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• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/280-emory-henry-college-opens-interfaith-prayer"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.jpg" alt="Student Safa Farhoumand helps dedicate the Interfaith Prayer Room." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2133/3171_InterfaithPrayerRoom16_2.rev.1518211260.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/280-emory-henry-college-opens-interfaith-prayer">Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Equipped with chairs, tables, prayer rugs and religious texts, a room in the lower-level of Memorial Chapel on the Emory & Henry College campus is now available for students of all faiths to have a quiet place to pray and meditate.</p><a href="/live/news/280-emory-henry-college-opens-interfaith-prayer" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/32-wehc-series-honored-by-the-virginia-association-of"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/202,0,798,596/764_WEHC_award_alana_simmons.rev.1507210399.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/202,0,798,596/764_WEHC_award_alana_simmons.rev.1507210399.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/202,0,798,596/764_WEHC_award_alana_simmons.rev.1507210399.jpg" alt="Program host Alana Simmons with the WEHC award." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="596" data-max-h="596" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/32-wehc-series-honored-by-the-virginia-association-of">WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Alana Simmons, project coordinator for the Office of Violence Against Women at Emory & Henry College was honored recently by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters for a series that takes an in-depth look at domestic violence in Southwest Virginia. <a href="/live/news/32-wehc-series-honored-by-the-virginia-association-of" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/242-from-king-to-hip-hop-college-celebrates-mlk"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.jpg" alt="Dr. Bettina Love at the 2018 MLK Day Celebration." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2136/2222_WhiteWhale-MLK-IMG142_2.rev.1516127931.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2136" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/242-from-king-to-hip-hop-college-celebrates-mlk">From King to Hip Hop, College Celebrates MLK</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Dr. Bettina Love, award-winning author and associate professor of educational theory and practice at the University of Georgia, delivered the keynote address for the College’s annual celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in the McGlothlin Center for the Arts.</p><a href="/live/news/242-from-king-to-hip-hop-college-celebrates-mlk" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/341-college-hosts-inaugural-diversity-reading-group"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.jpg" alt="Diversity Reading Group" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2399" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/341-college-hosts-inaugural-diversity-reading-group">College Hosts Inaugural Diversity Reading Group</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> E&H faculty will read Dr. Kathy Obear’s <em>But I’m Not Racist! Tools For Well-Meaning Whites.</em><a href="/live/news/341-college-hosts-inaugural-diversity-reading-group" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/962-eamph-takes-part-in-second-tripride-parade"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.jpg" alt="Students and faculty of E&H ready with their parade banner." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/6835_IMG_6703.rev.1568297029.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2400" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/962-eamph-takes-part-in-second-tripride-parade">E&H Takes Part in Second TriPride Parade</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> On September 7, 2019, TriPride held their second Pride parade and festival in downtown Kingsport, Tenn. <a href="/live/news/962-eamph-takes-part-in-second-tripride-parade" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/967-eamph-hosts-non-profit-to-spread-awareness-of"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,400/6866_571a4365aad27.image.rev.1568307721.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,400/6866_571a4365aad27.image.rev.1568307721.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,400,400/6866_571a4365aad27.image.rev.1568307721.jpg" alt="Help Save the Next Girl logo." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="400" data-max-h="400" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/967-eamph-hosts-non-profit-to-spread-awareness-of">E&H Hosts Non-Profit to Spread Awareness of Predatory Dangers</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Help Save the Next Girl will be coming to campus on Sept. 22 to help desensitize young women and girls to predatory danger. <a href="/live/news/967-eamph-hosts-non-profit-to-spread-awareness-of" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/246-tunnel-of-oppression-eamph-installation-highlights"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/2287_26733834_10215553434253219_5449157324349081630_n1.rev.1516171286.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/2287_26733834_10215553434253219_5449157324349081630_n1.rev.1516171286.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/2287_26733834_10215553434253219_5449157324349081630_n1.rev.1516171286.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/2287_26733834_10215553434253219_5449157324349081630_n1.rev.1516171286.jpg" alt="Students Sam, Abbey, Destiny, Ethen, and Director of Inclusion and Diversity co-hosted the Black ..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,720/2287_26733834_10215553434253219_5449157324349081630_n1.rev.1516171286.jpg 2x" data-max-w="960" data-max-h="720" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/246-tunnel-of-oppression-eamph-installation-highlights">‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination <a href="/live/news/246-tunnel-of-oppression-eamph-installation-highlights" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/297-student-explores-battle-of-saltville"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,616/3322_EmmaGraceThompsonSaltvilleLyceum.rev.1519140029.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,616/3322_EmmaGraceThompsonSaltvilleLyceum.rev.1519140029.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,616/3322_EmmaGraceThompsonSaltvilleLyceum.rev.1519140029.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,616/3322_EmmaGraceThompsonSaltvilleLyceum.rev.1519140029.jpg" alt="Emma Grace Thompson presents her research a lyceum event in the Board of Visitors Lounge." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,960,616/3322_EmmaGraceThompsonSaltvilleLyceum.rev.1519140029.jpg 2x" data-max-w="960" data-max-h="616" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/297-student-explores-battle-of-saltville">Student Explores Battle of Saltville</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Emory & Henry College student Emma Grace Thompson is looking to the past to build a future career as an historian.</p><a href="/live/news/297-student-explores-battle-of-saltville" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/870-pride-at-emory-henry-college-celebrating-the"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.JPG 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.JPG" alt="Students, faculty and staff at the TriPride Parade in Johnson City, Tenn." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.JPG 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1080,1080/6489_IMG_2782.rev.1561130288.JPG 3x" data-max-w="1080" data-max-h="1080" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/870-pride-at-emory-henry-college-celebrating-the">Pride at Emory & Henry College: Celebrating the LGBTQ+ Community</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> June is Pride Month at Emory & Henry College! Travis Proffitt and the Inclusion & Dialogue Center have been working hard to provide a safe and inclusive environment on campus for all students.  <a href="/live/news/870-pride-at-emory-henry-college-celebrating-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/991-eamphs-grant-renewal-aids-in-the-fight-against"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.jpg" alt="A purple ribbon for awareness about unacceptability of violence against women" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,1969/6928_AdobeStock_183494972.rev.1569435806.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="1969" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/991-eamphs-grant-renewal-aids-in-the-fight-against">E&H’s Grant Renewal Aids in the Fight Against Gender-Based Violence</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> E&H has renewed its grant from the Office on Violence Against Women to continue offering programs about gender-based violence awareness and prevention to students on campus. <a href="/live/news/991-eamphs-grant-renewal-aids-in-the-fight-against" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/177-college-awarded-300000-grant-to-fight-sexual"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/90/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,770,300/1551_OVW_logo.rev.1512748664.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/90/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,770,300/1551_OVW_logo.rev.1512748664.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/90/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,770,300/1551_OVW_logo.rev.1512748664.jpg" alt="Logo for Office on Violence Against Women" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="770" data-max-h="300" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/177-college-awarded-300000-grant-to-fight-sexual">College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emory & Henry is just one of several colleges receiving a grant to address an important campus issue. <a href="/live/news/177-college-awarded-300000-grant-to-fight-sexual" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>