01-Mar-11

Blog Shines Spotlight on Roll

She has only been at Emory & Henry for two years, but already Christianne Roll is having a large impact on the music and theater education at Emory & Henry College.Roll has gained respect from her students through her unique teaching style that asks students how and what they want to learn. It is a method of student-focused learning that she picked up while obtaining her master’s degree from the Teachers College (TC) - Columbia University.In a recent...

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01-Mar-11

Graduate Directs Film About Why People Migrate Across Borders

Alumnus to Show Film About Immigration Controversy    "Brother Towns" is a story of two towns linked by immigration, family and work; Jacaltenango, a highland Maya town in Guatemala, and Jupiter, a coastal resort town where many Jacaltecos have settled in Florida. The film was shot over the course of three years (2006 to 2009) and chronicles the story of how and why people migrate across borders, how people make and remake their communities when they...

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01-Mar-11

Students Attend "Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball"

More than 250 students attended the "Mardi Gras Masquerade Ball" sponsored by the Emory Activities Board Saturday, Feb. 26. at the historic Martha Washington Inn in Abingdon, Va. Students danced the night away in the Martha's Grand Ballroom and toured down town Abingdon in horse-drawn carriage rides. Photos from the event are below the jump and on the EAB's facebook page.

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01-Mar-11

Alumni Photos Needed

The College is working on a new pictorial history book to be published in conjunction with the 175th Anniversary of the College.  We are particularly interested in sharing photos that have not previously been published. If you have a photo you’d be willing to submit for review, could you please scan it and email it to alumni@ehc.edu. Our office will then share it with the College archivist who is compiling the book, and he will make a determination about its...

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01-Mar-11

Student Forum: Ideas for Addisons

E&H students are invited to discuss ideas for the Addisons building Tuesday, Mar. 1 at 6 p.m. in the BOV Lounge. The forum is scheduled to end at 7 p.m. This event is sponsord by Student Government. For more information contact Richard Ayler.

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02-Mar-11

Monitor on Psychology Profiles Qualls

The vice president for academic affairs at Emory & Henry College talks about his interest in psychology and his efforts to bring mental health services to rural church congregations in an article featured this month in the Monitor of Psychology.Dr. Christopher Qualls, who teaches psychology at Emory & Henry and is the former chair of the E&H Psychology Department, tells the Monitor that his faith as a Christian led him to a life of service. “I’ve always felt...

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03-Mar-11

A Four Year Journey with Some of the Best Minds

Every August, hundreds of students make the trip up Interstate 81 to exit 26, where nervous incoming students prepare for the beginning of an experience that will change their lives. Emory & Henry College will shape more than just a student’s mind; it will help define the values and principles held by some of the world's future leaders. Although the students who roam the 300-plus acres in Emory, Va. come from different places, they share one common thing: they have...

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03-Mar-11

E&H Welcomes Writer of 'Colleges That Change Lives'

Emory & Henry College welcomed Monday the writer of a popular guidebook that focuses on institutions that change the lives of students. Hilary Oswald visited Emory & Henry as part of the research she is doing at colleges across the country for Colleges That Change Lives, a best-selling guidebook that profiles 40 institutions for their work in transforming the lives of students. Emory & Henry, which has long been listed in the guidebook, hosted Oswald to a...

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