Get Involved/Events

Come to Campus 

Our Homecoming and Family weekend is a special fall event featuring live music, food, worship, reunions, and special speakers. 

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• Reunions in 2021 will be for grad years ending in 6 and 1.
• Homecoming 2021 is set for the October 15 - 17, the 3rd weekend in October. This is a one time change for just this coming year. Subsequent years will revert back to the second weekend in October.

Don't miss out! Check the Homecoming and Family Weekend website for more information. 

Nominate an Outstanding Alumnus

Each year EMU honors at least three graduates from among the more than 20,500 EMU alumni who are serving and leading in a global context.

Award recipients are honored during Homecoming and Family Weekend, held each October. Nominations for either the Distinguished Service Award or Alumnus/a of the Year Award are made by EMU alumni or current members of the EMU community and are reviewed by the alumni association. Check out the good work of our past award winners.

Nominees must be an alumnus/a of EMU and must have made an outstanding contribution to EMU, the church or community over a long period of time.

On and Off Campus Alumni Events

EMU plans alumni events at various locations. See what alumni events are coming up.

We love our Ambassadors and Volunteers

EMU ambassadors are alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students, or friends of EMU. Ambassadors advocate for EMU in their community, church, place of employment and among family and friends. Learn more about becoming an ambassador.

Mentor a Student or Provide an Internship

EMU alumni are a vast network of vibrant professionals in the field. Connect with an EMU student or young alum in your field and be a guide during those years of early adulthood. Please contact Jennifer North Bauman at 540.432.4294 or baumanj@emu.edu if you are interested. You can also access our career services department at the following link - https://emu.edu/careers/

See who Represents Alumni

EMU’s alumni council involves alumni directly in the life of the university. Council members advise and work with the alumni office to develop effective programs that support EMU’s mission and continued development. See 2019-20 alumni council members.

Join One of Our Alumni Interest Groups

Royals Club

Since its beginning in 1978, Royals Club (formerly Loyal Royals has contributed hundreds of thousands to athletics at EMU. With the generous support from members, the endowment fund continues to grow.

Haverim

Haverim gives Bible & religion alumni an opportunity to extend their hands of friendship by facilitating student internship and sponsor conferences and lectureships, providing for scholarship endowments, financing special Bible department projects, and more.

EMU Ambassadors

EMU Ambassadors are alumni, parents, faculty, staff, students or friends of EMU. They advocate for EMU in their community, church, place of employment and among family and friends. There are many ways to advocate! Complete the form to let us know how you can help us tell the EMUstory!

Encore!

Encore! provides a network of support for the music department, providing financial assistance to students for private music lessons and supporting music department special projects.

Jubilee Alumni

The EMU Jubilee Alumni are made up of alumni who graduated more than 50 years ago. Every year at Homecoming, the group welcomes new members via a special ceremony.

Watch and Listen to Events Online

Can't come to campus? You can join many events via live stream, podcasts and webcasts. 

Athletic Webcasts

Special Event Live Streaming

Chapel Podcasts

 

Purchase our Centennial Book 
 Eastern Mennonite University: A Century of Countercultural Education 

In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill ‘67 traces the sociocultural transformation of EMU from a fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith traditions, cultures and nationalities.