09-Aug-10

Community Welcomes 4 New Admissions Counselors

As Emory & Henry College begins its 2010-2011 academic year, the community welcomes four new counselors to its Admissions Department staff.Three of the new counselors – Lori Bruce (E&H Class of 2008), Rachel Preston (2010) and Alex Veatch (2010) -- are returning graduates, while the fourth, David M. Griffore, comes, most recently, from Pennsylvania State University where he served as the assistant swimming and diving coach.Griffore completed his bachelor’s...

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09-Aug-10

Whited Receives Blue and Gold Award

The director of housing for Emory & Henry College was recently honored by his fellow employees as the June recipient of the Blue & Gold Staff Award.The recipient, Jimmy Whited, has served the College since September 2009 as a member of the Office of Student Life staff.The Blue & Gold Staff Award was created to recognize outstanding Emory & Henry employees who go above and beyond the call of duty -- not only in their respective positions, but in the...

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10-Aug-10

College To Celebrate 175 Years of Increasing in Excellence

In 2011, Emory & Henry College will begin to celebrate the 175th anniversary of its founding with a year of events aimed at drawing attention to the institution's history and timeless quality.The celebration will begin August 2011 at the opening convocation of the 2011-12 academic year. A variety of anniversary events will continue until May 2012, all of them celebrating the historic founding of Southwest Virginia's oldest institution of higher education."This will...

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13-Aug-10

Former Assistant Academic Dean Selected for ‘Best New Poets 2010

Meighan Sharp, a former assistant academic dean at Emory & Henry College, has been selected for inclusion in “Best New Poets 2010.”Sharp was chosen from a nation-wide competition of poets who have not published a book of poetry, and further distinguishes herself by being one of the two poets selected from Virginia.Meighan and her poem,"Habitats," will be included in an anthology of the winner's poetry. Meighan and her family are currently residing in Roanoke, Va.,...

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23-Aug-10

E&H Welcomes Broadway Stars Duet Sept. 23

Veterans of the New York musical theatre stage, Lauren Kennedy and Alan Campbell, will sing a wide range of musical and content styles when they perform Thursday, Sept. 23, at Emory & Henry College.This husband-and-wife duet will combine their impressive Broadway and musical pedigrees to give a performance that entertains with solid vocal performances and reflections on married life. The performance, entitled “It Takes Two,” begins 7:30 p.m. in the Wiley Hall...

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23-Aug-10

Duffy Receives Blue and Gold Award

An Emory & Henry College administrative assistant was recently honored by her fellow employees as the July recipient of the Blue & Gold Staff Award.The recipient, Claudia Duffy, has served the College for almost 19 years as a member of the Office of Dean of Students staff.The Blue & Gold Staff Award was created to recognize outstanding Emory & Henry employees who go above and beyond the call of duty -- not only in their respective positions, but in the...

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25-Aug-10

At 105, Oldest E&H Alum Among Most Active

Miss Jean Christy was recently heralded by her minister for calling his office to volunteer to do more for the church. She felt like she wasn’t doing enough, and she was asking to be put to work.While telling this story, he admonished the rest of the congregation gathered by saying, "I don't know what excuse the rest of you are using, but it can't be that you're too old to work!"All this good-natured ribbing came on Miss Christy's 105th birthday. And with this milestone...

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25-Aug-10

Philosophy Professor to Students: Ask the Right Questions

As they embark on a new academic year, Emory & Henry students were encouraged Tuesday evening to seek solutions by asking the right questions.Dr. Ed Damer, the E&H philosophy professor encouraging students to remain inquisitive, has spent most of his career asking questions, including questions that sometime irritated authority.Damer, who has taught at Emory & Henry since 1967, earned some time in the national spotlight at a very young age as a result of the...

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