John Ruth \u201853<\/b>, Harle<\/span>ysville, Pa., and his son Jay have made a documentary film premiered by the Mennonite Heritage Center. <\/span>Is There a Lesson: 45 Years with John Ruth and TourMagination<\/span><\/i> explores the Anabaptist theme of biblical nonresistance <\/span>through photography and film footage of the Anabaptist Heritage Trail tour.<\/span><\/p>\n Larry E. Nolt \u201867<\/b>, Souderton, Pa., retired recently as partner in IVC Wealth Advisors, LLC. In 51 years of employment, he was also president of FirstService Capital Advisors (before merging with National Penn Capital Advisors and later BB&T) and a partner with Canon Capital Management Group. Early in his career, he was the first full-time alumni director at EMC and Seminary and later director of college and seminary relations. Some folks will remember that he and a business-partner couple started and managed Heritage Family Restaurant in Harrisonburg for five years. Widowed after 51 years, he has reunited with a Lancaster-area high school classmate, Sherry Groff Read, and will be moving to Key West, Florida, where he will manage a vacation rental.<\/span><\/p>\n Joseph Gascho \u201868<\/b>, Hummelstown, Pa., received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, given annually by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation at Penn State College of Medicine, where he directs the Cardiology Fellowship Program.<\/span><\/p>\n Del Glick \u201868<\/b>, Washington D.C., has retired from full-time pastoral ministry after nine years with Washington Community Fellowship. He had previously served as interim pastor and then bishop\/overseer. Since 1980 he was also involved in conference and denominational leadership with congregations in Indiana, Florida and Pennsylvania. <\/span><\/p>\n Miriam Eberly \u201872<\/b>, Lititz, Pa., a former Eastern Mennonite Missions worker, founded the Belize Evangelical Mennonite Church Scholarship Fund in 2014. She served two terms in Belize between 1965 and 1976, first as a nurse at a 12-bed hospital in Orange Walk Town and later as a certified registered nurse practitioner at a San Felipe clinic with a two-bed maternity ward.<\/span><\/p>\n Steve Hackman \u201873<\/b>, Souderton, Pa., was among Dock Mennonite Academy\u2019s 2018 alumni of the year, receiving an award for distinguished service. He worked for 22 years as a pediatric respiratory therapist, and then was chief development officer for 10 years for nonprofits in Nigeria, Egypt and India. He was on the board of Chosen 300 Ministries for 22 years, and is secretary for the Pennsylvania board of directors for Healthy Ni\u00f1os, which he has served for 15 years. <\/span>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Dr. William \u201cBill\u201d Yoder \u201873<\/b>, Gvardeysk, Kaliningrad, Russia, is a retired church journalist. He had previously lived in Gvardeysk from 2001-05, then worked primarily in Moscow while commuting from Belarus.<\/span><\/p>\n Sara Wenger Shenk \u201875<\/b>, Elkhart, Ind., will retire as president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in June 2019. She has served in this role since the fall of 2010, following 15 years on the EMS faculty and in administration, including in the associate dean position.<\/span><\/p>\n Dennis Gingerich \u201876, MDiv \u201879<\/b>, Cape Coral, Fla., was awarded the 2018 Elmer Tabor Generosity Award from the Cape Coral Community Foundation at an October ceremony. He is the founding pastor of Cape Christian Fellowship, which is attended by 3,000 people each weekend. <\/span><\/p>\n Daniel Liechty,<\/b> class of \u201876<\/b>, Normal, Ill., a professor in the School of Social Work at Illinois State University, was bestowed with the honorary title Distinguished Lecturer in Arts and Sciences. It is the highest honor given within the University College of Arts and Sciences, where he has taught for 20 years. His research is in the area of religion and social work, and his teaching area is human development across the lifespan.<\/span><\/p>\n Conley K. McMullen \u201878<\/b>, Keezletown, Va., was elected a Fellow of the Virginia Academy of Science. He is professor of biology at James Madison University.<\/span><\/p>\n Wilda Schwartzentruber Stoltzfus \u201878<\/b>, Bellefontaine, Ohio, is a special projects officer at Community Health and Wellness Partners of Logan County.<\/span><\/p>\n Miriam Zehr \u201878<\/b>, Orrville, Ohio, graduated from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary in July with an MA degree in Christian formation with a concentration in Christian spirituality. She is an associate pastor of worship and education at Oak Grove Mennonite Church in Smithville.<\/span><\/p>\n Rolando Santiago \u201879<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., began as development director in May for the Jubilee Association of Maryland, a Mennonite-related developmental disabilities organization. He was a member of its board from 1999-2004, and now oversees its foundation, event planning and communications.<\/span><\/p>\n Phil Wenger ’82, <\/b>Lancaster, Pa., provided the Longacre Series Lecture in November, speaking to several audiences on topics of faith, business and social justice. He is the former owner of Isaac’s Deli, Inc., and current CEO of the Lancaster Conservancy.<\/span><\/p>\n Myron Blosser \u201883, MA \u201898 (education)<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., was awarded the annual Genetics Education Award from the National Association of Biology Teachers. He is co-director of Harrisonburg High School Governor\u2019s STEM Academy and a past Virginia Biology Teacher of the Year.<\/span><\/p>\n Cheryl Kreider 83 Carey ’83<\/b>, Lansdowne, Va., is the executive director of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine, located in Leesburg.<\/span><\/p>\n Tammy Fulk Cullers \u201883, MA \u201813 (education),<\/b> Broadway, Va., published <\/span>Random Numbers<\/span><\/i>, a mystery for teen readers (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018). A seventh-grade teacher, she also co-authored the Custer\u2019s Mill Mystery series and the Local Lore history series.<\/span><\/p>\n Peter Gabriel Omonde \u201883<\/b>, Washington, N.C., works at Agape Community Health Clinic. <\/span><\/p>\n Shana Peachey Boshart \u201885<\/b>, Wellman, Ohio, received an Award for Distinguished Service as one of Dock Mennonite Academy\u2019s 2018 alumni of the year. An EMU trustee since 2012, she served for 20 years as faith formation minister for Central Plains Mennonite Conference. She curates the Anabaptist Faith Formation website and has promoted young people\u2019s participation in the Mennonite Church USA delegation assembly, most recently through the <\/span>Step Up<\/span><\/i> initiative.<\/span><\/p>\n Sharon Witmer Yoder \u201885<\/b>, Elkhart, Ind., graduated in July with a Master of Divinity degree with a major in pastoral ministry from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. In December, she will conclude 11 years of service as co-pastor at Olive Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Maria Bender Archer, <\/b>class of <\/b>\u201886, MA \u201811 (education)<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., was named K-8 principal at Eastern Mennonite School in July. She was the K-5 principal since the elementary school began in 2005. <\/span><\/p>\n Sue Blauch \u201886<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., was named the first Head of WNBA Referee Performance and Development in August. She officiated WNBA All-Star Games in 2006 and 2011, as well as the 2006 FIBA Basketball World Cup and the 2008 Summer Olympics Bronze Medal game.<\/span><\/p>\n Todd M. Shenk \u201888<\/b>, Anchorage, Alaska, was named a senior program officer for the Rasmuson Foundation in June. He previously worked 12 years for Casey Family Programs in Seattle, including three years with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in Washington D.C. <\/span><\/p>\n Pauline Martin \u201890<\/b>, San Salvador, El Salvador, directs the education policy and evaluation master\u2019s program at the Universidad Centroamericana Jos\u00e9 Sime\u00f3n Ca\u00f1as in San Salvador, where she has lived for 25 years following service with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC).<\/span><\/p>\n Cheryl Helmuth Logan \u201891<\/b>, Bridgewater, Va., is the new director of admissions for EMU\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. She formerly worked for Blue Ridge Community College as a career coach at Harrisonburg High School.<\/span><\/p>\n Jill Stoltzfus \u201891<\/b>, Souderton, Pa., is a research institute director at St. Luke\u2019s University Health Network in Fountain Hill, Pa. This fall, she presented a Suter Science Seminar titled \u201cFrom Undergraduate Education to Meaningful Employment: How a Former EMU Psych Major Found Her Calling in the World of Academic Hospital Research.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Aimee Jeanette Camp \u201893<\/b>, El Paso, Texas, is a public library branch manager two miles from the U.S-Mexico border. The library offers ESL, beginning computers, GED, French and citizenship classes. <\/span><\/p>\n Kevin Griffin \u201893, MA \u201817 (education)<\/b>, Royersford, Pa., stepped down after 13 seasons as EMU\u2019s head women\u2019s basketball coach to serve as connections minister for the Philadelphia District Church of the Nazarene. <\/span><\/p>\n Delores Jean Saner Jameson \u201893<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., received a United Way Bright Star award for early childhood education in June. Jameson is the executive director of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Child Day Care Center.<\/span><\/p>\n Tim Meyers \u201893<\/b>, Archbold, Ohio, began a new position as math instructor at Four County Career Center. He has worked in education for 19 years. He and <\/span>Heather Yoder Myers \u201893<\/b> have three children.<\/span><\/p>\n Randall Nyce \u201894<\/b>, Souderton, Pa., a stewardship consultant for Everence, received the President\u2019s Stewardship Award at the organization\u2019s 2018 national conference. <\/span><\/p>\n Amy Rhodes Brown \u201895<\/b>, Staunton, Va., earned an MSN-Nurse Educator degree from Liberty University in May, and is now an RN care coordinator for the colorectal surgery program in the digestive health department at the University of Virginia Health System.<\/span><\/p>\n Stephen Farrar \u201895<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., is the EMU music department\u2019s new office manager. He attended Ohio University for graduate studies in piano performance, and earned Master of Divinity and Master of Music degrees at Baylor University\u2019s George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Stephen also serves as associate pastor and minister of music at Sunrise Church of the Brethren.<\/span><\/p>\n Anne Gingerich Brenneman \u201896<\/b>, Salt Lake City, Utah, has been appointed administrative director for pediatric behavioral health at Intermountain Primary Children\u2019s Hospital. She previously worked for nearly eight years in several positions, most recently as director of pediatric education, practice and research. She has also served as the simulation program manager at Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado.<\/span><\/p>\n Jeanette Nisly \u201996, MSN \u201914<\/b>, Pet\u00e9n, Guatemala, volunteers with Concern America, an international organization that in part trains villagers to become their own health-care providers. She teaches online courses for EMU and is enrolled in EMU\u2019s doctor of nursing practice program.<\/span><\/p>\n Earl Robinson \u201896<\/b>, Overton, England, has published <\/span>Our Road to Adoption: The story of our family and the great family of God<\/span><\/i> (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2018), in which he narrates the three-year road to adopting their three daughters.<\/span><\/p>\n Trent Hummel \u201897<\/b>, Cincinnati, Ohio, presented a Suter Science Seminar on his research into targeted therapies in pediatric neuro-oncology. He is associate professor of pediatrics at Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital Medical Center.<\/span><\/p>\n Ryan W. Kauffman \u201897<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., is a member of the NakedEye Ensemble, which has released its debut album \u201cStorylines Crossing\u201d (Starkland, 2018). It\u2019s \u201ca stylistic melange, full of gritty energy and wonderful stylistic feints,\u201d said Joshua Kosman of <\/span>The San Francisco Chronicle<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Ryan Linder-Hess \u201898<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., works for Hess Bros. where he has helped to develop a new variety of apple called Sweet Cheeks. Hess Bros. donated apples (another variety) for EMU\u2019s donor appreciation banquet.<\/span><\/p>\n Stephanie Horst \u201899<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., recently completed her education requirements for Associateship in the Society of Actuaries. She works for Capital BlueCross in Harrisburg.<\/span><\/p>\n Christopher Clymer Kurtz \u201800<\/b>, Linville, Va., along with <\/span>Maria Clymer Kurtz \u201800, Nick Hurst \u201801 <\/b>and<\/span> Craig Zook \u201801<\/b>,<\/span> released the Clymer Kurtz Band\u2019s fourth CD, titled <\/span>Snow on Snow on Snow<\/span><\/i> (2018). It features the original \u201cSolemn Stillness (Joy to the World)\u201d and new arrangements of traditional Christmas carols.<\/span><\/p>\n Rosemary Siegrist Blessing \u201801<\/b>, Lititz, Pa., is the artistic director of the Mennonite Children\u2019s Choir of Lancaster chamber choir. She also has a private piano studio, teaches at Franklin and Marshall College, and is a rehearsal accompanist for the Lancaster Symphony Chorus.<\/span><\/p>\n Alicia Horst \u201801<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., received a United Way Young Community Builder Award in June. She is \u00a0executive director of NewBridges Immigrant Resource Center and accredited by the U.S. Department of Justice to practice immigration law.<\/span><\/p>\n Anthony Streiff \u201801<\/b>, Weyers Cave, Va., helped the Harrisonburg Cardinals to the finals of the 2018 National Wheelchair Basketball Tournament in Louisville, Kentucky. He has been a team member for 13 years. <\/span><\/p>\n Sarah Ann Gehman Bixler \u201802<\/b>, Princeton, N.J., is a doctoral student in practical theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and assistant to the director for the Center for Church Planting and Revitalization. She and spouse <\/span>Benjamin Bixler \u201803, MA \u201813 (religion)<\/b>, a doctoral student at Drew Theological School, attend Oxford Circle Mennonite Church in Philadelphia.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew Garner \u201802<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., has been named the director of strategic partnerships for the North Museum of Nature and Science, where he has worked since 2014, recently as education services manager.<\/span><\/p>\n Caleb Ediger \u201803<\/b>, Harper, Kan., earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice in organizational leadership from the University of Kansas in July. His doctoral project was titled \u201cUsing Simulation with New Graduate Nurses to Identify Nurse-to-Nurse Lateral Violence.\u201d He is an assistant professor of nursing and the simulation educator at Newman University.<\/span><\/p>\n Laura Horst Rosenberger<\/b> \u201803<\/b>, Chapel Hill, N.C., was inducted into the American College of Surgeons in November. She is a breast oncologist and assistant professor of surgery at Duke University School of Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n Casey Armstrong \u201806<\/b>, Remington, Va., was named the assistant county administrator of Rockingham County. He previously held the role of director of community development and has worked for the county for 12 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Luella Kaufman Glanzer \u201806<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., was recognized as one of \u201c40 under 40\u201d awardees by the Virginia Nurses Association this fall in Richmond. Since 2017 she has served as the nursing retention program coordinator with the UVA Health System. She is enrolled in EMU\u2019s MSN program.<\/span><\/p>\n Stephanie Miller Lehman \u201806<\/b>, Philadelphia, Pa., earned a PhD in chemistry from the University of Virginia in October, and started a post-doctoral position at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n Kristy Koser \u201807, MA \u201809 (counseling)<\/b>, Millersburg, Ohio, has successfully defended her dissertation \u201cThe ART of Couple Satisfaction,\u201d thereby earning her PhD in Counseling and Supervision at James Madison University.<\/span><\/p>\n Donovan Tann \u201808<\/b>, Newton, Kan., chairs the language arts department at Hesston College. He was a Lilly Graduate Fellow 2008-11, and completed his PhD in English at Temple University in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n Rachel Reesor \u201809<\/b>, Stouffville, Ontario, Canada, is a licensed clinical social worker at Blue Hills Child and Family Center in Toronto. She performs assessments on families that have remained in the system for extended periods of time and provides therapy to families through Children\u2019s Aid (foster care in Ontario). <\/span><\/p>\n Regina Wenger \u201809<\/b>, Waco, Texas, has begun doctoral studies in history at Baylor University.<\/span><\/p>\n Justin Reesor \u201810<\/b>, Stouffville, Ontario, Canada, is the operations manager for RENEW, which has facilitated investments in eight medium-sized companies in Ethiopia<\/span> with the goal of producing both financial returns and positive social impact for its angel investors. In total, RENEW has helped create 827 jobs and supports 5,700 smallholder farmers in Ethiopia, and is expanding to Uganda. Reesor\u2019s role includes finance\/accounting, HR, IT, and project management functions.<\/span><\/p>\n Ben Roth Shank \u201810<\/b>, Wellington, New Zealand, won the National Council of Teachers of English 2018 Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award with \u201cMaximizing the Heuristic Potential of the Enthymeme.\u201d The article began as an assignment for a rhetoric class during his graduate studies through Valdosta State University. He teaches English and media studies and coaches soccer at Wellington High School.<\/span><\/p>\n Matthew Tieszen \u201810, MA \u201815 (biomedicine)<\/b>, a graduate student in the physician assistant program at James Madison University, served a clinical rotation at Shirati KTM Hospital in Tanzania. He and <\/span>Blake Rogers \u201814<\/b> were the first students from JMU\u2019s PA program to complete a clinical rotation there.<\/span><\/p>\n Brianna Oelschlager Moyer \u201911<\/b>, Lititz, Pa., was awarded the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teacher Award for exemplary leadership and teaching excellence in the Lancaster General Family Medicine Residency program. In August she began as a faculty member there, where she will supervise family medicine residents, assist the current director of the global health studies curriculum, and have her own practice.<\/span><\/p>\n Michael Spory \u201811<\/b>, Charlottesville, Va., completed a master\u2019s degree in architecture at Iowa State University and is an architectural designer at Stantec, an international design and engineering firm. <\/span><\/p>\n Nathan Hershberger \u201812<\/b>, Durham, N.C., was named Eastern Mennonite School\u2019s 2018 Young Alumnus of the Year. He and his wife Kaitlin served for three years with Mennonite Central Committee in Ankawa, Iraq. He is enrolled in a doctoral program in theology at Duke University.<\/span><\/p>\n Justin King \u201812<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., is Eastern Mennonite School\u2019s new high school principal. He previously taught world history, government and economics at Broadway, Turner Ashby and East Rockingham high schools, and coached baseball. This fall he began working toward a master\u2019s degree in secondary school administration at James Madison University.<\/span><\/p>\n Julia Schmidt \u201813<\/b>, Goshen, Ind., graduated in May with a Master of Divinity degree with a major in theological studies from the Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. She also received the seminary\u2019s Heart of the Community Award and the Award for Excellence in Peace Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n Louise Babikow \u201814<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., received a master\u2019s degree in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania in 2017. She completed a student elective term in Roat\u00e1n, Honduras at Cl\u00ednica Esperanza, and plans to work in Lancaster as a nurse practitioner. <\/span><\/p>\n Eric King \u201814<\/b>, Taos, N.M., is operations manager for Taos Initiative for Life Together, a \u201cMennonite-inspired social change movement.\u201d He helps to manage and develop the house and urban agriculture site. Eric has also worked at McMurdo Station in Antarctica and at Vine & Fig, the New Community Project sustainable living center in Harrisonburg.<\/span><\/p>\n Melanie Krosnes Lewis \u201814<\/b>, Winchester, Va., was promoted to lead chaplain of Valley Health System\u2019s six hospitals. She leads clinical chaplains at Winchester Medical Center and Warren Memorial Hospital, and helps coordinate the volunteer chaplains at four smaller critical-access hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n Karla Hovde \u201815<\/b>, Minneapolis, Minn., is the communications specialist for the Minnesota Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Keri Weaver \u201815<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., is a labor and delivery nurse at Lancaster General Hospital, where she was recognized for professional excellence during the July managing partners meeting for her calm and thoughtful care with an expectant mother during a crisis cesarean section decision. She is enrolled in EMU\u2019s MSN program.<\/span><\/p>\n Andrew Yoder \u201816<\/b>, Charlottesville, Va., is the technical manager for Secure Futures, which collaborated with EMU student groups to install new solar panels on Roselawn and the University Commons in a \u201csolar barn raising\u201d that increased the university\u2019s solar energy capacity by 65 percent. He is enrolled in EMU\u2019s MBA program.<\/span><\/p>\n Tim Alan Short MDiv \u201899<\/b>1960-69<\/b><\/h3>\n
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1980-89<\/b><\/h3>\n
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Graduate and <\/b>Professional School <\/b>
\n<\/b>including the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and Eastern Mennonite Seminary<\/span><\/i><\/h3>\n