The following briefs represent a sampling of academic and professional engagement.<\/em><\/p>\n Owen Byer, professor of mathematics, <\/b>and <\/span>Deirdre L. Smeltzer \u201887, vice president and academic dean<\/b>, and co-authors have published <\/span>Journey into Discrete Mathematics<\/span><\/i> (Mathematical Association of America Press, 2018). <\/span><\/p>\n Hilary Moore, instructor of applied social science<\/b>, Mount Crawford, Va., was inducted into the North Carolina Bar Pro Bono Honor Society as a recognition of her \u201csubstantial and valuable legal contributions\u201d through at least 50 hours of pro bono legal services last year.<\/span><\/p>\n Audrey Myers \u201888, professor of nursing,<\/b> defended her doctorate in nursing practice dissertation \u201cIncreasing Lead Screening in Children Enrolled in Medicaid: A Quality Improvement Project\u201d at James Madison University. She has been a member of the EMU nursing department since 2015. <\/span><\/p>\n Timothy Seidel, professor of peacebuilding and development<\/b>, is a co-editor of <\/span>Palestine and Rule of Power: Local Dissent vs. International Governance <\/span><\/i>(Palgrave Macmillan, 2019). The book of essays, part of the \u201cMiddle East Today\u201d series, examines the rule of power in Palestine particularly in terms of the impacts of settler-colonialism and neoliberalism, along with forms of everyday resistance to both.<\/span><\/p>\n Ron Shultz \u201892, instructor of education<\/b>, has earned a Doctor of Philosophy in Education degree from George Mason University, with a focus on teacher education. His dissertation was \u201cThe (Trans)formation of Teacher Candidates\u2019 Dispositions Toward English Language Learners in the Mainstream Elementary Classroom.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Carolyn Stauffer \u201984, professor of applied social sciences,<\/b> has been awarded a JustPax Fund grant to support the development of a new Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) curriculum focused on sexual harms. <\/span><\/p>\n Trina Trotter Nussbaum \u201800, MA \u201818 (conflict transformation), associate director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement,<\/b> successfully defended her thesis \u201cSelf-Care May Not Be Enough: Secondary Traumatic Stress and Organizations: A Multiple Methods Study.\u201d She is also pursuing a graduate certificate in nonprofit leadership and social entrepreneurship.<\/span><\/p>\n Barbara Wheatley, professor of education<\/b>, and collaborators received the National Association for Gifted Children Curriculum Studies Award for their science unit <\/span>Project Kaleidoscope: A Summer Curriculum Unit for Talent Development<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n Daryl Byler \u201979, MA \u201985<\/b>, leaves the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding after six years as executive director. He is now director of fundraising for the DC Bar Association in Washington DC.<\/span><\/p>\n Undergraduate Academic Dean and Vice President <\/span>Deirdre Longacher Smeltzer \u201987\u00a0<\/b>ended 20 years of service to EMU this spring. She was a faculty member and chair of the mathematical sciences department and director of cross-cultural programs before moving to her current position since 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n Professor <\/span>Ann Graber Hershberger \u201876<\/b>, who began as assistant instructor in the nursing department at Eastern Mennonite University and served in several influential leadership roles over 33 years of service, will retire June 30. She is currently director of cross-cultural programs and at work updating the nursing department\u2019s Sacred Covenant, which she helped develop in 2004.<\/span><\/p>\n Professor <\/span>Kim Brenneman \u201885<\/b> has retired after 30 years at EMU, where she taught undergraduate and graduate psychology classes, chaired the department, conducted research, and led four cross-culturals to India.<\/span><\/p>\n Professor <\/span>Judy H. Mullet \u201973<\/b> retires after 32 years of teaching psychology and teacher education. She directed the Honors program and co-founded and co-led Student Kairos Place, among many other contributions.<\/span><\/p>\n Professor <\/span>Chris Gingrich<\/b> concluded 23 years at EMU this spring in the business and economics department. He has retired for health reasons. He was the \u201ctrue blue economist\u201d whose hiring enabled the start of the economics major, according to colleague Rick Yoder.<\/span><\/p>\n Joan Goodrich \u201902<\/b> is retiring after 11 years in the business office as accounting coordinator. <\/span><\/p>\n Sharon Miller<\/b> has retired after 27 years of service as the administrative director of the Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program. She will continue to teach and perform at EMU and in Harrisonburg.<\/span><\/p>\n Jim Smucker<\/b>, vice president for enrollment, leaves EMU May 31 to join Keim Lumber Company, Millersburg, Ohio. Jim oversaw undergraduate and graduate admissions, financial aid, athletics and the marketing and communications department. He became EMU’s first full-time graduate dean in February 2013 and moved into his current position in June 2016.<\/p>\n John Martin \u201954<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., is a retired professor and registrar at EMU. He volunteers at Park View Mennonite Church and Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community.<\/span><\/p>\n Nancy Fisher \u201959<\/b>, Pittsboro, N.C., is retired from social work. She volunteers weekly at Orange Correctional Center and is a member of the Chapel Hill Friends Meeting transition and support committee.<\/span><\/p>\n Edwin Martin \u201959<\/b>, York, Pa., is retired from interventional cardiology. He now volunteers for the American Heart Association.<\/span><\/p>\n Harvey Mast \u201959<\/b>, Greenwood, Del., is a retired family physician.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul L. Miller \u201959<\/b>, Partridge, Kan., now retired, was the founding principal at Pilgrim Christian High School as well as a pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n Virgene Steffen \u201959<\/b>, Dalton, Ohio, taught for more than 40 years in Ohio and Puerto Rico and has been the primary junior librarian at Sonnenberg Mennonite Church, where she is part of the pastoral team.<\/span><\/p>\n Sandra Erb \u201962<\/b>, New Holland, Pa., is a retired educator who is on the Stumptown Mennonite Church visitation team, attends sewing circles, and has presented about surviving widowhood.<\/span><\/p>\n Paul Clymer \u201964<\/b>, Lititz, Pa., is a retired family physician.<\/span><\/p>\n Miriam Campbell Elliot \u201964<\/b>, Louisville, Ky., is a hospice health volunteer.<\/span><\/p>\n Carl Good \u201964<\/b>, Lititz, Pa., is a retired clinical psychologist. He served as the CEO of Mennonite Health Services, a school psychologist, a board member of Philhaven Hospital, and a Bronx, N.Y., Mennonite pastor.<\/span><\/p>\n Thomas Hess \u201964<\/b>, Bethel, Pa., is retired after pastoring at Schubert Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Mamie Miller Mellinger \u201964<\/b>, Rockingham, Va., is retired from home health nursing and is now a free clinic volunteer. In addition to serving as an elder and the faith development coordinator at Park View Mennonite Church, she is an English conversation partner and reads nursing exams for students.<\/span><\/p>\n Edward Plank \u201964<\/b>, Fresno, Calif., is a retired mentor from Fresno Pacific University. He volunteers at the Orchid Society.<\/span><\/p>\n Susanna Stoltzfus \u201964<\/b>, Decatur, Ga., is a retired licensed professional counselor. She travels internationally, reads stories to preschoolers, and welcomes and orients newcomers to the Eastlake Commons cohousing community, where she also serves on the emergency preparedness team. <\/span><\/p>\n Robert Weaver \u201964<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., volunteers at the Re-Uzit Shop of New Holland, which benefits Mennonite Central Committee. He also sings in the Gap Male Chorus and in a quartet and a duet at his retirement home.<\/span><\/p>\n James Witmer \u201964<\/b>, Alliance, Ohio, is retired after 41 years of pediatric practice. He served 10 years as the medical director of the Hattie Larlham Foundation and 24 years on the Marlington School District Board of Education. He is a Ruritan, and serves on the Christian education commission and the child care center board at Beech Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Sheldon Yoder \u201964<\/b>, Avon, Ohio, is a retired proofreader who now is a web page designer and photographer for Wycliffe Associates. He serves Meals on Wheels as a cook, baker and driver.<\/span><\/p>\n Allan Shirk \u201965<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., spoke at EMU about a book that developed from a paper he wrote for one of his EMU history classes, <\/span>Ed Nolt\u2019s New Holland Baler: \u201cEverything Just Went Right\u201d<\/span><\/i> (New Holland Area Historical Society, 2015). Shirk taught for a total of 34 years at Lancaster Mennonite School and at Western Mennonite School.<\/span><\/p>\n L Eugene Hershey \u201969<\/b>, Sandston, Va., is a retired corporate pilot for Dominion Energy, who has worked, served and lived in Peru, Bolivia, China and Singapore. He is a member of the board and choir at his church, where he leads music and teaches Sunday school.<\/span><\/p>\n Rodney Mast \u201969<\/b>, Millersburg, Ohio, is the owner and pharmacist of Mast Pharmacies, on the board of directors for Killbuck Savings Bank, the president of Pickett Place Association, and a volunteer for Servant Partners in Honduras. <\/span><\/p>\n Dwight Roth \u201969<\/b>, Monroe, N.C., is retired after 29 years of teaching. He volunteers at Habitat for Humanity and at White Oak Nursing Home, is a painter and a poet, and sings in the choir at Waxhaw Bible Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Doris \u201cDottie\u201d Driver Scott \u201969<\/b>, Charlottesville, Va., is retired from case management at the Jefferson Area Board for Aging and volunteers at the Loaves & Fishes food pantry.<\/span><\/p>\n Jewel Wenger Showalter \u201969<\/b>, Irwin, Ohio, and her husband <\/span>Richard \u201968<\/b> are global volunteers with Eastern Mennonite Missions, global consultants with Rosedale Mennonite Missions, and lecturers for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. She also freelances as a writer. She is retired from communications and administration at Eastern Mennonite Missions. <\/span><\/p>\n Delores Swartz \u201969<\/b>, Goshen, Ind., is retired after serving as a chaplain for Bronson Methodist Hospital, associate pastor at Zion Mennonite Church, and chaplain at Greencroft Retirement Community.<\/span><\/p>\n Ruth Schwartzentruber Umble \u201969<\/b>, Leola, Pa., is a substitute teacher at Linville Hill Christian School and Hinkletown Mennonite School. She has traveled internationally with mission organizations and to visit her sons and their families. She volunteers her time by knotting comforters for MCC.<\/span><\/p>\n Erma Martin Yost Class of \u201969<\/b>, Carlisle, Pa., is retired after teaching high school art for 35 years in New York City and Jersey City, plus a year in the EMC home economics department (1969\u201370). She and her husband Leon, a photographer who has been documenting rock art in the American Southwest for more than 40 years, exhibit their art in New York City at the artist-run Noho M55 Gallery, of which Yost was a founding member in 1975. Her artwork can be seen at ermamartinyost.com.<\/span><\/p>\n Lois \u201cLag\u201d Gochnauer Weaver \u201970<\/b>, Manheim, Pa., is a home health aide for Bayada Home Health Care. She sews for Little Dresses for Africa and knits caps for a local clothing bank.<\/span><\/p>\n Christina Buckwalter \u201873<\/b>, Keezletown, Va., taught English for three months in Moundou, Chad, with Mennonite Central Committee. She is a retired reading specialist and elementary school teacher. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Aaron Kolb \u201974<\/b>, Williamsport, Pa., is a part-time staff physician at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Susquehanna.<\/span><\/p>\n Tobias Leaman III \u201974<\/b>, Lititz, Pa., is a driver for Sunrise Transportation.<\/span><\/p>\n Janell Roggie Lederman \u201974<\/b>, Sturgis, Mich., is retired after 35 years of teaching nursing at Glen Oaks Community College. She is a volunteer English teacher for the county literacy council and at her church.<\/span><\/p>\n Helen Eby Leinbach \u201974<\/b>, North Webster, Ind., is the library director for the North Webster Community Public Library. She has also served as president for Lakeland Kiwanis and as vice-president for the North Webster Chamber of Commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n Abram Moyer \u201974<\/b>, Lansdale, Pa., retired after 36 years as controller in local family-owned businesses and eight years in management in local non-profit organizations. He is an active member of Plains Mennonite Church and a board member at Community at Rockhill Retirement Community in Sellersville.<\/span><\/p>\n David Schrock \u201974<\/b>, Silver Spring, Md., is the director of financial aid at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.<\/span><\/p>\n Nelson Shenk \u201974<\/b>, Bally, Pa., pastors at Boyertown Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Phyllis Neff Smith \u201974<\/b>, Palm Bay, Fla., is a certified public accountant.<\/span><\/p>\n June Smucker-Handrich \u201974<\/b>, Salem, Ore., is a retired nurse who volunteers weekly at the Liberty House Child Abuse Assessment Center.<\/span><\/p>\n Roger Stutzman \u201974<\/b>, Buhl, Idaho, is a farmer. He has served on the Idaho Soil and Water Conservation Commission, on the Idaho Sugar Beets Growers board, and as an elder at Filer Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Janet Nwankwo Unonu \u201974<\/b>, Washington D.C., is a health nutrition officer for the Edward C. Mazique Parent Child Center, and has organized community health fairs and medical missions trips to Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n Shirley Buckwalter Yoder \u201974<\/b>, Harrisonburg, Va., taught nutrition and family planning to village health workers, was a public health nurse, and served in various capacities with USAID, Goshen College, Mennonite Mutual Aid and EMU before retiring. Her community involvements include Open Doors Homeless Shelter and the Threshold Choir, and she is an honorary member of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival board of directors.<\/span><\/p>\n Rachel Melhorn Phiri \u201977<\/b>, Ndola, Zambia, is director of the Institute for Women in Ministry at the Evangelical University, formerly Theological College of Central Africa. She began her work there in 2007 with student wives of pastoral students, and eventually helped to facilitate the founding of the institute, a distance learning program, in 2018. Rachel and her husband Dr. Lazarus Phiri, the university\u2019s vice chancellor (president), serve with Pioneers International Mission Organization. The mission of the Evangelical University is to glorify God in providing holistically transformative, Bible-based training in theology and other disciplines to serve the church and community for local and global missional impact.<\/span><\/p>\n Philip Baker-Shenk \u201979<\/b>, Sharpsburg, Md., is a partner in Holland & Knight\u2019s Washington D.C. office, where he practices Native American law.<\/span><\/p>\n Evon Swartzentruber Bergy \u201979<\/b>, Lancaster, Pa., is vice president of community initiatives at Landis Communities. She is also on the EMU board of trustees.<\/span><\/p>\n Sandra Drescher-Lehman \u201979<\/b>, Green Lane, Pa., is a pastor at Methacton Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Eileen Kay Simmons Gardner \u201979<\/b>, Mechanicsburg, Pa., retired in May 2018 after 33 years as the nursing department\u2019s patient simulation laboratory coordinator at Messiah College, where she is completing a master\u2019s degree in counseling.<\/span><\/p>\n Marlin Groff \u201979<\/b>, Kinzers, Pa., is the CFO at Lancaster Mennonite School, a supervisor for Paradise Township, and on the Mennonite Church USA church benefits board. He also chairs the board of directors for the Garden Spot Communities retirement community.<\/span><\/p>\n Sue Aeschliman Groff \u201979<\/b>, Kinzers, Pa., is a legal administrator at Gibbel Kraybill & Hess.<\/span><\/p>\n Marlene Hess \u201979<\/b>, Marietta, Pa., is a registered nurse and helps assist a single mother with five children. At church she helps with a monthly community meal, mentors young married couples, teaches adult Sunday school and leads worship. She also meets with people who are grieving.<\/span><\/p>\n Reuben Horst \u201979<\/b>, Dayton, Va., pastors at New Beginnings Church and is a GriefShare facilitator.<\/span><\/p>\n Joan Kenerson King \u201979<\/b>, Telford, Pa., is the senior integration consultant for the National Council for Behavioral Health.<\/span><\/p>\n Beth Landis \u201979<\/b>, Eagle, Idaho, is a retired nurse who now volunteers in her congregation and community. She is also a member of the West Coast Mennonite Central Committee regional board.<\/span><\/p>\n Kenneth Miller \u201979<\/b>, Goshen, Ind., is the CPA and owner of Cornerstone Financial Solutions.<\/span><\/p>\n Edward \u201cIke\u201d Porter \u201879<\/b>, Matawan, Mich., is interim district executive minister for the Church of the Brethren Michigan District. He previously served as the director of pastoral care at the Battle Creek Veterans Administration for 22 years and as pastor at several Mennonite and Brethren congregations.<\/span><\/p>\n Susan Glick Ruth \u201979<\/b>, Chalfont, Pa., is a homemaker and a member of Line Lexington Mennonite Church.<\/span><\/p>\n Phillip \u201979 <\/b>and <\/span>Marian Hollinger Rutt \u201979<\/b>, Akron Pa., are realtors on the Marian Rutt Team \u2013 RE\/MAX Pinnacle. Phillip is also a member of the Akron Lions Club, and Marian is a member of the Northern Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce and the American Business Women\u2019s Association in Lancaster area.<\/span><\/p>\n Joseph Stoll \u201979<\/b>, Syracuse, N.Y., is a cartographer at Syracuse University and a volunteer photographer for the Syracuse Challengers baseball program for participants with special needs.<\/span><\/p>\n Dan Hooley \u201981<\/b>, Canton, Ohio, is the interim pastor of LifeBridge Community Church in Dover. He previously was the pastor of First Mennonite Church in Canton and the interim pastor of Friendship Mennonite Church in Bedford Heights.<\/span><\/p>\n Mim Shirk \u201981<\/b>, Goshen, Ind., is the new president and CEO of Anabaptist Providers Group, an affiliation of 16 retirement communities and other senior services providers in southeast Pennsylvania identified with historic Anabaptist faith traditions. She served as vice president of Mennonite Health Services for the past 21 years.<\/span><\/p>\n Carla Zehr Roes \u201982<\/b>, Lowville, N.Y., is retired after more than 36 years working for Lowville Academy and Central School.<\/span><\/p>\n Judith Trumbo \u201982<\/b>, Broadway, Va., president and CEO of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, was named the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce Business Person of the Year. <\/span><\/p>\nFAREWELLS<\/h3>\n
UNDERGRADUATE<\/b><\/h3>\n
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1960-69<\/b><\/h4>\n
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1980-89<\/b><\/h4>\n