RG 10. Committees, Projects, and Reports
Record Group
Identifier: RG 10
Records and reports of committees and projects that are not directly or solely sponsored by a single division of the college on a continuing basis.
A number of records from RG 10 are available in digital format online at [url=https://berea.access.preservica.com/archive/sdb%3AdeliverableUnit%7C3c635afa-4b68-4166-ad8a-2c9a4680f85b/]Berea Digital Archives[/url]
Found in 47 Collections and/or Records:
Faculty Advisory Council of Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.09
Abstract
First meeting in 1939, the Faculty Advisory Council (often called Adivsory Council) was established to provide a democratic means of communication on matters of mutual interest to several faculties, the Labor Group, the President, and the Board of Trustees. Membership on the council included the President, academic Deans, three elected members from each of the Faculties (Upper, Lower, and Foundation), and three elected members from the Labor Group. Elisabeth Peck and May B. Smith were the...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1924-1984
Committee to Study Future Service Functions of Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.10
Abstract
The Committee to Study Future Service Functions of Berea College was created to conduct a study on the College's future development at the request of the Board of Trustees. The study was designed to help develop an adequate body of information and valid assumptions about the College, the region, and other areas to guide the college toward the future. The final reports shared the common title: "Alternatives in the Future of Berea College."
Dates:
1965-1968
Community Development Training Program for Vietnam and Tibet
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.11
Scope and Contents
This collections contain records of Berea College's work in developing and providing community development programs for two groups: (1) the Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State as part of a larger specialized, interagency long-term training program, the "Viet-Nam Training Center," established to prepare civilian personnel for their work in rural areas of Viet-nam, and (2) Tibetan students through the Community Development Counseling Group. Training programs included...
Dates:
1966-1968
Ethical Concerns in Investments Committee and On-Campus Advisory Committee on Ethical Investment Concerns
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.12
Abstract
Records of the Ethical Concerns in Investments Committee and On-Campus Advisory Committee on Ethical Investment Concerns.
Dates:
1978-1998
Academic Program Council (APC)
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.13
Abstract
Meeting agenda, meeting minutes, and other documents of the Academic Program Council (APC).
Dates:
1989-2013
Rural Institutes of India - Education and Training Project
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.14
Abstract
In conjunction with the Ministry of Education of the Government of India and the National Council of Rural Higher Education (U.S.), Berea College provided technical assistance, training, and educational programming to the Rural Higher Institutes in India during the late 1950s and early 1960s. Consultation and programming included work by Berea College faculty in India and on the Berea College campus (including a semester long study program for Indian students at Berea). The two main areas...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1959-1961
Peace Corp Volunteer Training Project-Senegal
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.15
Abstract
In contract with the U.S. Peace Corps, in June and August of 1963, Berea College provided training for forty Peace Corp Volunteers to serve in Senegal while undertaking projects in rural community development, English education, and physical Education. Associate Dean Kenneth H. Thompson served as Berea's Peace Corp Project Director and Dr. James R. Bobbitt served as the Program Studies Coordinator and Assistant Project Director.
Dates:
1961-1966
New Opportunity School for Women - Berea College
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.16
Abstract
In 1987 the New Opportunity School for Women (NOSW) was founded as an outreach program of Berea College by Jane Stephenson, wife of former Berea College President John Stephenson. Stephenson recognized a chronic problem in the Appalachian region of low-income women needing to be better educated and needing assistance in the search for employment. The mission statement of the New Opportunity School for Women was “...to improve the educational, financial, and personal circumstances of...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1987-1996
Committee to Review the Commitments (CRC)
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.05
Abstract
Under President John Stephenson, Berea College undertook the first systematic review of the Great Commitments of Berea College in the 1992-1993 academic year. The Committee to Review the Commitments (CRC) took an in-depth review of the Commitments resulting in a report containing a recommended restatement of the commitments (or mission statement). The Berea Board of Trustees adopted the recommended restatement of the Great Commitments on April 24, 1993.
The motivation for the review of the...
Dates:
Other: Majority of material found in 1992-1993
Committee on Student Life (1968-1969)
Collection
Identifier: RG 10-10.17
Abstract
In April 1968, President Willis D. Weatherford appointed an ad-hoc committee with the charge of studying various aspects of student life at Berea and recommending to the Cabinet and Faculty modifications and improvements in current policies and practices (including judicial procedures). The Committee on Student Life included student members and served under the chairmanship of Martha Pride. Committee work resulted in a final report containing recommendations for a revised system of rules and...
Dates:
1968-1969