Tag Archives: Mike Piper

Goes around, comes around: EMU & Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community

May 2, 2014 – 2:29 pm

In the first decades of the 20th century, simultaneous efforts arose with the Virginia Mennonite Conference to establish institutions that might sit like bookends at either end of our lives: a school and home for the elderly. The first bit came together relatively quickly, with the school we now know as EMU admitting its first ...More

Man in Black Kept EMU in the Black

May 14, 2013 – 11:17 am

Mild-mannered Ron Piper is still remembered for a bold fashion statement he made 20 years ago. As EMU’s vice president for finance, he was getting ready to report to the board of trustees on the university’s budget. Typically his report was scheduled right before lunch. He never had much time. This time he was ready with ...More