12-Mar-12

E&H Students Direct Middle School Theatre Productions

Area middle schools in collaboration with the Emory & Henry Theatre Department will present the Eight Annual Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) Theatre Festival on Tuesday, March 13, at the E.B Stanley Middle School in Abingdon. Student directors Will Beaty, Spencer Black, Russ Kerr and Nicole Shumate will help stage the four short productions beginning at 6:30 p.m. in the middle school auditorium. The project is coordinated by Carol Sutton, Washington County...

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12-Mar-12

Habitat for Humanity Build Days!

Emory & Henry College and Washington County Habitat for Humanity is building another home in our community!The Emory & Henry partnership, facilitated though the Appalachian Center for Community Service broke ground Monday, February 27, 2012 on a home in Glade Spring. The 3-bedroom house is located at 617 Azalea Drive and will be built with the family of James and Jennifer Smith and their two elementary-aged children. The house is in the neighborhood of the most...

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14-Mar-12

Reynolds Lecturer Asks What Is a Meta For?

The founder of Iron Mountain Press will address the importance of metaphor to the human thought process when he speaks at the College Wednesday, March 28.Dr. Robert Denham, an emeritus professor of English at Roanoke College, will invite his audience to move beyond the commonplace notion that metaphor is one of the basic building blocks of literature and beyond the popular view that metaphor is an exotic figure of speech used by poets Metaphor, Denham argues, is used...

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14-Mar-12

Area College Students Gear Up for Career Fair

Students from 15 colleges in three states will be exploring employment and graduate school opportunities during the Interstate Career Fair 2012, which will be held Thursday, April 5 in Abingdon.The Fair runs from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center. The fair is open to members of the community as well as college students. Begun 24 years ago, the annual Interstate Career Fair started with only a few schools and now encompasses 15 area...

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16-Mar-12

Appalachian Center will honor individuals, local organization

The Appalachian Center for Community Service at Emory & Henry College will honor individuals and a local organization for their service to the community during the annual 2012 Hope Awards.A reception and presentation of the Hope Awards is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, April 16, in the Board of Visitors Lounge in the Van Dyke Center on the Emory & Henry Campus.Through its Appalachian Center for Community Service, Emory & Henry College is committed to working...

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16-Mar-12

SGA Presidential and Vice Presidential Campaign & Elections

Applications for SGA President and Vice President candidates will be available in Martin-Brock and the Dean of Students' Office from Friday, March 16 through Wednesday, March 21. Applications are due to the Dean of Students' Office March 21 no later than 5 p.m. The official campaign period begins Friday, March 23 through Sunday, April 1. SGA Elections will be held inside of M-S and the cafeteria from Monday, April 2 through Wednesday, April 4.

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16-Mar-12

Fisher Helps Share Lessons from Appalachia

A new book co-edited by Emory & Henry College professor emeritus Stephen L. Fisher illuminates a social transformation taking place throughout Appalachia.Transforming Places- Lessons from Appalachia was co-edited with Barbara Ellen Smith, and contains seventeen original essays from scholars and activists with a vast range of backgrounds. Transforming Places illuminates relevant lessons about building coalitions and movements with sufficient strength to challenge...

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16-Mar-12

Department of Education Honors E&H for Service

For the third consecutive year, Emory & Henry College has been honored for its commitment to bettering communities by The Corporation for National and Community Service and the U.S. Department of Education.Emory & Henry was admitted to the 2012 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for its service to communities throughout Southwest Virginia. In 2010, Emory & Henry was first honored by the Corporation for National and Community Service...

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