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With graduate programs in education and American history at Emory & Henry, students can go beyond what they initially learned as undergraduates in the liberal arts.

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<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3348-emory-henry-announces-computer-science-program"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.jpg" alt="Associate Professor of Computer Science Dr. Ed Carr teaches computer science courses at Emory & Henry College" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/804,0,2628,1825/15421_EmoryHenry-ComputerScience_1-26-24_023_1.rev.1708616314.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1824" data-max-h="1825" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3348-emory-henry-announces-computer-science-program">Emory & Henry Announces Computer Science Program to Prepare Students for Tech Industry</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Current and future students coming to Emory & Henry College will soon have the opportunity to major in Computer Science, under the direction of Associate Professor Dr. Ed Carr. Computer scientists in today’s industries are problem solvers who work to improve or adapt current technology to meet the needs of the future.</p><a href="/live/news/3348-emory-henry-announces-computer-science-program" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3493-emory-henry-senior-first-acting-fellow-at"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.jpg" alt="Emory & Henry student Destinee Nikole on stage" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/339,0,1703,1363/15773_destinee-nikole-theatre_2.rev.1713986200.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1364" data-max-h="1363" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3493-emory-henry-senior-first-acting-fellow-at">Emory & Henry Senior First Acting Fellow at Barter Theatre</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Senior at Emory & Henry First to Receive Barter Theatre’s Black Fellowship</p><a href="/live/news/3493-emory-henry-senior-first-acting-fellow-at" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3313-new-teachers-for-tomorrow-program-and-smyth-county"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.jpg" alt="Left to right: Smyth County Administrator Mr. Shawn Utt, Emory & Henry Provost and Executive Vice President Dr. Michael J. Puglisi, V..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2738,1825/15333_EmoryHenry-TeachersforTomorrow-SmythCountyPromise-2-7-24_106.rev.1707330320.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2738" data-max-h="1825" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3313-new-teachers-for-tomorrow-program-and-smyth-county">New Teachers for Tomorrow Program and Smyth County Promise Announced for Smyth County High School Students Offering Affordable Tuition Pathway</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Area Smyth County high school students will have a new affordable option in the region to become teachers thanks to a new Teachers for Tomorrow Program and Smyth County Promise unveiled at a signing ceremony with education leaders from Emory & Henry College, Virginia Highlands Community College and Wytheville Community College. Representatives from each of the community stakeholders attended the ceremony to commemorate the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding at Oak Point Elementary School in Marion on Wednesday, February 7.</p><a href="/live/news/3313-new-teachers-for-tomorrow-program-and-smyth-county" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3611-emory-henry-receives-accolades-for"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.jpg" alt="Aerial view of Emory & Henry campus and Best Colleges Distinction badges" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1798,1798/16105_Emory__Henry_University_-_Colleges_of_Distinction.rev.1720556834.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1798" data-max-h="1798" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3611-emory-henry-receives-accolades-for">Emory & Henry Receives Accolades for Affordability, Equity & Inclusion, Business and Education Programs</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> Emory & Henry receives national acclaim as a 2024-2025 College of Distinction and earns additional awards for exemplary undergraduate business program, top-tier undergraduate degree in education, affordable college of distinction and robust equity & inclusion initiatives.</p><a href="/live/news/3611-emory-henry-receives-accolades-for" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3031-emory-henry-only-college-to-offer-academic"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.jpg" alt="Emory & Henry is now taking applications for the spring 2024 cohort of explorers in the Semester-A-Trail Program, the only program in..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,2131,2133/14196_P1000278.rev.1690896254.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2131" data-max-h="2133" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3031-emory-henry-only-college-to-offer-academic">Emory & Henry Only College to Offer Academic Credit for Hiking the Appalachian Trail in the U.S.</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">From along the Appalachian Trail (A.T.), 25 Emory & Henry students earned college credit while studying in the great outdoors. They participated in the Semester-A-Trail Program – the only program in the United States that offers college credit for hiking a section of the A.T. with an academic component and training. The Center for Outdoor Studies at Emory & Henry is now taking applications for the spring 2024 cohort of explorers.</span></p><a href="/live/news/3031-emory-henry-only-college-to-offer-academic" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/3171-emory-henry-department-of-theatre-and-the"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.jpg" alt="President John Wells, Barter Theatre Board Chair Emily O'Quinn and Barter Theatre Artistic Director Katy Brown and E&H Theatre S..." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/486,0,2617,2133/14749_Theatre-Dept-Barter-Theatre-Signing_10-12-23_276.rev.1697141989.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2131" data-max-h="2133" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3171-emory-henry-department-of-theatre-and-the">Emory & Henry Department of Theatre and The Barter Theatre Continue Meaningful Partnership with a Formal Signing</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> The Barter Theatre and Emory & Henry College have agreed to continue their collaborative, professional association with the goal of enhancing the professional theatre studies program at Emory & Henry College. This partnership will provide access for Emory & Henry College theatre students to certain elements of Barter Theatre’s professional staff and their expertise prior to graduation. Emory & Henry College and the Barter Theatre renewed their partnership on October 12 at the McGlothlin Center for the Arts, home of the Emory & Henry Department of Theatre. </p><a href="/live/news/3171-emory-henry-department-of-theatre-and-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/3377-emory-henry-holds-academic-signing-day-for"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.jpg" alt="35th B. G. Raines Education Forum" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/780,0,2393,1614/15506_BG-Raines-Education-Forum_3-19-24_1349.rev.1711048330.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1613" data-max-h="1614" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/3377-emory-henry-holds-academic-signing-day-for">Emory & Henry Holds Academic Signing Day for Future Teachers in the Region</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p> The Emory & Henry College Department of Education held a successful 35th B. G. Raines Education Forum on Tuesday, March 19 in Abingdon at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center where two future teachers committed to two different educational pathways now offered at Emory & Henry.</p><a href="/live/news/3377-emory-henry-holds-academic-signing-day-for" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
<div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2634-emory-henry-college-named-among-top-20-best"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.png 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.png" alt="Campus is alive with activities for students this fall!" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.png 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1680,945/12742_Fall_on_Campus.rev.1668779087.png 3x" data-max-w="1680" data-max-h="945" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2634-emory-henry-college-named-among-top-20-best">Emory & Henry College Named Among Top 20 Best Colleges in Virginia</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p>Emory & Henry College has been named one of Virginia’s best colleges in 2023, according to <span class="il">Intelligent</span>.com, a trusted resource for program rankings and higher education planning.</p><a href="/live/news/2634-emory-henry-college-named-among-top-20-best" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>