Research and professional advancement among faculty members are encouraged through generous grants from the Mellon Challenge Fund for Faculty Development and the Reverend E.L. McConnell Scholarship Fund.
ENDOWED CHAIRS AND PROFESSORSHIPS Distinguished faculty members with long terms of service to the college may be designated for one of the following endowed chairs or professorships: James Earl Copenhaver Professorship in Chemistry; Holbert L. Harris Professorship in Free Enterprise; Hawthorne Chair in Political Science; Hull Chair of Economics and Business; David C. and Richard H. Hull Chair in the Natural Sciences; Billie Sue Hurst Professorship in Chemistry; Jack and Mary Ellen McConnell Professorship in Biology; Geraldine A. Meyung-Dr. Clyde Alley Chair in International Studies; C. Lee Richardson, Sr., and Mahala Reeves Richardson Chair of American History; Allen B. and Agnes Rowlett Chair of Creative Studies; Floyd Bunyan Shelton Chair of Religion; Henry Carter Stuart Chair of English; and John M. Wolfe and Rebecca McMullin Wolfe Chair of Religious Education.
LECTURE SERIES Endowed lectureships enable the college to bring to campus guest speakers of national stature: the Bays Blackwell Lectureship (statesmanship and public service); the Richard Joshua Reynolds Lectureship (humanities and the arts); the Staley Distinguished Christian Scholar Lectureship (religion); the Marcus A. and Mary E. Talbert Lectureship (science); and the Robert B. Platt III Lectureship on Contemporary Ecological Perspectives (environmental studies). Lectureships have also been established in English, honoring Daniel G. Leidig, and in biology, honoring Nancy Pence Groseclose. The Iron Mountain Review, published annually by the English Department, reprints the proceedings of the college’s annual literary festival, along with some new writing by that year’s featured author and a bibliography on his or her work. Each year since 1982 the literary festival has celebrated the achievement of a writer with strong ties to the Appalachian region, including such notable figures as James Still, Fred Chappell, Lee Smith, Jim Wayne Miller, Wilma Dykeman, Mary Lee Settle, Robert Morgan, Charles Wright, Gurney Norman, and Denise Giardina.
UNDERGRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS All regular courses offered by the college are listed in the following section of the catalog. In addition to the courses listed in this catalog, other offerings may become available as approved by the faculty. For a description of any course which may have been approved after the catalog was printed or which may have been approved for offering as a special course for only one year, consult the Office of the Dean of Faculty. Some courses are offered every year; others are offered on an alternate year basis. A schedule of courses to be offered is published each semester by the Centralized Student Assistance Office and becomes available during preregistration. Most courses at Emory & Henry carry three semester hours of credit. Some courses carry less credit, and those courses with required laboratory hours or field experience may carry more credit. Courses numbered 100-200 are primarily for first-year students and sophomores. Courses numbered 300-400 are primarily for juniors and seniors. Courses numbered 500-600 are primarily for graduate students and are listed separately in the Graduate Studies section of this catalog. Prerequisites noted in any course description must be completed prior to enrollment in that course unless specifically waived in writing by the instructor. X courses have been cross-referenced from the department of origination to another department which desires to offer the course. The title of the course appears in any department which chooses to cross-reference the course, while the complete description is listed only in the department of origination.
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