Name: Ellie Sherrod
Title: Admission Counselor
Email: ESHERROD@BERRY.EDU
Hometown: Birmingham, AL
Education: Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science and minor in Psychology, Berry College.
Favorite spot on campus: Richards Gym (where my Lifeworks job was as a student!) and Bob Pearson Field
Favorite thing to do in Rome: play pickleball or go to city events downtown.
What was your favorite college course, and why did it leave a lasting impression?
Disability and Sport with Dr. Janke. This class reached beyond the surface of being informative and engaging. We learned about individuals with developmental differences and how sports can be adapted to those differences. We were encouraged to take the things we were learning and go engage our community. This led to me volunteering at ESP Rome for a semester, where I made meaningful relationships that still impact me today.
What’s your favorite Berry event or campus tradition?
I love Finals Fest, Christmas in the Cage and Battle on the Mountain! I can't choose just one.
If you could travel anywhere for a week, where would you go and what would you do there?
I would love to go back to Brazil to visit friends and eat lots of pão de queijo, açaí and estrogonofe!
If you could have dinner with a historical figure, who would it be and why?
Amy Carmichael. I would love to hear Amy tell stories about her life in India serving thousands of orphans and how her Irish upbringing shaped her experiences of contextualization.
If you weren’t working in higher education, what career do you think you’d be pursuing?
I'd love to be a fitness instructor for underserved communities in a different country.