Lab (CDL)

Post-Traditional & Student Parent Success

The Post-Traditional & Student Parent Success Program serves Berea College students that are 23 years of age or older, and/or married, and/or have children.

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SGA's 2026 student president with President Cheryl Nixon at Mountain Day

Student Government Association

The Student Government Association (SGA) is made up of three governing bodies- the Senate, Board of Residents, and Executive Council. SGA’s office is located on the first floor of Woods-Penniman.

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VEPAC tabling outside of Alumni

Voter Empowerment & Political Awareness Coalition

The Voter Empowerment Political Awareness Coalition (VEPAC) is a non-partisan coalition of faculty, staff and students who are committed to bringing students into the political process, providing education and breaking down barriers to electoral participation, and encouraging student non-partisan policy solutions.

Mountain Day

One student sits on the East Pinnacle, overlooking the sunrise.

Campus Life is responsible for the planning and hosting of Berea College's annual Mountain Day. A tradition that began in 1875, the Mountain Day celebration serves as an example of Berea’s mission to serve the Appalachian region and its people. The celebration of Mountain Day involves hiking up the Indian Fort Mountain, which is located within the seven thousand acres of College’s forest territory. Students are encouraged to hike up to the East Pinnacle before the sunrise, in order to greet the sunrise atop the mountain. In recent years, it has been a tradition for several college organizations or clubs, such as the Berea College Choir and the Country Dancers to sing or perform dances respectively upon the rise of the sun. Learn more about Mountain Day here.

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Berea College | CPO 2199 | Alumni, 201 | Berea, KY 40404 | 859-985-3290 | campuslife@berea.edu

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