Participants have been drawn from all academic departments plus Labor, Student Life, Business Office, Development, Library, Financial Aid, Alumni Association, Berea College Museum, and Campus Activities. Goals to improve participants' understanding of communication, its relation to learning, and students' needs in learning, writing, reading, speaking, and listening. Format an ongoing structure of summer workshops and monthly meetings, with specific content and methodology determined by participants, always including experiential learning.
Funding supports participants' stipends, travel, and materials.