Center to include the new Robert Gibson III Fitness Center. Two new residence halls were built in 2006 in The Village. In 2007-2013, the college again embarked on a number of notable facilities projects. Byars Hall was renovated and expanded, and Wiley Hall was completely renovated. Designed to be “green” buildings, both Byars and Wiley received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. Artificial turf, perimeter fencing, and field lighting were added to Fullerton Field, and the complex was named the Fred Selfe Athletic Stadium. The James H. Brooks Field House was completed in 2012. A new residence hall in the central campus was constructed in 2010 and a second opened in 2013. In addition, a comprehensive master plan for future growth and expansion of the college was completed. The Woodrow W. McGlothlin Center for the Arts opened in 2015. Currently, Emory & Henry enrolls over 1,000 undergraduate students, almost equally divided between men and women, along with a growing number of graduate students both on the main campus and at the health sciences campus in nearby Marion, Virginia. These students join with a dynamic faculty and staff to pursue the college’s motto: Macte virtute, “Increase in Excellence.” The academic program described in this catalog reflects some of the same ideals set forth by the founding fathers in 1836: commitment to the concept of liberal arts education, a desire for education of high quality, and a concern for spiritual and ethical issues. At the same time, the academic program reflects a learning community that fulfills every student’s potential and affirms the liberal arts as the intellectual foundation that leads to lives of service, productive careers, and global citizenship. Members of the college community are proud of its past and excited about the future.
ACCREDITATION AND MEMBERSHIPS Emory & Henry College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral level degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097, telephone 404-679-4500, or http://www.sacscoc.org for questions about the accreditation of Emory & Henry College. It is also accredited by the University Senate of The United Methodist Church. The Teacher Preparation programs are accredited under the approved approach of the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Athletic Training program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE). Emory & Henry holds institutional membership in the Association of American Colleges and Universities, the American Council on Education, the National Association of Schools and Colleges of The United Methodist Church, the Appalachian College Association, the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia, the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (Division III).
CAMPUS AND FACILITIES The 335-acre campus of Emory & Henry is located in the Appalachian foothills of Washington County, Virginia, within view of Virginia’s two highest peaks, Mount Rogers and White Top Mountain. The campus is a scenic microcosm of the surrounding countryside. Special campus features are the variety of trees, open grassy spaces, and the duck pond which is inhabited by a host of geese and ducks. Visitors to the Emory & Henry campus often express interest in the beauty and historic background of the college. The following provides a very brief glimpse of selected buildings. Wiley Hall, which is on a hill at the center of the campus, serves as the principal administration building. Some classrooms and faculty offices also are located in Wiley. McGlothlin-Street Hall houses programs in natural sciences, social sciences, international and area studies, and the Neff Center for Teacher Education. Miller-Fulton Hall is home for departments including mass communications, mathematics, physics, history, and economics. Byars Hall is a focal point for the visual and performing arts. The Frederick T. Kelly Library provides access to more than 370,000 items ranging from books and periodicals to compact discs, audiotapes, videotapes, DVDs, electronic books (e-books), and online reference databases containing more than 93,000 full-text periodicals. The McGlothlin Center for the Arts is a $22 million, 47,367-square-foot state-of-the-art facility that houses a 461seat proscenium stage theatre and fly system, a 120-seat black box theatre, dressing rooms, production areas, a modern art gallery, offices for theatre department faculty members and staff, and studios for the campus and community radio station, WEHC 90.7 FM. The King Health and Physical Education Center houses a regulation playing court which can be adapted for basketball and volleyball, a junior Olympic swimming pool, racquetball courts, a weight training and fitness center,
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