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World is Hungry for Peace Message, Says EMU Grad
‘The world is hungry for the kinds of things taught in our Mennonite schools,’ says Daryl Byler, alumnus of both EMU and EMS. Read more… ...More
Pedaling for Fun and Finances
Forty-two bikers from seven states and Ontario, Canada, left EMU on Aug. 5 and traveled some 292 miles in the Shenandoah Valley, much of the route on the scenic Skyline Drive, returning to EMU the afternoon of Aug. 9. The trip’s purpose: exercise, fellowship and fund raising for ...More
An ‘Impossible Dream?’ Not for Luis Padilla
For Luis A. Padilla, 40, of Broadway, Va., the “American dream” of poverty-to-success is not impossible. It is his life story. The son of Luis Alonso and Fany Padilla and second oldest of four s ...More
Exploring Restorative Justice: Peacebuilders, crime victims and ex-prisoners
Crime victims, offenders and communities share a stake in restorative justice. At the just-completed Summer Peacebuilding Institute at EMU, two courses brought stakeholders face-to-face. A former Virginia prisoner studied with peacebuilders from around the world in a May course, “Restorative Justice: The Promise, the Challenge.” ...More
Roth Appointed to CJP Leadership Role
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University has named Lynn Roth as its executive director. He will begin the position Aug. 13, 2007. Lynn Roth, executive ...More
Middle East Forum to be Held
The ongoing Middle East conflict and signs of encouragement will be the focus of a forum to be held 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Mar. 15 in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at Eastern Mennonite University. Alain Epp Weaver, long-term Mennonite Central Committee representative in Palestine/Israel and specialist in Jewish-Christian dialogue, will discuss the possibilities for reconciliatio ...More
Campus Warms Up With ‘Kitz Blitz’
The weather outside was frightful, but inside the Campus Center, the activity was delightful as members of the campus community took part in a “Kitz Blitz” as a practical extension of Mission and Service Days, Feb. 15-16. Working rapidly in an assembly line arrangement, students put together health kits, each containing one toothbrush, one squeeze-tube toothpaste, one wrap ...More
EMU Gears Up for ‘Kitz Blitz’
A “Kitz Blitz” is on at EMU. The German word for “an intensive non-military campaign” aptly describes a campus-wide effort under way to assemble health care kits for persons living in disaster sites, refugee camps and war zones. “Our goal is to complete 1,000 kits that will be sent to Mennonite Central Committee for distribution to those in need& ...More