The Berea College Labor Program is unique in its ability to place students in positions that allow them to see how the college is run and how much of an impact every one of our students have on running the college efficiently. While working my first year at our school dining hall, I truly conceptualized what "to work, learn, and serve" means.

Being responsible for serving and cleaning for hundreds of students and staff daily represented my value as a working student at Berea College. Building my "family" of coworkers and supervisors, being a leader in and out of the kitchen, and working hard to represent our Berean culture
wherever I go were the most captivating experiences of my time at the dining hall. Every little action at this school is designed to be meaningful and productive—all like gears in a train engine pushing it forward.

A light buried in the depths of the coal mines of the Appalachian Mountains is the diamond that is Berea College.