Success Stories and Outcomes of Emory and Henry College

Lisa Jordan is on the National Board of Economic Research Board of Directors.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2017/02/lisa-jordan-84-appointed-nber-board/

Mwenda Kazadi (E&H '10) is using his E&H degree to boost the economy of his home community in Liberia.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2017/01/making-difference-liberia/

Doug Dalton (E&H '93) might seem like he's only interested in a good time, but the truth is that his business success is improving the whole of San Francisco.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2016/11/doug-dalton-passionate-aboutwell-good-time/

Pam Kestner (E&H '83) has been quietly leading as the Governor's Coordinating Council on Homelessness has made history.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2016/09/virginia-becomes-first-state-functionally-end-homelessness-vets/

Victor Trussell starting acting on a whim. Now, it's his life.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2016/03/stage-victor-trussell-13/

Stephanie Strutner ('02) has been named the 2016 Advocate of the Year by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA), the nation’s leading substance abuse prevention organization represen...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2016/02/strutner-named-2016-advocate-year-community-anti-drug-coalitions-america/

Some of the proudest moments in Brooklyn Sawyers’ career are standing at the lectern in the United States District Court and announcing she is there on behalf of her client, the United States o...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2016/01/sawyers-federal-prosecutor-serving-most-vulnerable/

An Emory & Henry graduate who humbly describes himself as a “county boy from Lynchburg, Virginia,” Eric Scott said his college experience gave him the opportunity to transition into adulthood...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/scott-emmy-award-winning-photojournalist/

Will Coleman, a playwright and director based in Chicago, has started his own theatre company in Chicago, appropriately naming it Wheelhouse Theatre, which is in the midst of its first production...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/will-coleman-playwright-director-theatre-company-owner/

He taught himself to play the harmonica. He’s a connoisseur of English literature, and he appreciates the artistic side of construction. You could say Ben Smith is a versatile kind of guy. The ...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/ben-smith-building-business-success/

Emory & Henry alumnus Rodes Fishburne was recently interviewed by Kai Ryssdal, host of Marketplace, a widely heard program dealing with business and the economy.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/fishburne-writes-screenplay-abc-tv-drama/

While most of his classmates were adjusting to being away from home, Emory & Henry alumnus Henri Fitzgerald was juggling a college education and raising a family.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/henri-fitzgerald-success-inspired-service/

You could say Van Tran got the most out of her college experience. Tran graduated cum laude from Emory & Henry College in 2005. She was a Bonner Scholar for three years. And she received the outs...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/van-tran-clinical-pharmacy-specialist/

Alumna Hai Yan Chen returned to Emory & Henry College last year to work in the Honors Program, the same organization she participated in while a student at the College.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/11/hai-yan-chen-working-honors-students/

Devin Altizer, who signed a contract for one of his first acting jobs before he graduated from Emory & Henry last year, recently received an Ostrander Award for Leading Actor in a Drama.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/09/devin-altizer-award-winning-actor/

Cristin Colvin, a vocal and piano major, says she’s in the “young artist" phase of her life ---gaining performance experience wherever she can in summer opera festivals and small companies. S...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/09/cristin-colvin-finding-much-sing-about/

Laken Brooks has witnessed the positive impact of an annual campaign at Emory & Henry that seeks to raise regional awareness about dating and domestic violence.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/08/laken-brooks-raising-awareness/

Summer breaks are meant to be exactly that: a break from the stress and hard work of the academic year. However, rising Emory & Henry College senior Taequan Kates has a tough time slowing down.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/08/taequan-kates-legal-lessons/

As the summer break sun starts its descent, Emory & Henry College rising senior Katie Beth Bordwine sits 300 miles away from her Saltville, Va. home reflecting on the past 12 months and the place...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/07/big-year-bordwine/

The 2012 Emory & Henry graduate is giving hope every day to at-risk children in San Antonio, Texas, hundreds of miles from his hometown in Greeneville, Tenn., where he teaches K-5 music during th...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/07/jason-jones-giving-hope/

Rachael Sharp of Williamsburg, Va. is getting an inside view of how public policy takes shape in her home state after being selected for a prestigious fellowship this summer.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/07/sharp-gets-special-look-public-service/

England, a 2014 graduate of Emory & Henry College, was nominated by the college, which is among many liberal arts colleges and universities eligible for support from the Jessie DuPont Fund. Engla...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/06/sydney-england-exclusive-fellowship/

As a student at Emory & Henry, Amy has completed two internships in physical therapy. By engaging in these practical settings with patients, she hopes to not only assist them with their physical ...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/06/amy-wilson-changing-negative-perceptions/

When the seat for Virginia House of Delegates became available in 2011, Emory & Henry graduate Israel O’Quinn saw it as an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of people in Southwest V...

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/06/israel-oquinn-position-change/

WHSV-TV in Harrisonburg has promoted Jay Webb to News Director. Webb was previously Director of Weather at the ABC, CBS, and FOX duopoly located in the Shenandoah Valley.

https://www.ehc.edu/about/outcomes/success-stories/2015/06/webb-promoted-news-director/