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Life Lessons

July 10, 2009 by Julie  
Filed under People and Places

Growing up on a farm in rural Ohio, Jared Rowley would daydream about city life and one day going to college. It was a dream not shared by his parents. So after high school graduation, Jared was on his own. He made his way to Ohio University, but college life was far from what he imagined it would be. Read more

Saving Berea

July 5, 2009 by John Sanders  
Filed under People and Places

After graduating from high school in rural Kentucky, Natasha Smith applied to and was accepted by the University of Kentucky. She would be one of the first in her family ever to attend college. There was only one problem: her parents had to provide for nine children and couldn’t afford even Kentucky’s in-state tuition. Read more