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• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1554-amanda-gravatt-porter-is-the-coo-for-girl-scouts"><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,56,744,800/9085_Amanda_Porter.jfif" alt=" Amanda Gravatt Porter, Emory & Henry Class of 1997. " class="lw_image" width="345" height="225"/></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1554-amanda-gravatt-porter-is-the-coo-for-girl-scouts">Amanda Gravatt Porter is the COO for Girl Scouts of the Commonwealth of Virginia</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> If you’ve ever been involved with Girl Scouts, you probably thought a troop of 8 was a lot to handle. But imagine being responsible for 10,000 Girl Scouts. <a href="/live/news/1554-amanda-gravatt-porter-is-the-coo-for-girl-scouts" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2281-eamph-mass-comm-student-story-jackson-arnold"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,300,400/11063_Carolyn_doss.rev.1648505296.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,300,400/11063_Carolyn_doss.rev.1648505296.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,300,400/11063_Carolyn_doss.rev.1648505296.jpg" alt=" Carolyn Foster Doss E&H Class of 1986 " width="345" height="225" data-max-w="300" data-max-h="400" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2281-eamph-mass-comm-student-story-jackson-arnold">E&H Mass Comm Student Story: Jackson Arnold highlights a big award for Carolyn Foster Doss</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><em>This is part of a series of stories by members of the 2022 E&H Mass Comm 302 Class. </em><br/><br/>The first woman to score 1,000 points at Holston Highschool, has just been named Damascus Middle School teacher of the year. Carolyn Foster-Doss turns everything she touches into gold, elevating the Southwest Virginia community to great heights on and off the court. <a href="/live/news/2281-eamph-mass-comm-student-story-jackson-arnold" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/604-dustin-skillmans-work-featured-at-major-event-in"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/215,6,508,300/5711_dustin.rev.1544230189.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/215,6,508,300/5711_dustin.rev.1544230189.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/215,6,508,300/5711_dustin.rev.1544230189.jpg" alt="Dustin Skillman, E&H Class of 2015." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="293" data-max-h="294" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/604-dustin-skillmans-work-featured-at-major-event-in">Dustin Skillman’s Work Featured at Major Event in Baltimore</a></h4></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/939-first-bank-trust-announces-new-leadership"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,22,255,277/6745_Mark_Nelson.rev.1566933092.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,22,255,277/6745_Mark_Nelson.rev.1566933092.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,22,255,277/6745_Mark_Nelson.rev.1566933092.jpg" alt="Mark Nelson, E&H Class of 1984" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="255" data-max-h="255" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/939-first-bank-trust-announces-new-leadership">First Bank & Trust Announces New Leadership</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> E&H Grads Transition to Top Positions at FB&T <a href="/live/news/939-first-bank-trust-announces-new-leadership" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1130-gerald-caldwell-isnt-your-typical-boss"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,3,418,422/7383_IMG_0893.rev.1580224605.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,3,418,422/7383_IMG_0893.rev.1580224605.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,3,418,422/7383_IMG_0893.rev.1580224605.jpg" alt="Gerald Caldwell (E&H Class of '90) sipping coffee at The Coffee Shelf." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="418" data-max-h="419" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1130-gerald-caldwell-isnt-your-typical-boss">Gerald Caldwell Isn’t Your Typical Boss</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> But this coffee shop owner has found success in doing things differently. <a href="/live/news/1130-gerald-caldwell-isnt-your-typical-boss" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2675-air-force-successes-to-foster-fails-jeff-links"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.webp 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.jpg 3x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.jpg" alt="Jeff Link with wife, Yoshimi Link E&H Class of 1971" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/787,531,2656,2400/13032_IMG-0187.rev.1672950749.jpg 3x" data-max-w="1869" data-max-h="1869" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2675-air-force-successes-to-foster-fails-jeff-links">Air Force Successes to Foster Fails: Jeff Link’s Retirement Features a New Kind of Service</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><p>Service comes in many forms, and these days Jeff has hung up his U.S. Air Force duties in favor of a different sort of service.</p><a href="/live/news/2675-air-force-successes-to-foster-fails-jeff-links" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/660-how-do-you-love-your-neighbor-in-the-midst-of"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,750,845/5907_Wil-CasMug_2.5_inches.rev.1548777885.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,750,845/5907_Wil-CasMug_2.5_inches.rev.1548777885.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,750,845/5907_Wil-CasMug_2.5_inches.rev.1548777885.jpg" alt="Rev. Wil Cantrell, E&H Class of 2001." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,750,845/5907_Wil-CasMug_2.5_inches.rev.1548777885.jpg 2x" data-max-w="750" data-max-h="845" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/660-how-do-you-love-your-neighbor-in-the-midst-of">How do you love your neighbor in the midst of conflict?</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> A book by Rev. Wil Cantrell (E&H ’01) intends to help United Methodists remain committed to the Church during a contentious debate. <a href="/live/news/660-how-do-you-love-your-neighbor-in-the-midst-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/1199-eamphs-rodes-fishburne-launches-new-television"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/34,9,356,331/8013_Rodes_fishburne.rev.1586652695.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/34,9,356,331/8013_Rodes_fishburne.rev.1586652695.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/34,9,356,331/8013_Rodes_fishburne.rev.1586652695.jpg" alt="Rodes Fishburne, E&H Class of 1993" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="322" data-max-h="322" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1199-eamphs-rodes-fishburne-launches-new-television">E&H’s Rodes Fishburne Launches New Television Series</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"><em>Paradise Lost</em> debuts April 13, 2020. <a href="/live/news/1199-eamphs-rodes-fishburne-launches-new-television" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/296-a-st-judes-hero"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,48,764,812/3319_20180125_123141.rev.1519077228.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,48,764,812/3319_20180125_123141.rev.1519077228.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,48,764,812/3319_20180125_123141.rev.1519077228.jpg" alt="Emily Tolley Boyles" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,48,764,812/3319_20180125_123141.rev.1519077228.jpg 2x" data-max-w="764" data-max-h="764" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/296-a-st-judes-hero">A St. Jude’s Hero</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emily Tolley Boyles said she’d NEVER run a full marathon. But that was before she met Mighty Max. <a href="/live/news/296-a-st-judes-hero" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1725-coa-invites-eamph-for-one-more-road-trip"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,470,470/9634_bristol_Train_station.rev.1617240659.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,470,470/9634_bristol_Train_station.rev.1617240659.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,470,470/9634_bristol_Train_station.rev.1617240659.jpg" alt="The Bristol Train Station just might be a haunted location." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="470" data-max-h="470" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1725-coa-invites-eamph-for-one-more-road-trip">COA Invites E&H for One More Road Trip!</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> The Emory & Henry Alumni Office is pleased to be participating one last time in the “College for Online Adults” sponsored by the SWVA Higher Education Center. <a href="/live/news/1725-coa-invites-eamph-for-one-more-road-trip" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1348-got-a-new-york-minute-find-out-what-matt-whitenack"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,635,635/8472_StatenIslandHeaadshot_3.rev.1598281525.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,635,635/8472_StatenIslandHeaadshot_3.rev.1598281525.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,635,635/8472_StatenIslandHeaadshot_3.rev.1598281525.jpg" alt="Matt Whitenack, E&H '96, on the Staten Island Ferry." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="635" data-max-h="635" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1348-got-a-new-york-minute-find-out-what-matt-whitenack">Got a New York Minute? Find out what Matt Whitenack is doing in the Big Apple.</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Matt (E&H ’96) is a travel advisor in New York City…and he’s finding ways for us to travel virtually during the pandemic! <a href="/live/news/1348-got-a-new-york-minute-find-out-what-matt-whitenack" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1079-mark-arrington-honored-for-innovative-teaching"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,324,278/7177_arrington_2.rev.1574356083.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,324,278/7177_arrington_2.rev.1574356083.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,324,278/7177_arrington_2.rev.1574356083.jpg" alt="Mark Arrington, E&H Class of 2002." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="324" data-max-h="278" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1079-mark-arrington-honored-for-innovative-teaching">Mark Arrington Honored for Innovative Teaching</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Mark was honored by VAHPERD as their 2019 Teacher of the Year. <a href="/live/news/1079-mark-arrington-honored-for-innovative-teaching" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1555-mackenzie-bellimam-uses-americorps-experience-to"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,700,962,1482/9087_IMG_4930_1.rev.1705252392.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,700,962,1482/9087_IMG_4930_1.rev.1705252392.JPG 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,700,962,1482/9087_IMG_4930_1.rev.1705252392.JPG" alt="MacKenzie Bellimam Emory & Henry Class of 2019" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/180,700,962,1482/9087_IMG_4930_1.rev.1705252392.JPG 2x" data-max-w="782" data-max-h="782" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1555-mackenzie-bellimam-uses-americorps-experience-to">MacKenzie Bellimam Uses Americorps Experience to Launch Career</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Speaking with MacKenzie Bellimam might make you think she’s been working on issues of storm water management for a long full career. But she only graduated in December of 2019. <a href="/live/news/1555-mackenzie-bellimam-uses-americorps-experience-to" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/2641-community-members-invited-for-chatsconnecting"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/183,68,1188,1072/12768_chats_logo.rev.1669823423.webp 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/183,68,1188,1072/12768_chats_logo.rev.1669823423.jpg 2x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/183,68,1188,1072/12768_chats_logo.rev.1669823423.jpg" alt="Flier for the second session of C.H.A.T.S." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/183,68,1188,1072/12768_chats_logo.rev.1669823423.jpg 2x" data-max-w="1005" data-max-h="1004" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/2641-community-members-invited-for-chatsconnecting">Community Members Invited for C.H.A.T.S.(Connecting Humans and Telling Stories)</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> “The most important thing for me is perception. Not a change of heart. We just hope for a more open thought process about how we interact with the world.” <a href="/live/news/2641-community-members-invited-for-chatsconnecting" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
• <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/788-trollinger-named-citizen-of-the-year"><picture class="lw_image"><source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/38,0,514,475/6285_Richard_Trollinger.rev.1554994277.webp 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/38,0,514,475/6285_Richard_Trollinger.rev.1554994277.jpg 1x" data-origin="responsive"/><img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/38,0,514,475/6285_Richard_Trollinger.rev.1554994277.jpg" alt="Richard Trollinger, E&H Class of 1971." width="345" height="225" data-max-w="476" data-max-h="475" loading="lazy" data-optimized="true"/></picture></a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/788-trollinger-named-citizen-of-the-year">Trollinger Named Citizen of the Year</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Richard Trollinger (E&H ’71) has been named Danville, Kentucky, citizen of the year. <a href="/live/news/788-trollinger-named-citizen-of-the-year" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>