02-Sep-10

E&H Honored for Recycling, Issues Challenge to Other Schools

Emory & Henry is challenging colleges and universities from across the region and Virginia to enhance their recycling and waste minimization efforts and to participate in a recycling contest sponsored next spring by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.The College announced the challenge on Wednesday, Sept. 1, the same day that it was honored by the EPA for finishing first among Virginia colleges and universities in the per capita classic category of the 2010...

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03-Sep-10

Alumni Board members enjoy being nasty, dirty, sweaty

Perspiring is not usually part of the agenda for E&H Alumni Board meetings -- but their August meeting kept them sweating for all the right reasons.For starters, they showed up on Friday, a day before their meeting, to host a reception for the faculty and staff of the college.Faculty and staff members take turns throughout the year hosting socials, but the first social of the year is always the biggest as new members of the Emory community come together with...

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09-Sep-10

Students to be Guest of Vice President Joe Biden

Two Emory & Henry students who led in a campus campaign against sexual assault will travel to Washington this month to have dinner with Vice President Joe Biden.Shane Goodpasture and Dava Napier have led E&H faculty, staff and students in past observances of the annual Red Flag Campaign and Violence Towards Women Act celebration. They are among only 10 individuals from across Virginia who have been invited to a Sept. 22 event celebrating the 16th anniversary of...

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09-Sep-10

Former President Joins George C. Marshall Foundation Board

Dr. Thomas Morris, a former president of Emory & Henry College, has been selected to join the George C. Marshall Foundation Board of Trustees.Dr. Morris served as E&H President from 1992 to 2006. He left the college to serve as secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Virginia. This past April, Dr. Morris was selected the sixth president of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges.The Marshall Foundation has 30 members on its Board and 40 members...

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10-Sep-10

Emory & Henry hosts Sept. 25 Visit Day

Emory & Henry College welcomes all prospective students and their families to campus during a visit day on Saturday, Sept. 25.Emory & Henry College ranks among the top 30 liberal arts colleges and universities in the nation according to a recent report in the Washington Monthly. The magazine ranks Emory & Henry at No. 21 on its annual list.Prospective students will be given the opportunity to take a campus tour at convenient times throughout the day by...

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13-Sep-10

Jewelry Artist Courtney Starrett Presents RubberMADE

RubberMADE is the title of an exhibition by jewelry and installation artist Courtney Starrett that will be featured at The 1912 Gallery of Emory & Henry College from Wednesday, Sept. 29 through Saturday, Oct. 30 (except for Oct. 13-18, the College’s spring break).Starrett will speak about her work during an Artalk on Tuesday, September 28 at 7:30 pm in the Board of Visitors Lounge of Van Dyke Center. The Gallery, located at the Emory Train Depot, will open at 6:30...

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13-Sep-10

Team Works Together On and Off the Field

The Emory & Henry men's soccer team opened up its season not only on the playing field, but also in the community by helping clear a path for a future recreation trail.Recently the team helped carve out a section of the 22-mile Clinch Mountain Trail near Hidden Valley Lake in Washington County, Va.The 20-plus coaches and players helped improve the drainage of the trail by removing rocks and trimming the edges.Head Coach Travis Fravel says the experience allowed the...

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15-Sep-10

Student Lands Job From Being Seen on YouTube

Most students find summer jobs in the classifieds. Daron Vaught’s came to him.Appalachian Mountain Studios tapped Vaught to host its game show, “Back to the Woods,” after seeing Vaught on EHC-TV’s YouTube channel.“I really underestimated EHC-TV’s presence on YouTube,” Vaught said. “I never thought a potential employer would look to YouTube.”What was Vaught doing on YouTube?Mocking common elements of text jargon like LOL and LMAO in what is called a “rant.”“I can spell y...

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