Inaugural Hertzler-Koshy Faculty Fellowship awarded

Eastern Mennonite University’s Hertzler-Koshy Faculty Fellowship Program announces the inaugural awardee. Kathy Evans, professor of education, and Kory Schaeffer, a graduate student at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, received funding and release time to develop a SafeZone asynchronous training course in spring 2023.

EMU also announced the awardees of its Inclusive Excellence grants program. Learn more about these 13 projects.

The Hertzler-Koshy Faculty Fellowship Program, honoring John Asa and Rebecca Hertzler, encourages full-time faculty members to encourage student collaborations and advance projects that integrate and infuse diversity into the curriculum with a specific focus on race, ethnicity, disability, and gender content in the curricula (undergraduate, graduate, intercultural programs, training). 

The 3-hour course will be developed in collaboration with students and colleagues to provide education related to LGBTQ+ inclusion and belonging. This asynchronous course incorporates interactive and engaging activities that not only provide information, but also engage participants with a variety of formats, including videos created by students, readings, personal reflection, and conversations. 

Safe Space members, faculty and staff, Student Government Association, and other constituency groups on campus have increasingly requested more consistent offerings of Safe Zone training to promote a safer campus for LGBTQ+ individuals, according to project materials. “Safe Zone” refers to The Safe Zone Project, an online resource for both learners and those educators facilitating trainings. 

This course will collaborate with students and will provide opportunities for mentoring, mutual learning, and a more engaging learning opportunity for course participants.