Outcomes & Testimonials

The Class of 2021 Future Destination Survey, completed January 1, 2022, resulted in 94% of graduates report being employed in full-time jobs or attending graduate and professional school.

Top career fields included:

Education, Healthcare, Business Services, Arts & Entertainment, Government & Non-Profit, Marketing & Communications, Environment, Sports & Recreation, Engineering/Manufacturing, Food & Beverage and Hotel/Tourism/Travel.

Sample Grad School Placements:

Harvard University, Georgia Tech University, Vanderbilt University, the Emory & Henry School of Health Sciences, East Tennessee State University, The Ohio State University, Bowling Green State University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Duke University, and many more.

Victory Ime is Finding Happiness and Success at Oracle

Life is full of surprises, and Victory Ime is finding a way to succeed not in spite of the curve balls – but because of them. Keep reading
Kanin Clark spent this summer interning in Washington D.C.

Clark is majoring in Mass Communications and History and will graduate in December 2021.
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McCray Sawyers is spending his summer with the Virginia Department of Forestry

Sawyers (E&H ‘23) is majoring in Environmental Studies.
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E&H Spiritual Life interns are making a splash in the community

Four Emory & Henry students are spending their summer interning with E&H Spiritual Life. Keep reading
Rafe Hagee works as Lab Technician at Eastman Chemical Company

Rafe Hagee graduated from Emory & Henry in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Environmental Science. He currently works as a Laboratory Technician for the Process Research and Development Group in the Technology Division of Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tenn. Keep reading
Christina Mitchell shoots for the stars and lands dream job with NASA

Christina Mitchell graduated in 2019 with a degree in Mass Communications. She currently works as an Associate Multimedia Specialist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.
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The Director of The van Vlissingen Center for Career and Professional Development is Lee Svete.

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Top 10 Career Fields for the class of 2020

1. Education
2. Healthcare
3. Business Services
4. Government/Non-profit
5. Marketing/Communications
6. Hotel/Travel/Tourism
7. Arts and Entertainment
8. Sports and Recreation
9. Environmental Science
10. Manufacturing

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<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1067-5-million-pledged-gift-to-visionary-career-center"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.jpg" alt="John van Vlissingen honored during commencement." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1573651870.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2138" data-max-h="2136" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1067-5-million-pledged-gift-to-visionary-career-center">$5 Million Pledged Gift to Visionary Career Center Announced</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emory & Henry College announced at its fall Board of Trustees meeting that it received a gracious gift of $5 million from The van Vlissingen Student Foundation to create The van Vlissingen Center for Career and Professional Development at Emory & Henry College. <a href="/live/news/1067-5-million-pledged-gift-to-visionary-career-center" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
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