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• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/32-wehc-series-honored-by-the-virginia-association-of" title="WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters" aria-label="WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters"><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." class="lw_image" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/202,0,798,596/764_WEHC_award_alana_simmons.rev.1507210399.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1000" data-max-h="666"/></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" title="WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters" aria-label="WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters">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" title="WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters" aria-label="WEHC Series Honored by the Virginia Association of Broadcasters">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" title="College Hosts Inaugural Diversity Reading Group" aria-label="College Hosts Inaugural Diversity Reading Group"><img src="/live/image/gid/66/width/345/height/225/crop/1/3546_Book_Group_Obear.rev.1521040409.jpg" alt="Diversity Reading Group" class="lw_image" 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"/></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/341-college-hosts-inaugural-diversity-reading-group" title="College Hosts Inaugural Diversity Reading Group" aria-label="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" title="College Hosts Inaugural Diversity Reading Group" aria-label="College Hosts Inaugural Diversity Reading Group">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" title="‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination" aria-label="‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination"><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 ..." class="lw_image" 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"/></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/246-tunnel-of-oppression-eamph-installation-highlights" title="‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination" aria-label="‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination">‘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" title="‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination" aria-label="‘Tunnel of Oppression’ E&H installation highlights issues of discrimination">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" title="Student Explores Battle of Saltville" aria-label="Student Explores Battle of Saltville"><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." class="lw_image" 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"/></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/297-student-explores-battle-of-saltville" title="Student Explores Battle of Saltville" aria-label="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" title="Student Explores Battle of Saltville" aria-label="Student Explores Battle of Saltville">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/280-emory-henry-college-opens-interfaith-prayer" title="Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room" aria-label="Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room"><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." class="lw_image" 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"/></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/280-emory-henry-college-opens-interfaith-prayer" title="Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room" aria-label="Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room">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" title="Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room" aria-label="Emory & Henry College Opens Interfaith Prayer Room">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/480-college-launches-ambitious-slate-of-diversity-amp" title="College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings" aria-label="College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings"><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1367/4053_41674280311_d8526cbc1b_k.rev.1524842688.jpg" alt="E&H student delivers a presentation on diversity. " class="lw_image" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1367/4053_41674280311_d8526cbc1b_k.rev.1524842688.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2048,1367/4053_41674280311_d8526cbc1b_k.rev.1524842688.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2048" data-max-h="1367"/></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/480-college-launches-ambitious-slate-of-diversity-amp" title="College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings" aria-label="College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings">College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary">Focused on faculty and staff, these trainings will give E&H employees more knowledge and tools to be effective leaders and colleagues at an increasingly diverse college. <a href="/live/news/480-college-launches-ambitious-slate-of-diversity-amp" class="link-with-arrow gold" title="College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings" aria-label="College Launches Ambitious Slate of Diversity & Equity Trainings">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" title="College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault" aria-label="College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault"><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" class="lw_image" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="770" data-max-h="300"/></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" title="College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault" aria-label="College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault">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" title="College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault" aria-label="College Awarded $300,000 Grant to Fight Sexual Assault">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" title="From King to Hip Hop, College Celebrates MLK" aria-label="From King to Hip Hop, College Celebrates MLK"><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." class="lw_image" 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"/></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" title="From King to Hip Hop, College Celebrates MLK" aria-label="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" title="From King to Hip Hop, College Celebrates MLK" aria-label="From King to Hip Hop, College Celebrates MLK">Keep reading</a></div></div>