Even though Jeanette Nisly fell in love with Guatemala on a cross-cultural with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), she never would have dreamed that she would return four months after she graduated, marry a Guatemalan, have two children, and remain for 17 years. Nisly, who majored in nursing at EMU, is the in-country coordinator for the Guatemal ...More
A. Grace Wenger, former Dean of Women at Eastern Mennonite College (now University), member of EMC’s board of trustees, and high school English teacher at Eastern Mennonite High School and Lancaster Mennonite School, died at Landis Homes in Lititz, Penna., on Sept. 5, 2012 at the age of 93. As her bio in Continuing the Journey: The Geography of Our Faith, (ACRS Memoirs, Volum ...More
Two idealistic young people meet at EMU, earn their degrees in pre-med and education, and spend their entire careers serving others – without fanfare – at home and abroad. Now they get some fanfare from a university that values service and promotes the helping professions. Vic Buckwalter ’73, originally from Cochranville, Pa., went on to medical school at Temple University in Phila ...More
Courtesy Eastern Mennonite Missions, Mennonite Weekly Review Mary Dunn and her Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM) team recently took a break from clinics and lessons about nutrition and sanitation to distribute something just as important — sweets and gifts. Much of Dunn’s ministry involves working with a Peruvian Mennonite Church team tha ...More
Ervin R. Stutzman, dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg, Va., will speak on his quest to know hi ...More
Eastern Mennonite University is holding its spring mission and service days Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 13-14, on the theme, “Share the Love.” Representatives of 13 church-related service organizations will have displays set up in the Campus Center Greeting Hall and are available to talk with students and area residents about openings with their agencies. Programs re ...More
