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EMU’s cross-cultural program adapts to pandemic challenges

November 9, 2020Last updated December 1, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

“What about my cross-cultural?” This question has been at the top of the mind for many Eastern Mennonite University students as the COVID-19 pandemic has spread across the globe. Where,

Summer 2019 cross-culturals: Mexico, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C. and South Africa

June 13, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University students studying on cross-culturals this summer traveled to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C. and South Africa. Cross-cultural study, which students have called an integral and “life-changing” component

The world as classroom: Faculty-staff panel discusses past, present and future of EMU’s unique cross-cultural program

August 21, 2017Last updated August 22, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Kim Brenneman calls the cross-cultural experience “the ultimate classroom.” Most Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have participated in the program agree. Each semester and summer, EMU students spread out

‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes

August 17, 2017Last updated August 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the

Summer ’17 cross-culturals travel to the Navajo Nation, Bolivia, Spain and ‘Anabaptist Europe’

June 2, 2017Last updated July 5, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Madalynn Payne, traveling this summer with the “Radical Europe Anabaptist Roots” cross-cultural group from Eastern Mennonite University, says train travel, walking tours, independent exploration and dining in unfamiliar cultures have

Poverty simulation, set up by Virginia Cooperative Extension, challenges students with ‘real-life’ choices

November 16, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

“We started out in a bad situation, and nothing got better … I tried to go to work,” said the unmarried father of a one-year-old. Despite working full-time, he was

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and legacy celebrated with solidarity march, music, chapel and service opportunities

January 23, 2015Last updated February 6, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

What creates systems of discrimination and oppression? What power and motivation do people have to resist these systems? Where do they take comfort when hatred acts? These questions were asked

Seven fantastic reasons to go on an EMU cross-cultural

August 12, 2014Last updated September 12, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

As one of the top “study abroad” colleges in the U.S, EMU is well-known for its emphasis on cross-cultural understanding and real-world experience. Students in our program travel with veteran faculty

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