Around Town

Besides academic, Berry has a great outdoors program where there is not just trails but mountains and horseback riding. For Decision Berry, I was able to hike one of the mountains and wished I could do it again, I had a blast. Berry has a wonderful exercise gym where you can go with friends to exercise. Besides the campus, there is downtown Rome where there is shopping and movie theaters and tons of opportunities to have fun on your days off.

hang out with friends

Athletic events are great at Berry as athletes and non-athletes are always great friends (something you don't find at the larger schools). There are also dances and raves to go to, skate nights and the local skate club, and even midnight bowling throughout the semester to keep students doing fun things! Berry may not have the party atmosphere a big university has, but there is always something fun to do with the school.

The college definitely is not lacking in the activities area. There are multiple things going on almost every weekend both on and off campus, provided by our activities board. It is good, clean fun where everyone gets to hang out and create new friendships.

Berry has a lot of extracurricular activities which include sports. They also have a theatre, music and art program. There is also another activity called the WinShape Program. It is a program sponsored by Chic-fil-a and is a Christian and Leadership outreach and program.

I like to just hang out outside, play frisbe or whatever, I also enjoy mountain biking, hiking, working out etc.

Hanging out with friends is the most popular pastime around campus along with outdoor activities like hiking, camping, hammocking, and running and attending student run events around campus on the weekends.

Berry College has very tightly-knit athletic communities with several sports, and they also offer intramural sports. The student activities board is very active, and they provide free concerts, movies, or some other activity every weekend. The college is an ideal fit for the outdoorsy type, with numerous bike and hiking trails. Mountain campus provides beautiful scenery just minutes away when you need a breath of fresh air by the waterfall or one of the beautiful chapels. There are lots of options for outdoor classes, like kayaking, horseback riding, and skiing for those that like to travel. The college also endorses study abroad and makes it possible for any student to have the opportunity.

Berry offers a lot of opportunity for outdoors activities like hiking and camping and other off-campus activities. Student activity (called KCAB) has something planned almost every week, and it's hard to miss the events because reminders are everywhere (on the Stall Wall and via email). Activities include Day Glow, movie nights, bowling, haunted trail, cultural film weeks, Mountain day Olympics, karaoke night, theatre plays, coffeehouses, pageants, concerts. Downtown and the movie theatre is also fairly close, but they're not the greatest. Berry also gives students plenty of opportunities for volunteering on and off campus. Student clubs are pretty open to sit-ins if you're not an executive member (e.g. SGA). There are also sporting events every week, including many intermural ones to participate if you're not an athlete.

There are activities and events planned every week and weekend. Do NOT worry about being bored in college, and do not worry about having too much free time. If you're not studying, you can go to the gym and play racquetball, take a stroll, go on a hike, visit mountain campus, watch a movie, attend sports events, and more.