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• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2889-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/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.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/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3000,2318/13900_Outdoor_Program-crop-2021-6.rev.1682599843.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3000" data-max-h="2318" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2889-emory-henry-only-college-to-offer-academic">Emory & Henry Only College to Offer Academic Credit for Thru-Hiking in the U.S. Two Options now Available for Students</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 Emory & Henry Semester-A-Trail Program – the only program in the United States that offers college credit for attempting a thru-hike or section of the A.T. with an academic component and training. The College is now taking applications for the spring 2024 cohort of explorers.</span></p><a href="/live/news/2889-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/2108-emory-henry-semester-a-trail-students-reflect"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.jpg" alt="Amara Gardner in Maine on the Appalachian Trail with Emory & Henry College's Semester-A-Trail Program" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/62/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2400/10521_Amara_photo_taken_in_Maine.rev.1637943318.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2400" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2108-emory-henry-semester-a-trail-students-reflect">Emory & Henry Semester-A-Trail Students Reflect on Their Journeys</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail is a once-in-a-lifetime experience sought after by about 3,000 people a year. 3,000 people, and a few adventurous students from Emory & Henry College, a small liberal arts school located in Emory, Virginia, these students are participants in a Program called Semester-A-Trail.</span></p><a href="/live/news/2108-emory-henry-semester-a-trail-students-reflect" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>