The van Vlissingen Center for Career & Professional Development
ALL OFFICES & SERVICESWe are here to help you to become Career & Life Ready!
The van Vlissingen Center for Career & Professional Development will help all students become “Career & Life Ready” and transform their college experience into a fulfilling and successful life, making connections between the academic curriculum, co-curricular leadership activities, experiential education, and the world of work.
The van Vlissingen Center for Career and Professional Development at Emory & Henry College supports students and alumni toward their professional path. Career paths are different for each person—some roads are straight, while others are meandering.
No matter what your career journey is like, we are here to help you, from exploring careers, choosing a major, finding an internship, conducting a job search and applying for graduate school.
Our trained staff, online tools, engaged alumni and employer network will support you as you work toward a fulfilling career after graduation.
Outcomes & Internships
- <div class="lw_news_image"> <span class="lw_item_thumb"> <a href="/live/news/1904-christina-mitchell-shoots-for-the-stars-and-lands"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9939_Christina.rev.1642196861.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9939_Christina.rev.1642196861.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9939_Christina.rev.1642196861.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9939_Christina.rev.1642196861.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9939_Christina.rev.1642196861.jpg" alt="Christina Mitchell (E&H '19)" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9939_Christina.rev.1642196861.jpg 2x" data-max-w="800" data-max-h="800" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="lw_widget_text"> <h4 class="lw_news_headline"> <a href="/live/news/1904-christina-mitchell-shoots-for-the-stars-and-lands">Christina Mitchell shoots for the stars and lands dream job with NASA</a> </h4> <div class="lw_news_summary"> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Christina Mitchell graduated in 2019 with a degree in Mass Communications. She currently works as an Associate Multimedia Specialist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md.</span> </p> <a href="/live/news/1904-christina-mitchell-shoots-for-the-stars-and-lands" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a> </div> </div>
- <div class="lw_news_image"> <span class="lw_item_thumb"> <a href="/live/news/1913-mccray-sawyers-is-spending-his-summer-with-the"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/9950_McCray_Sawyers.rev.1642196861.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/9950_McCray_Sawyers.rev.1642196861.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/9950_McCray_Sawyers.rev.1642196861.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/9950_McCray_Sawyers.rev.1642196861.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/9950_McCray_Sawyers.rev.1642196861.jpg" alt="McCray Sawyers" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/9950_McCray_Sawyers.rev.1642196861.jpg 2x" data-max-w="799" data-max-h="534" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="lw_widget_text"> <h4 class="lw_news_headline"> <a href="/live/news/1913-mccray-sawyers-is-spending-his-summer-with-the">McCray Sawyers is spending his summer with the Virginia Department of Forestry</a> </h4> <div class="lw_news_summary"> <p> <i> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Sawyers (E&H ‘23) is majoring in Environmental Studies.</span> </i> </p> <a href="/live/news/1913-mccray-sawyers-is-spending-his-summer-with-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/2026-kanin-clark-spent-this-summer-interning-in"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/10267_Kanin_Clark.rev.1642196873.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/10267_Kanin_Clark.rev.1642196873.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/10267_Kanin_Clark.rev.1642196873.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/10267_Kanin_Clark.rev.1642196873.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/10267_Kanin_Clark.rev.1642196873.jpg" alt="White House Historical Association President, Stewart McLaurin with Kanin Clark" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,799,534/10267_Kanin_Clark.rev.1642196873.jpg 2x" data-max-w="799" data-max-h="534" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="lw_widget_text"> <h4 class="lw_news_headline"> <a href="/live/news/2026-kanin-clark-spent-this-summer-interning-in">Kanin Clark spent this summer interning in Washington D.C.</a> </h4> <div class="lw_news_summary"> <p> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Clark is majoring in Mass Communications and History and will graduate in December 2021.</span> </p> <a href="/live/news/2026-kanin-clark-spent-this-summer-interning-in" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a> </div> </div>
- <div class="lw_news_image"> <span class="lw_item_thumb"> <a href="/live/news/1905-rafe-hagee-works-as-lab-technician-at-eastman"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9940_Rafe.rev.1642196861.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9940_Rafe.rev.1642196861.webp 2x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9940_Rafe.rev.1642196861.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9940_Rafe.rev.1642196861.jpg 2x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9940_Rafe.rev.1642196861.jpg" alt="Rafe Hagee '19" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/119/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,800,800/9940_Rafe.rev.1642196861.jpg 2x" data-max-w="800" data-max-h="800" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="lw_widget_text"> <h4 class="lw_news_headline"> <a href="/live/news/1905-rafe-hagee-works-as-lab-technician-at-eastman">Rafe Hagee works as Lab Technician at Eastman Chemical Company</a> </h4> <div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rafe Hagee graduated from Emory & Henry in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry and Environmental Science. He currently works as a Laboratory Technician for the Process Research and Development Group in the Technology Division of Eastman Chemical Company in Kingsport, Tenn.</span> <a href="/live/news/1905-rafe-hagee-works-as-lab-technician-at-eastman" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div> </div>
- <div class="lw_news_image"> <span class="lw_item_thumb"> <a href="/live/news/2192-victory-ime-is-finding-happiness-and-success-at"> <picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,461,461/10801_Victory.rev.1666195062.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,461,461/10801_Victory.rev.1666195062.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/68/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,461,461/10801_Victory.rev.1666195062.jpg" alt="Victory Ime E&H Class of 2020 Business Development Consultant at Oracle" width="345" height="225" data-max-w="461" data-max-h="461" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a> </span> </div> <div class="lw_widget_text"> <h4 class="lw_news_headline"> <a href="/live/news/2192-victory-ime-is-finding-happiness-and-success-at">Victory Ime is Finding Happiness and Success at Oracle</a> </h4> <div class="lw_news_summary"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Life is full of surprises, and Victory Ime is finding a way to succeed not in spite of the curve balls – but because of them.</span> <a href="/live/news/2192-victory-ime-is-finding-happiness-and-success-at" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div> </div>
- <div class="lw_news_image"></div> <div class="lw_widget_text"> <h4 class="lw_news_headline"> <a href="/live/news/1912-eamph-spiritual-life-interns-are-making-a-splash">E&H Spiritual Life interns are making a splash in the community</a> </h4> <div class="lw_news_summary"> Four Emory & Henry students are spending their summer interning with E&H Spiritual Life. <a href="/live/news/1912-eamph-spiritual-life-interns-are-making-a-splash" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div> </div>
Top Story
- <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1067-5-million-pledged-gift-to-visionary-career-center"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.jpg" alt="John van Vlissingen honored during commencement." width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/454,0,2592,2136/7156_John_van_Vlissingen_1.rev.1642196386.jpg 3x" data-max-w="2138" data-max-h="2136" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1067-5-million-pledged-gift-to-visionary-career-center">$5 Million Pledged Gift to Visionary Career Center Announced</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emory & Henry College announced at its fall Board of Trustees meeting that it received a gracious gift of $5 million from The van Vlissingen Student Foundation to create The van Vlissingen Center for Career and Professional Development at Emory & Henry College. <a href="/live/news/1067-5-million-pledged-gift-to-visionary-career-center" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>
- <div class="lw_news_image"><span class="lw_item_thumb"><a href="/live/news/1317-lee-svete-named-new-director-of-the-van-vlissingen"><picture class="lw_image"> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.webp 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.webp 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.webp 3x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.jpg 1x, /live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.jpg 3x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.jpg" alt="Lee Svete" width="345" height="225" srcset="/live/image/scale/2x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.jpg 2x, /live/image/scale/3x/gid/83/width/345/height/225/crop/1/src_region/0,0,3200,2449/8360_Svete2020-Edit.rev.1642196416.jpg 3x" data-max-w="3200" data-max-h="2449" loading="lazy"/> </picture> </a></span></div><div class="lw_widget_text"><h4 class="lw_news_headline"><a href="/live/news/1317-lee-svete-named-new-director-of-the-van-vlissingen">Lee Svete named new director of The van Vlissingen Center for Career and Professional Development</a></h4><div class="lw_news_summary"> Emory & Henry received a gracious gift of $5 million, through annual installments, from The van Vlissingen Student Foundation to create The van Vlissingen Center for Career and Professional Development which will support the College’s new strategic initiatives, “Pivot Toward the Future” 2020-23. <a href="/live/news/1317-lee-svete-named-new-director-of-the-van-vlissingen" class="link-with-arrow gold">Keep reading</a></div></div>