exhibits, and the T. R. Phelps Room exhibits prints made from the college’s glass plate negatives of Washington County photographer T.R. Phelps (1872-1952). Residence halls, which are spread across the entire campus, range in size and style from small home-like Douglas House, with space for six students, to Wiley Jackson Hall, which has the capacity for 190 students.
Faculty
Emory & Henry has approximately 75 full-time teaching faculty members. The faculty-student ratio is approximately 1:11, providing for personalized attention and small class enrollments. Detailed information on the degrees, publications, and special interests of the faculty is available from the Dean of Faculty or the Public Relations Office.
Alumni
Emory & Henry has an active Alumni Association in which all former students automatically hold membership. The association elects officers who meet three times annually, and alumni are active in Homecoming, reunions, and career networking. The college’s Director of Alumni Affairs serves as a liaison between the college and the Alumni Association, and alumni chapters meet in a number of locations in the eastern United States. The official magazine, Emory & Henry, is mailed on a quarterly basis to alumni and friends of the college.
The Academic Program
The academic program at Emory & Henry has been developed through a process of thoughtful planning and spirited debate by faculty and students. Since the college’s founding in 1836, the academic program has been firmly rooted in the liberal arts tradition, but the specific nature and shape of curricular requirements have changed from time to time in response to changing needs of students and the demands of society. Today, the college’s academic program responds both to the short-term needs of students and to their long-term welfare, shaped by these goals: • To develop the student’s intellectual abilities in thinking about significant matters and distinguishing the important from the unimportant, relating competency to integrity. • To understand religion as an intrinsic and abiding reality of human nature. • To strengthen the framework within which ethical decisions and responsible actions are conducted. • To relate educational preparation to vocational opportunities. • To evoke in the student an understanding that a key motivation behind vocational choices should be commitment to serve others. • To nurture the distinctive human impulse for curiosity as a continuing search for truth, through lifelong learning. The academic program implements these goals through specific experiences, creatively designed to respond to the developmental needs of students. The program constitutes an integrative approach to liberal learning.
Major and Minor
Each student chooses a major, often in the field of study most directly related to his or her professional career goals. Normally it consists of ten courses (minimum of 30 7