Virginia’s private colleges are within reach financially – despite tough economic times. That’s the message EMU President Loren Swartzendruber is inviting prospective students and parents to hear on campus Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009. Read more… ...More
Fall semester 2008 enrollment at EMU finds major growth in the Adult Degree Completion Program (ADCP), an accelerated, non-traditional baccalaureate degree program, with a total of 190 students at both sites – Harrisonburg and Lancaster, Pa., an increase of 45 students over last year. EMU has a total undergraduate, graduate seminary enrollment of 1,553 students ...More
Fifteen first-year and four returning students have been named to the honors program at EMU, made possible by an endowment fund. Read more… ...More
EMU is among 25 schools in the Old Dominion taking part in “Virginia Private College Week,” July 28-Aug. 2, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia (CICV). Rising juniors and seniors in high school – and their families – may choose to visit just one or two colleges that interest them. However, those who visit at least three during the week ...More
Five colleges who are members of the Virginia College Fund (VCF) will host a "College Information Night" for students in the Petersburg-Hopewell area, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2008. Averett University, Bluefield College, Eastern Mennonite University, Ferrum College and Virginia Intermont College will have representatives on hand to discuss their respective programs 7-8:30 p.m. at Fir ...More
Alumni of EMU are sending their children to the school in numbers that far surpass most colleges nationwide. Twenty-three percent of EMU’s first-year students this fall are from families where one or both parents attended Eastern Mennonite. By comparison, 8.8 percent of freshmen at four-year colleges nationwide attend the alma mater of a parent, according to the most recent avail ...More
Eastern Mennonite University is ranked in the “fourth tier” in the “best liberal arts colleges” category in the 2008 edition of “America’s Best Colleges” by “U.S.News & World Report” magazine. The exclusive listings – which this year feature some substantial changes in methodology – will be published in the magazine& ...More
Eastern Mennonite University is among 24 schools in the Old Dominion taking part in the annual “Virginia Private Colleges Week,” July 30 – Aug. 4, 2007. High school students who visit three Virginia private colleges during the designated week will receive application fee waivers redeemable at any three private colleges. With application fees ranging from $15 to $50, ...More
By Heather Bowser, Daily News-Record At Eastern Mennonite University, volunteering isn ...More
The number of full-time undergraduate students has increased slightly for fall semester 2006 at Eastern Mennonite University. Traditional undergraduate enrollment totals 916 students, compared to 902 last year. Of that total, 878 are full-time students, up 11 over last fall. Stephanie C. Shafer, director of undergraduate admissions, s ...More
