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Literary Festival

Honoring the Literature of Appalachia—The 41st Annual Literary Festival featuring documentary filmmaker Elaine McMillion Sheldon will be held on September 20-21, 2023.

The Emory & Henry Literary Festival began in 1982 with a program devoted to Sherwood Anderson, who spent the final 15 years of his life in nearby Smyth County, Virginia. Since that inaugural occasion, the festival has honored a living writer with strong ties to the Appalachian region.

Each year the Emory & Henry Literary Festival celebrates an outstanding writer with ties to Appalachia. The designated writer participates in the festival, which includes papers by visiting scholars, and meets with students in various forums.

The 41st annual Literary Festival will be held on September 20-21, 2023.

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  • (L to R) Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
    (L to R) Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
  • (L to R) Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
    (L to R) Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
  • (L to R) Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
    (L to R) Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
  • The crowd listens to Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
    The crowd listens to Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
  • The crowd listens to Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
    The crowd listens to Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
  • Dr. Kathleen Chamberlain leads a discussion with Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
    Dr. Kathleen Chamberlain leads a discussion with Melanie McNair and Crystal Wilkinson
  • The Literary Festival crowd
    The Literary Festival crowd
  • Featured author Crystal Wilkinson speaks to the crowd at the Literary Festival
    Featured author Crystal Wilkinson speaks to the crowd at the Literary Festival
  • Featured author Crystal Wilkinson speaks to the crowd at the Literary Festival
    Featured author Crystal Wilkinson speaks to the crowd at the Literary Festival
  • Melanie McNair speaks at the Literary Festival.
    Melanie McNair speaks at the Literary Festival.
  • Melanie McNair speaks at the Literary Festival.
    Melanie McNair speaks at the Literary Festival.
  • Crystal Wilkinson
    Crystal Wilkinson
  • Dr. Kathleen Chamberlain
    Dr. Kathleen Chamberlain
  • Dr. Nicole Crockett-Drewitz
    Dr. Nicole Crockett-Drewitz
  • Forrest Yerman leads the crowd in a discussion
    Forrest Yerman leads the crowd in a discussion
  • Forrest Yerman and Jacinda Townsend
    Forrest Yerman and Jacinda Townsend
  • Forest Yerman
    Forest Yerman
  • Forrest Yerman and Jacinda Townsend
    Forrest Yerman and Jacinda Townsend
  • Forrest Yerman
    Forrest Yerman
  • Candace Butler
    Candace Butler
  • Dr. Nicole Drewitz-Crockett opens up the Literary Festival.
    Dr. Nicole Drewitz-Crockett opens up the Literary Festival.
  • Crystal Wilkinson and Theresa Burriss discuss topics of community and craft in Appalachia.
    Crystal Wilkinson and Theresa Burriss discuss topics of community and craft in Appalachia.
  • Crystal Wilkinson and Theresa Burriss discuss topics during their public interview in the closing sessions of the Literary Festival.
    Crystal Wilkinson and Theresa Burriss discuss topics during their public interview in the closing sessions of the Literary Festival.
  • Crystal Wilkinson chats with E&H English students.
    Crystal Wilkinson chats with E&H English students.
  • E&H English students gather with author Crystal Wilkinson.
    E&H English students gather with author Crystal Wilkinson.
  • E&H English students had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with author Crystal Wilkinson.
    E&H English students had the opportunity to talk one-on-one with author Crystal Wilkinson.
  • Presenters at the 36th annual Literary Festival 2017.
    Presenters at the 36th annual Literary Festival 2017.
Photo Album: 2017 Literary Festival

Among the authors featured at past festivals are Jesse Graves, Crystal Wilkinson, Fred Chappell, Lee Smith, Maggie Anderson, Ron Rash, Jo Carson, and Emory & Henry alum Mike Chitwood.

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  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2720-emory-henry-college-celebrates-grand-opening"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.jpg" alt="Students who created the E&H Thrift Store cutting the ribbon Hermella Legesse, Feker Fetene, Paige Halcrow, Hayley Ritter, Tilly Crad..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/13266_EH-Thrift-Store-Opening_022.rev.1675530004.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2133" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2720-emory-henry-college-celebrates-grand-opening">Emory & Henry College Celebrates Grand Opening of Thrift Store on Campus</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emory & Henry College is excited to announce the grand opening of its first on-campus thrift store located on the lower level of the Memorial Chapel on February 1, 2023. The Emory & Henry community celebrated the new E&H Thrift Store with a ribbon cutting and students in attendance had the opportunity to shop after. The store was made possible by the</span> <a href="https://www.ehc.edu/appalachian-center-for-civic-life/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Appalachian Center for Civic Life</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and will be primarily managed by</span> <a href="https://www.ehc.edu/appalachian-center-for-civic-life/scholarships/bonner-scholars-program/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Bonner Scholars</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://www.ehc.edu/appalachian-center-for-civic-life/scholarships/civic-leader-scholars/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Civic Leader Scholars</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p><a href="/live/news/2720-emory-henry-college-celebrates-grand-opening" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2375-braxton-justice-to-continue-education-at-william"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/37,55,718,735/11184_profesional_picture_-_Braxton_Justice.rev.1651252848.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/37,55,718,735/11184_profesional_picture_-_Braxton_Justice.rev.1651252848.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/37,55,718,735/11184_profesional_picture_-_Braxton_Justice.rev.1651252848.jpg" alt="Braxton Justice, '22" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="681" data-max-h="680" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2375-braxton-justice-to-continue-education-at-william">Braxton Justice to continue education at William & Mary</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Emory & Henry seniors are preparing to graduate and change the world.</span> <a href="/live/news/2375-braxton-justice-to-continue-education-at-william" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2439-largest-service-plunge-brought-engagement-to-the"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.jpg" alt="Students work in the Emory & Henry College Garden during Service Plunge." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/204,0,2336,2133/11838_Service-Plunge-Fall-2022_8-13-22_076.rev.1661269394.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2132" data-max-h="2133" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2439-largest-service-plunge-brought-engagement-to-the">Largest Service Plunge Brought Engagement to the Community</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">New Emory & Henry College students spread across Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee to join in Service Plunge on Saturday, August 13. Service Plunge is a time-honored tradition at the College, with 25 years of history and many more to come. Organized by the Appalachian Center for Civic Life, teams of students and their faculty coordinators left campus on buses headed to various service locations, most of which represented a theme of their first-year courses.</span></p><a href="/live/news/2439-largest-service-plunge-brought-engagement-to-the" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2443-southwest-virginia-museum-experience-seeks-to"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 3x"/> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 3x"/> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png" alt="This summer, Emory & Henry College's Appalachian Center for Civic Life facilitated a networking event for the museums in Southwe..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/191,0,1406,1215/11863_SWVA_Museum_Release.rev.1661518764.png 3x" data-max-w="1215" data-max-h="1215" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2443-southwest-virginia-museum-experience-seeks-to">Southwest Virginia Museum Experience Seeks to Promote Area History with Emory & Henry College</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">This summer, Emory & Henry College Appalachian Center for Civic Life (ACCL) facilitated a networking event for the museums in Southwest Va. at the Homestead Museum in Wytheville, Va.</span> <a href="/live/news/2443-southwest-virginia-museum-experience-seeks-to" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2614-40th-annual-literary-festival-coming-to-emory-amp"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 2x"/> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 2x"/> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png" alt=" Jesse Graves is an English professor and poet-in-residence at East Tennessee State University. He has authored three poetry collection..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/95,0,1108,1014/12613_Jesse_Graves.rev.1667402927.png 2x" data-max-w="1013" data-max-h="1014" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2614-40th-annual-literary-festival-coming-to-emory-amp">40th Annual Literary Festival Coming to Emory & Henry Campus</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Emory & Henry College’s Appalachian Center for Civic Life is hosting the 40th annual Literary Festival at the College’s Emory campus featuring Appalachian poet Jesse Graves on Thursday, November 3 and Friday, November 4.</span> <a href="/live/news/2614-40th-annual-literary-festival-coming-to-emory-amp" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2574-rock-castle-home-telling-the-story-of-place"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 3x"/> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 3x"/> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png" alt="Rock Castle Home poster" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/51/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2000,2880/12321_Official_Poster.rev.1664906836.png 3x" data-max-w="2000" data-max-h="2880" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2574-rock-castle-home-telling-the-story-of-place">Rock Castle Home-Telling the Story of Place</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On October 17th the showing of <em>Rock Castle Home</em> displayed the hard work of Charlie Thompson with his award winning documentary.</span> <a href="/live/news/2574-rock-castle-home-telling-the-story-of-place" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2707-emory-henry-college-receives-25000-grant-from"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 2x"/> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 2x"/> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png" alt="Visitors gather for graduation on the College grounds in front of the main college building, ca. 1905. Photo published in Legacy and Visi..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/159,0,1085,927/13143_graduation.ca1905_1.rev.1673966150.png 2x" data-max-w="926" data-max-h="927" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2707-emory-henry-college-receives-25000-grant-from">Emory & Henry College Receives $25,000 Grant from Roller Bottimore Foundation for Preservation of Historical Material with Public Accessibility</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Emory & Henry College got a boost to support local and regional history preservation in Southwest Virginia thanks to recent funding from the Roller Bottimore Foundation. “<em>The Watershed Project: Civic Memory for a Citizenship of Place</em>” has a two-fold purpose - to preserve, index, and archive a wide range of historical material related to the history and operation of Emory & Henry College, the oldest institution of higher learning in Southwest Virginia, and to utilize these materials to create an engaging, dynamic, born-digital, open-source history of the region of Southwest Virginia and, more specifically, the college’s role as an institutional citizen of that place.</p><a href="/live/news/2707-emory-henry-college-receives-25000-grant-from" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2376-carter-momsen-hudson-to-pursue-a-career-in"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.jpg" alt="Momsen-Hudson, '22, at a demonstration to bring attention to the realities that unhoused people face." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/104/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/288,0,2688,2400/11190_Carter-Hudson_IMG_6946.rev.1651496913.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2400" data-max-h="2400" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2376-carter-momsen-hudson-to-pursue-a-career-in">Carter Momsen-Hudson to pursue a career in religion</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our Emory & Henry seniors are preparing to graduate and change the world.</span> <a href="/live/news/2376-carter-momsen-hudson-to-pursue-a-career-in" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
  • <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2296-emory-henry-hosts-the-hope-awards-recognizing"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,534/11090_Hope_Awards_Sized_for_Email.rev.1649264226.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,534/11090_Hope_Awards_Sized_for_Email.rev.1649264226.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,534/11090_Hope_Awards_Sized_for_Email.rev.1649264226.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,534/11090_Hope_Awards_Sized_for_Email.rev.1649264226.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,534/11090_Hope_Awards_Sized_for_Email.rev.1649264226.jpg" alt="Hope Awards winners, 2022 From left to right, first row: Meg Askew, Elysia Moreta, Deni Peterson, Emmitt Kasey, Kyelee Moffett; Middle ro..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,534/11090_Hope_Awards_Sized_for_Email.rev.1649264226.jpg 2x" data-max-w="800" data-max-h="534" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2296-emory-henry-hosts-the-hope-awards-recognizing">Emory & Henry Hosts the Hope Awards: Recognizing Those Who are Committed to Service</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Appalachian Center for Civic Life</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Hope Awards are presented to an outstanding member of Emory & Henry’s faculty, staff, a graduate and an undergraduate student, a community member and an organization or service project. There are six Hope Award recipients who were honored by the Appalachian Center for Civic Life on Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in the Copenhaver Lobby of the McGlothlin Center for the Arts.</span> <a href="/live/news/2296-emory-henry-hosts-the-hope-awards-recognizing" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>