01-Jul-11

E&H Names Rose Katz Next Womens Basketball Coach

Emory & Henry College has selected Rose Katz as its next Head Women’s Basketball Coach, College officials announced Monday. Katz becomes the Wasps’ third head coach in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference era.“Rose will be a great addition to our coaching staff,” said Emory & Henry Director of Athletics Myra Sims.  “When she came to interview, she connected immediately with the student-athletes she met and with other members of our staff.  She is...

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05-Jul-11

More than 900 Expected for Appalachian Trail Conservancy Conference at E&H

College to Host Appalachian Trail Enthusiasts Emory & Henry College will play host to more than 900 Appalachian Trail enthusiasts who will participate in the 38th biennial meeting of the Appalachian Trail Conservancy July 1-8.Participants, who gather for meetings and workshops during the week, will hike the Appalachian Trail and other trails in the area. They also are expected to engage in canoeing, rafting and biking. In addition, they will visit several area...

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05-Jul-11

Students to Get Lyceum Credit for Attending Barter Theatre Performance

Emory & Henry College and The Barter Theatre, the State Theatre of Virginia, have expanded upon their longstanding partnership to allow E&H students the ability to receive Lyceum credit for attending Barter Theatre performances.The Barter Theatre will be offering students the opportunity to see plays on both the Main Stage and Stage II at the discounted rate of $16 per ticket. Students may order tickets in advance, but they must notify the box office when...

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06-Jul-11

E&H Students Kasi Quinn and Kyle King Blaze Their Own Path for Education

Watch E&H Students Blaze Their Own Educational TrailEmory & Henry College in Emory, Va. has launched this spring a unique program that provides 12 hours of academic credit to students who attempt to hike the 2,200 miles of the Appalachian Trail.The Semester-A-Trail is for the student seeking a learning experience that goes well beyond the classroom. The program, a synthesis of academic learning and outdoor adventure, is an intensive, goal-oriented journey...

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07-Jul-11

Character, Community Defines the Class of 2011

Barbara Kingsolver Celebrates the Educated Rural PersonThe Emory & Henry graduate is an “educated rural person” who has acquired the good manners, the kindness and the respect for others that will move mountains, according to Barbara Kingsolver, the best-selling author who addressed the College’s 2011 graduating class Saturday.Emory & Henry graduates were witness during the past week to events that added profound meaning to the value lessons that are the...

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08-Jul-11

E&H Breaks Ground on James H. Brooks Field House

College Breaks Ground on the James H. Brooks Field House. Emory & Henry College broke ground Monday on a $5.3 million athletic field house, which will be located on the east end of the newly renovated Fred Selfe Stadium.The James H. Brooks Field House will be a two-story, 18,237-square-foot structure adjacent to the east end zone of the E&H football field.The building will provide space on the first floor for locker rooms, showers, training and equipment rooms,...

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14-Jul-11

New Plaza at Ferrum College Honors E&H Alumnus

Ferrum College dedicated the newest addition to its campus - the Hart International Plaza, named in honor Dr. Joseph T. Hart (E&H '51), Ferrum’s eighth president (1971-1986) - during a campus luncheon and program on Friday, May 6.Funded by donations from faculty and staff, friends, family, corporations and foundations, the plaza includes colorful banners, a sculptural steel globe, an information kiosk, inscribed brickwork, park benches and plantings. It overlooks...

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15-Jul-11

Phillips Receives Top Teaching Award from McGlothlin Foundation

In the spring of 2000, Liz Phillips (E&H Class of 2003 and 2006) found herself on the campus of Emory & Henry College searching for the office of Dr. Bob Raines. Several years earlier, it was the late Dr. Raines who looked her in the eye and told her she was crazy to do anything else with her life but to teach. She was born to do it, he said. As she walked into his third floor office on that spring day in 2000, he simply looked at her and said, “It took...

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