Ten graduating seniors were honored as “Cords of Distinction” recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 28 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU).
Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the recipients, who were cited for their “significant and verifiable impact” on the university and on student life, for their contributions to developing the institution’s pos ...More
Registered nurses who are looking to gain skills to serve as a counselor, advocate and educator in their church community are invited to participate in the parish nursing course to be offered this fall at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU).
The parish nursing course is sponsored by EMU’s Adult Degree Completion Program (ADCP). The course is offered to any registered nurse or upper-le ...More
For five Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) nursing students, the busy semester before graduation in May 2011, included a month’s volunteering at Patchwork Pantry in Harrisonburg, Va., each Wednesday.
Tsega Mamo, of Ethiopia, explained her duties as “to take blood pressures and also to teach clients about ways to improve their lifestyles, to keep their blood pressure within the r ...More
The scenario is commonplace. A young mother or couple, perhaps new to the area and not fluent in English, has what is perceived as an emergency health care situation with their child and either doesn’t know where to turn or shows up at the hospital emergency room. There, it is discerned that the “urgent” need really wasn’t a crisis.
This situation, repeated in towns and cities ev ...More
HARRISONBURG, Va. – One sister is about to graduate from Eastern Mennonite University, the other is completing her sophomore year after transferring from another school.
Each decided independently of the other to attend EMU, but both believe it was one of “the best decisions” they’ve ever made.
Luciana Beatriz Stoltzfus – who goes by “Bia” – is finishing up the ...More
BOSTON — Harvard Medical School provided the backdrop for a historic gathering intended to generate lead funding strategies for Eastern Mennonite University’s $30 million capital campaign to create new science labs and to renovate the existing Suter Science Center. Some 35 science commissioners, ...More
A member of the Eastern Mennonite University nursing department faculty has been honored by the Virginia Student Nurses Association (VSNA).
Laura A. Yoder, an assistant professor of nursing, was awarded the “excellence in nurs ...More
Instilling a strong sense of what it means to be a part of the global community is one of the core concepts at EMU.
It’s often one of the primary reasons students decide to attend.
Reflecting on her time at EMU, senior nursing major and star soccer athlete Abby Diffenbach noted tha ...More
Compassionate, Gentle Births in Haiti
By Ken Heatwole, MD
A good cause. Passion. Compassion. High motivation. Extremely motivating. Delicate negotiator. Put all of these into a lady who is already vivacious, likable, and mild-mannered and out comes Nadene Brunk.
In 2000, I was on the medical mission team that introduced Nadene to Haiti. Granted, ...More
Olive M. Kuhns, 86, professor emerita of nursing at Eastern Mennonite University, died Apr. 22, 2010 at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community where she was a resident.
Mrs. Kuhns joined the EMU nursing department fa ...More
