EMU at Lancaster News
Students Reflect Changing Face of Church
March 25th, 2013Over the last few weeks, I’ve been dispatched to diverse contexts in relationship to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). This included Spanish conversations in Sarasota, Fla., gathering around a ping-pong table in the basement of a rowhouse in the District of Columbia, and listening to stories of growing up far away while eating at a Mennonite-owned …More
Distinguished Faculty Headline Summer Missional Institute
March 11th, 2013Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) Lancaster is offering three courses in its Summer Institute for Missional Questions, April-June 2013. The teachers, Myron S. Augsburger, Conrad L. Kanagy and Mark and Mary Thiessen Nation, are widely known for their work in scholarly and church circles. “The Summer Institute for Missional Questions fits our goal of bringing flexible …More
Peace Undergrads To Do Grant-Supported Practicums in Colombia and Iran
March 7th, 2013Peacebuilding and development majors at Eastern Mennonite University may now receive financial aid for overseas summer practicums. A two-year, $20,000 grant from the United Service Foundation – an Anabaptist-rooted organization based in New Holland, Pa. – will enable eight students total to do international work, primarily in Colombia, in 2013 and 2014. Gloria Rhodes, PhD, …More
New Vice President To Set Competitive Pace in Fast-Growing Grad Programs
February 28th, 2013The next vice-president joining the presidential cabinet of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will bring a skill-set rare in the leadership of academic institutions: decades of success as a business leader and owner. Jim Smucker, president and major shareholder of the Bird-in-Hand Corporation in Pennsylvania, will be the first full-time graduate dean of EMU, announced Provost …More
EMU Chamber Singers Join Lancaster Area Musicians to Support MCC
February 28th, 2013The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Chamber Singers are teaming up with the Lancaster, Pennsylvania, quartet Beyond Ourselves, to present their sixth benefit concert on Sunday, March 10, 2013, at 3 p.m. at Mount Joy Mennonite Church. The concert will aid the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Seed of Hope Project in Burkina Faso, West Africa. Supported …More