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New campus worship format broadens, deepens engagement

October 21, 2018Last updated October 19, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

With the beginning of the new academic year at Eastern Mennonite University comes inevitable changes – a new schedule, new courses and new demands on time. But this fall, one

Retention program manager earns ’40 Under 40′ award from Virginia Nursing Association

October 23, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Luella Kaufman Glanzer, a 2006 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University and a current graduate student in the MSN program, was recognized by the Virginia Nursing Association in an annual award

Research institute director, alumna to discuss finding her calling in October 24 Suter Science Seminar

October 22, 2018Last updated October 22, 2018 by EMU communications

St. Luke’s University Health Network research institute director Jill Stoltzfus will present a Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 4 p.m. She will discuss

CJP recognizes winners of its ‘Spreading the Word of Peace’ storytelling contest

October 19, 2018Last updated October 19, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has announced the winners of its Alumni Storytelling Contest: Spreading the Word of Peace. Entrants were judged in three categories: literature, visual

Center for Interfaith Engagement celebrates highlights

October 18, 2018Last updated October 18, 2018 by EMU communications

The Eastern Mennonite University Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) held its fall reception in September to celebrate the previous academic year and note upcoming events. “What lessons have we learned?”

SPI participant honored by Jamaican government for community peacebuilding

October 17, 2018 by Andrew Jenner

SOME TIME AWAY IN 2003 was exactly what Kenneth Wilson needed to figure out his next move. A longtime activist and organizer in the August Town community on the outskirts of Kingston, Jamaica,

Brian Plum ’01 named chairman of the Virginia Association of Community Banks

October 17, 2018Last updated October 17, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

A 2001 alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University has been named the chairman of the Virginia Association of Community Banks. Brian Plum, the president and CEO of Blue Ridge Bankshares, Inc.

Convo speaker Jim Shultz to EMU students about climate change’s planetary crisis: ‘You are the chosen people’

October 16, 2018Last updated October 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Just days after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing the anticipated impacts of global warming, Jim Shultz visited Eastern Mennonite University with a very

EMU welcomes four faculty members for 2018-2019 academic year

October 16, 2018Last updated October 19, 2018 by EMU communications

This fall, four new faculty members were welcomed to Eastern Mennonite University. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, dean of the School of Graduate and Professional

Medieval music group Alkemie opens EMU Faculty Artist Series

October 15, 2018Last updated October 17, 2018 by EMU communications

The Eastern Mennonite University Faculty Artist Series opens Friday, Nov. 2, with Alkemie, a medieval music group that includes Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival director David McCormick. The concert begins at

EMU hosts Homecoming and Family Weekend festivities during a perfect fall weekend

October 15, 2018Last updated October 16, 2018 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend was a nostalgia-filled weekend for many, from the reunited ‘80s jazz vocal trio the Bubble Sisters, to Alumni Council President Liza Heavener ‘07

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