Tag: Appalachian Center for Civic Life

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  • Hope Awards 2018
    Hope Awards 2018

    This year’s honorees included Brent Treash (staff), Shelley Koch (faculty), Jake Caudill (student), Nancy Williams (community) and Holston Rivers Chapter, Virginia Master Naturalist Program (civic organization).

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  • New Emory & Henry students harvested vegetables and assisted in the general maintenance of the greenhouses at Central Christian Churc...
    Service Plunge at Emory & Henry Gives Back to the Community
    August 8

    Nearly 430 new Emory & Henry College students spread across Southwest Virginia and Northeast Tennessee to 21 different service locations to join in on the 26th annual Service Plunge on Tuesday, August 8. Service Plunge is a time-honored tradition at the College that is organized by the Appalachian Center for Civic Life, in which teams of students and faculty coordinators serve various locations, most of which represent a theme of their first-year courses.

  • Representatives of Tumbling Creek Cider Company, the first recipient of the Business Challenge Award.
    The Business Challenge is Back at Emory & Henry
    January 10
    As part of the 2020 Washington County Business Challenge, Emory & Henry College, for the second time, has created the Business Innovation Award, giving a local start-up or expanding business a $5,000 award for focusing on agriculture, agri-tourism or outdoor recreation as well as having a Benefit Corporation status.
  • Students at Smyth Chapel work on landscaping projects outside.
    Service Plunge Gives Back to the Community
    August 28
    The incoming class of 2023 took part in Service Plunge, visiting and serving various locations in our community.
  • Emory & Henry College Championed as a College of Distinction
    Emory & Henry College Championed as a College of Distinction
    July 29
    National college resource favors undergraduate engagement over brand-name prestige. Emory & Henry College has received national recognition for the integrity of its truly individualized and engaging education.
  • Award winners from left to right: Larry Harley, Lindsay White, Todd Stanley, Kelly Bremner and Katherine Myers
    Annual Awards Honor Those Whose Work Embodies Hope
    March 27
    The Appalachian Center for Civic Life honored individuals and organizations in the region for their service to the community and the college at the 19th annual Hope Awards on March 25.
  • A view of the Appalachian Center for Civic Life building at Emory & Henry College.
    Helping Grow Local Businesses
    January 4
    The Business Innovation Award from Emory & Henry goes to businesses who give back to the community and the Appalachian Center for Civic Life is helping.
  • (Left to Right) Nancy Williams, Katie Cordle, Jake Schrum, Jake Caudill, Brent Treash, Shelley Koch
    Annual E&H Awards Honor Those Whose Work Embodies Hope
    March 27

    Emory & Henry College and the Appalachian Center for Civic Life honored individuals and organizations in the region for extraordinary civic engagement to the community and the college at the 17th annual Hope Awards, held March 26 at the McGlothlin Center for the Arts on campus.