Eastern Mennonite University welcomes 15 new faculty to the ranks for the 2011-12 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Dr. Fred Kniss, provost, and Dr. Nancy Heisey, vice president and undergraduate academic dean, are: Catherine Barnes, PhD ...More
HARRISONBURG, Va. – Loren Swartzendruber will serve another four-year term as president of Eastern Mennonite University. Andrew (Andy) Dula of Lancaster, Pa., chair of the EMU board of trustees, announced at the opening convocation of second semester Wednesday, Jan. 12, that Dr. Swartzendruber has “gratefully accepted” an appointment to serve a third term that begins Ju ...More
In fall 2010 EMU became host to the largest solar deployment in Virginia. It will eliminate more than 6,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the projected 35-year life of the solar panels. Read more… ...More
EMU’s partnership with Secure Futures, LLC, a Staunton-based solar energy developer, is gaining momentum as a solar photovoltaic array is being installed on the roof of (EMU’s Sadie Hartzler Library). ...More
EMU has a total enrollment of 1,589 students in its undergraduate, graduate and seminary programs, according to figures released today (Sept. 17) from the registrar’s office. Total enrollment was 1,578 last fall. Full-time traditional undergraduate enrollment is 858 students compared to 847 a year ago. There are 206 new first-year and 67 transfer students. Total undergra ...More
WHSV TV-3 was on hand during EMU’s fall convocation Sept. 1, when students heard about the importance of a liberal arts education, prayed for the coming school year, and the reality and importance of serving and leading all over the world. Read more… ...More
EMU will have 11 new full-time teaching faculty members with the start of fall semester Sept. 1. The appointments, announced by Dr. Fred Kniss, EMU provost, and Dr. Nancy Heisey, vice president undergraduate academic dean, are: EMU will have 11 new full-time teaching faculty members with the start of fall semester Sept. 1. Kevin Dyck ...More
EMU has again been ranked by U.S. News & World Report” magazine on its list of “best U.S. colleges.” EMU placed 181 out of 266 national liberal arts colleges in its annual “Best Colleges” issue that hits the newsstands Aug. 31. Each college and university received a score based on 16 indicators, including peer assessment, graduation and retent ...More
EMU’s annual faculty-staff conference, offered last week, traditionally marks the divide between slower summer days and the excitement of the new academic year. Shortly after the conference, students begin to trickle onto campus. Fall semester classes at EMU begin 8 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 31. The fall semester runs through Dec. 17. Students begin to arrive ...More
By Jeremy Hunt, Daily News-Record When Lisa Schirch was in Afghanistan a few weeks ago, she turned to a friend and fellow Mennonite to show her around the war-torn capital, Kabul. ...More
