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 | Congrats Vikings!Berry College welcomed 286 graduates as official alums at the Spring 2012 Commencement May 5.
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 | Lights, Camera, Action!(April 2012) Berry College’s
visually stunning campus recently served as the backdrop for a television pilot
starring Kevin Bacon as an FBI agent.
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 | A Fashionable Weekend (April 2012) Whether giving back to the community or cutting a rug on the dance floor, Berry students know how to do things in style.
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 | Political Discourse(April 2012) The Berry College
Gloria Shatto Lecture Series recently welcomed noted political commentator and
senior news analyst Cokie Roberts.
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 | Poetry in Motion(March 2012) The Berry College Dance Troupe recently presented their spring performance “Vitality” in an array of styles.
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 | Berry in Bloom (March 2012). Students
have been taking time to bask in the recent change in scenery brought
on by
spring. Berry’s picturesque campus becomes even more beautiful during
spring as temperatures rise and flowers and trees begin to blossom.
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 | Two to Tango(March 2012). The
Berry College Wind Ensemble and the Berry Dance Troupe recently joined
forces
for a “Night of Tangos and more …” in the Ford auditorium. The
performance included works by Gardel, Piazzolla, Ginastera, and
Matos-Rodriguez, and featured guest conductor José Cladera, of Buenos
Aires, Argentina and Associate Professor of Music Glenn Garrido.
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 | Bravo for Ballyhoo(February 2012) The Berry College Theatre Company recently presented “The Last Night of Ballyhoo” in the E.H. Young Theatre. The show, directed by Associate Professor of Theatre John Countryman, was a great success with all eight performances sold out.
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 | Runners Revel(February 2012) The Berry Half
Marathon, 10k, and 5k races recently brought 1,900 runners and walkers to the
campus and provided a life changing experience for some who participated.
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 | Record Setters(February 2012) The Berry College Swim Team continues to perform well as the season wraps up with the Appalachian Swimming Conference Championship this weekend.
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 | Vegas Weekend(February 2012) Berry’s Annual Vegas Weekend is widely anticipated by many students as one of the most action-packed weekends, and this year did not disappoint.
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 | Korean New Year(January 2012) A rousing drum chorus, pageantry and sumptuous food kicked off the Korean Lunar New Year at Berry College.
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 | A Day On(January 2012) Berry College students recently spent Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a “a day on, not a day off.”
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 | Oak Hill Cleanup(January 2012) Cleanup at Oak Hill and the Martha Berry Museum started this week as students and staff hauled off trees and limbs from the Dec. 22 storms that hit Rome.
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 | Joyful Berry(December 2011) Berry heralded
the arrival of another Christmas season with a series of events to inspire even
the grumpiest Scrooge.
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 | Congratulations Grads!(December 2011) Berry College welcomed 120 new alums Dec. 10 at the Fall Commencement.
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 | Colorful Berry(November 2011) Another spectacular display by Mother Nature has provided the perfect backdrop for the final weeks of the fall semester.
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.jpg) | Berry Hands in Service(October 2011) Berry students set a campus record with the largest turnout for the nationwide “Make a Difference Day”.
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 | Mountain Memories(October 2011) Berry College welcomed about 7,500 alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff and friends to Mount Berry recently for the annual Mountain Day celebration.
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 | Berry Remembers(September 2011) Students, faculty and staff recently commemorated the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks through a variety of somber and inspiring events at Berry College and in the Rome community.
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 | Helping Hands(August 2011) Nearly 600 Berry College students fanned out across Floyd County recently for the 14th Annual First-Year Service Day.
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 | Welcome Home!(August 2011) Bellhops with boxes, tearful goodbyes and a flash mob were just a few of the scenes on the Berry College campus this week as more than 600 new students arrived.
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 | Teacher Training(July 2011) Thanks to a Georgia Department of Education grant of nearly $600,000, Berry College professors worked with approximately 50 Floyd County teachers this summer to enhance their math and science skills.
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 | SOAR Welcomes Incoming Freshman(July 2011) More than 550 incoming freshmen were greeted with enthusiasm at SOAR, Berry College's summer orientation program.
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 | Worthwhile Work(June 2011) Anyone who believes Berry’s commitment to firsthand work experiences is limited to students has obviously never attended Alumni Work Week.
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 | Welcome Home(May 2011) More than 570 Berry alumni returned home to their alma mater May 20-22 as the Berry Alumni Association celebrated Alumni Weekend 2011.
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 | Our Newest Alums!(May 2011) The Berry College community celebrated the graduation of 315 students Saturday.
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 | Spring Scenes(April 2011) Spring has hit the Berry College campus in a full burst of color this year ranging from a rainbow of tulips to the white rain of Dogwoods.
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 | Business Sense(April 2011) Forbes Magazine Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes played to a full house last week speaking on the economy, healthcare and monetary policy at Berry College.
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 | High Spirits!(March 2011) Despite soggy weather, more than 2,100 runners traversed the world’s largest college campus recently for the fourth annual Berry Half Marathon.
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 | Berry Lacrosse Teams - No Quarter!(March 2011) Berry’s men and women’s lacrosse teams started the inaugural season right with two exhibition wins over Shorter University in February. And the first official men’s game was a shutout against Millsaps.
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 | Korean New Year Festivities(February 2011) The Consulate General of South Korea, Hae-jin Chun, recently celebrated the Korean New Year at Berry.
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 | Berry-Shorter Game Excitement(February 2011) The basketball event of the school year recently brought more than 2,000 students, friends and Romans to the Cage Center.
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 | Snowy Solitude(January 2011) Berry students extended their holiday break after six inches of snow and then ice, blanketed the campus this week.
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