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EMS awarded nearly $1 million grant by Lilly Endowment to support pastors, build ‘thriving ministries’ program

January 5, 2018Last updated January 10, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) has received a five-year grant of $999,900 from Lilly Endowment Inc. in support of a national initiative to help clergy working in congregations thrive in their

Twila Yoder retires after 19 years as assistant to EMU’s presidents

January 1, 2018Last updated January 2, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

For 19 of the past 21 years, Twila King Yoder has served at Eastern Mennonite University as assistant to the president, including most recently, to the university’s newest one. Yoder

EMU response to the rescission of DACA

September 6, 2017Last updated September 11, 2017 by Moderator

Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, president of Eastern Mennonite University, released the following statement to the campus community today [Sept. 6]. Dear EMU community, Like you, I am saddened and troubled

EMU welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year

September 1, 2017Last updated September 6, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes twelve new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, interim dean of the School of Graduate

EMU ushers in centennial year with fall convocation

August 30, 2017Last updated August 31, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) celebrated its centennial year convocation Wednesday at Lehman Auditorium on Wednesday. President Susan Schultz Huxman offered the keynote address, with three presidents emeriti seated with faculty

Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope

August 30, 2017Last updated September 5, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Interim dean Fred Kniss has been spending his commute time to Eastern Mennonite Seminary listening to his “much too large” CD collection rather than tuning in to the morning and

Goshen College and Eastern Mennonite University partner to offer online Doctor of Nursing Practice

July 17, 2017Last updated July 17, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Goshen College (Goshen, Indiana) and Eastern Mennonite University (Harrisonburg, Virginia) have partnered to offer the first doctoral degree program among the five Mennonite Church USA colleges and universities. With classes

First Bible class offerings grow into Eastern Mennonite Seminary: a short history

July 7, 2017Last updated July 7, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

When Eastern Mennonite Seminary needed to raise funds for a new building in the late ’80s, students stepped up as they had in times of past need: with an auction.

Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions preps for the future with spring consultation in Goshen

May 19, 2017Last updated May 19, 2017 by Harrison Horst

The Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions held its first spring consultation at Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, in March. The consultation brought together over 25 participants, including the center’s leadership

Following retirement announcement, interim leadership changes planned for Eastern Mennonite Seminary and graduate school

March 28, 2017Last updated March 29, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University announces several changes in leadership to Eastern Mennonite Seminary and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies beginning July 1, 2017. These changes come with the March

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