17-Jul-12

The Twelve-Year Building Boom

When the Van Dyke Center was built on the Emory & Henry campus in 1960, the new building was greeted with much enthusiasm, in part because it was the latest in what seemed to be a flurry of building activity that was changing the landscape of the campus, recalls Henry Dawson (’62), who was an E&H student during that time.Just two years prior to the completion of Van Dyke, the College constructed Memorial Chapel and the residence hall now known as Wiley-Jackson...

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03-Jul-12

Studio art major connects with local high school students

As a participant in the Emory & Henry Tutoring Program, I am always looking for new and interesting teaching opportunities. This semester, I was introduced to a great service site at the William N. Neff Center for Science and Technology in Abingdon. At the Neff Center, vocational students from four area high schools learn various trades, such as cosmetology, culinary arts, auto body mechanics, and graphic design. I was interested in learning and contributing new...

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03-Jul-12

E&H alumna connects classroom learning to career choices

  Tell me who you are. What stories do you have to tell? What places are important to you? What are your hopes and dreams?  Students at Emory & Henry College are asked to ponder these questions as participants in Public Policy and Community Service (PPCS) coursework, which focuses on a study of citizenship, community service, religion, public ethics, diversity, public policy, globalization, social justice, and social change. The Public Policy and Community...

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10-Jul-12

No Boundaries for E&H Alum

Tom Wohlford has a list.And on this list is a tantalizing array of things he has undertaken or would like to accomplish throughout his adult life. If you’re thinking it might be things like “visit the Grand Canyon” or “learn to make the perfect omelet,” consider the fact that the most recent item marked off the list was “climb Mount Kilimanjaro at 19,341 feet in Tanzania.”In August 2011, Tom Wohlford, E&H Class of 1976, along with a guide and support team from...

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12-Jul-12

First-year student shares gift for storytelling

  The story was written on the face of Emory & Henry student Tamasin Swoap as she painted a picture with thousands of words and used silly exaggerative facial expressions while reading to a classroom of first-grade students at Meadowview Elementary School recently. Captivating an audience of wiggly, chatty first-grade students, Swoap mooed like a cow and barked like a dog, evoking bursts of laughter from the children. “Are you my mother?” a baby bird asked a...

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17-Jul-12

Prospective Students Invited to Visit E&H During Virginia Private College Week from July 30 to Aug. 4

Emory & Henry College will once again be participating in this year’s Virginia Private College Week. The event is an opportunity for rising juniors, seniors and transfer students to learn about the quality and affordability of Virginia's private colleges. During the week of July 30 to Aug. 4, the 24 member institutions of the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV) will host two daily programs for interested students and their families. At Emory &...

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17-Jul-12

Erin Gallagher: Enchanted by Mountains, Empowered by Professors

As a native of Wheat Ridge, Colo., Erin Gallagher (’12) is frequently asked what drew her across the country to Emory & Henry in Southwest Virginia. She says it was Mother Nature.“I fell in love with the natural beauty of this place,” Gallagher said.But what has kept her here are the high quality professors.Excelling in the classroom, Gallagher was confident about her future. When Dr. Melissa Taverner, the Natural Sciences division chair asked her what she wanted to...

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23-Jul-12

Emory & Henry Presents IN-SIGHT-2012: Art Faculty Biennial

In conjunction with the Virginia Highlands Festival, Emory & Henry College presents IN-SIGHT-2012: E & H Art Faculty Biennial. This exhibition will feature works by Charles W. Goolsby, H. Lee Jones, Anna Kaarina Nenonen, and Michael Wright. The exhibition will be held at The 1912 Gallery on campus from July 28 through September 8 and every day during the Virginia Highlands Festival from noon until 5 pm.   Following the festival the exhibit will be open...

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