The Appalachian College Association has awarded scholarships to three Emory & Henry College students to work with professionals in their chosen fields of study to further their education outside of the classroom. Dylan Johnson, Jessica Hughes, and J.D. Ferguson were each awarded a 2014 Appalachian College Association Colonel Lee B. Ledford Scholarship for Student Research. The students include:

The faculty of Emory & Henry College established the Honors Program in 2009 to provide an enhanced academic experience for the College's best students. The program includes approximately 70 students distributed across four class years. Members of the first class are now seniors and are preparing their honors thesis or honors projects to graduate with the College's first Honors Diplomas in May 2013. Students in the program: aEUR? are from eleven states and two foreign countries aEUR? carry a cumulative GPA of 3.73 aEUR? have studied abroad in 15 different countries aEUR? have earned prestigious summer internships as well as coveted appointments to semester-study programs in the Fermi National Laboratory and at the State Supreme Court of Virginia aEUR? include institution-nominated candidates for the Rhodes Scholarship, the Truman Scholarship, the Mitchell Scholarship, and the Fulbright Student Fellows Program. Members of the Emory & Henry Honors Program include:

Established in 1991 by the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, Inc., of Princeton, New Jersey, the Bonner Scholars Program is the premier scholarship program at Emory & Henry College. The Bonner Program offers 80 scholarships annually in return for eight hours of direct community service and two hours of reflection and participation in enrichment events per week. Projects from the fall semester have included the creation of a "Great Outdoors Learning Dome" in the Sugar Hollow Park in Bristol, Va. Students have served at public schools, the Boys & Girls Club, and the William King Museum in Abingdon, Va. Students have also tutored Washington County, Va. Regional Jail inmates in preparation for GED testing. Students participating in the E&H Bonners Program include: