Eastern Mennonite University sends its condolences to those at Northern Illinois University (NIU) as the campus and community begin to recover from a tragic event and deep loss. EMU Counseling Services in the student life division is available to support EMU students and staff touched by this and similar events. Located in the Wellness Suite of t ...More
Visiting Harrisonburg, Va., Sept. 21, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu received a quilt made by two Mennonite sisters, literature on peace and justice by EMU and news about the role of EMU students and alumni in promoting peace and reconciliation around the world. R ...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
Even as the calendar and the temperatures indicate it’s still summer, EMU is gearing up for the start of the 2007 fall semester. The annual faculty-staff conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 15-16, will explore the question, "What does it mean to ‘walk humbly with God,’" lifted from the university’s mission statement based on Micah 6:8. ...More
EMU has received $5,111,510 in total contributions for the 2006-2007 fiscal year ending June 30. Kirk L. Shisler, vice president for advancement, reported that contributions of $1,764,000 to the University Fund set a new record, surpassing the 2006 annual fund total of $1,733,000 by nearly two ...More
The portrait of EMU’s seventh president, Joseph L. Lapp, who served 1987-03. Photo by Jim Bishop Former EMU president Joseph L. Lapp and his wife, Hannah Mack Lapp, returned to EMU Friday evening, June 23, to see the unveiling of his off ...More
A BBC News report on the religious divide concerning global warming features EMU and President Swartzendruber and nearby Liberty University. Read more… ...More
It was with sadness that the EMU community learned on Tuesday, May 15 of the sudden and unexpected death of the Rev. Jerry Falwell. “Despite our differences on some theological issues as noted in the BBC coverage of U.S. evangelical church response to reported climate change, the EMU community is saddened by this news,” said President Loren E. Swartzendruber. ̶ ...More
Participants declare in unity, "We are Peacebuilders!" at the opening session of the Summer Peacebuilding Institute. (The primary people on the photo are: front row, Jackie Sakho ...More
EMU awarded a posthumous degree to the late Thomas P. Bowers of Harrisonburg during the school’s 89th commencement held Sunday afternoon, Apr. 29, on the front lawn of campus. Read more… ...More
