Amish Vampire Romances with Vi Dutcher
reprinted with permission by Liesl Graber and The Weather Vane What do you get when you cross Amish romance novels, vampires, and a college community? Apparently, an evening full of laughter and cherry-flavored vampire dentures. Students and staff gathered around a fire pit on Oct. 27 to see what “Vampires with Vi,” advertised around campus....
Student Reflection: Home in the Classroom
The Assignment in Marti Eads’ College Writing class – “Envision a place from your past that you identify as home, wish were your home, or think should have been home for you but never proved to be. Describe its location, appearance, and other inhabitants (if any). Why did you thrive there, or what would you have needed....
Reflections on Between the World and Me
This year the entire EMU campus is reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. First year students were asked to examine the author’s description of a particular landscape and then respond to this question: How might you, like Coates, explain a familiar landscape to someone who also knows that landscape well? Here is one response....
Student Reflections on the Interpreting for Social Justice Workshop, Part 1
On Saturday, April 8, 2017, EMU’s Spanish faculty sponsored an all day workshop on interpreting for social justice, presented by Josh Diamond. In this blogpost student participants from Span 360 share their reflections on the experience in a bilingual format. A Difficult Challenge I am incredibly grateful for the opportunity I had to attend the Interpreting for....
Meet Denait Gebretsadik
Liesl Graber, writing studies and English major, has been doing a writing internship, supervised by Dr. Mike Medley, with Faith in Action, a coalition of congregations working together to effect systemic change in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham community. The following is one of the profiles of local immigrants that Liesl has written as part of Faith in Action’s....
Meet Nasser Alsaadun
Liesl Graber, writing studies and English major, has been doing a writing internship, supervised by Dr. Mike Medley, with Faith in Action, a coalition of congregations working together to effect systemic change in the Harrisonburg-Rockingham community. The following is one of the profiles of local immigrants that Liesl has written as part of Faith in Action’s....
Asian Fusion Food Review: Beyond Restaurant & Lounge
March 2, 2017 Liesl Graber, Copy Editor Most customers wander into Beyond Restaurant & Lounge hungry for a bit of sushi, a sip of pho, or a slurp of pad thai noodles. This Asian fusion restaurant sits across from the parking deck on W. Water Street, lined up next to its well-known neighbors Bella Luna,....
BSU Presents Poetry Slam
February 23, 2017 Elizabeth Nisly, Contributing Writer On the evening of Feb. 15, a small group of students, faculty, and staff members gathered in the Black Box Theater to hear a poetry slam. This poetry slam was put on by the Black Student Union (BSU) and was one of the culminating events of Black History....
New Hymnal: EMU Reacts
February 23, 2017 Bethany Tuel, Copy Editor Benjamin Bergey of the Mennonite Worship and Song Committee led a bonus hymn sing at 9 p.m. Monday night at Martin Chapel, asking questions to gather feedback to use for an upcoming hymnal. The hymnal is going to replace the blue hymnal, entitled “Hymnal: A Worship Book,” that....
Katie Fallon, author of books on vultures and cerulean warblers, shares tales from her avian-centered travels
March 9, 2017Last updated March 10, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi Author Katie Fallon, with vulture Boris, comes to Eastern Mennonite University on March 23 as part of the Writers Read series. She will share from her book “Vulture: The Private Life of an Unloved Bird.’ Fallon is co-founder of the non-profit Avian Conservation Center....