Eastern Mennonite University’s nursing program hosted a white coat ceremony for its new class of nursing students Sunday, Sept. 8, in Martin Chapel. Students participate in this ceremony at the ... read more about Nursing students participate in white coat ceremony
Academics
Graduate
Women peacebuilders and ‘a true hero’ honored at gala to support future scholars
Three women working in peacebuilding were honored during a special Daughters for Life Foundation gala dinner on Saturday, Sept. 16 at Busboys and Poets in Washington D.C. to support scholarships ... read more about Women peacebuilders and ‘a true hero’ honored at gala to support future scholars
Seminary
Book publication crowns career of seminary’s most tenured teacher and scholar
In her new book, The Irony of Power: The Politics of God in Matthew’s Narrative (Pickwick, 2017), Dorothy Jean Weaver, professor of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, brings together ... read more about Book publication crowns career of seminary’s most tenured teacher and scholar
‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture
The Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery at Eastern Mennonite University opens the 2017-18 academic year with a show by Anna Westfall, assistant professor of visual and communication arts. Westfall’s statement for ... read more about ‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture
Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
Musica Harmonia, a chamber group including Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) music professor Joan Griffing, is slated to perform at EMU and as part of the Forbes Center for the Performing ... read more about Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
Water issues in Kenya on tap for first Suter Science Seminar with Professor Doug Graber Neufeld
In the first of six Suter Science Seminars this fall at Eastern Mennonite University, Eastern Mennonite University biology professor Doug Graber Neufeld will discuss sustainable solutions to water-related challenges in ... read more about Water issues in Kenya on tap for first Suter Science Seminar with Professor Doug Graber Neufeld
Royals Athlete of the Week: Dave Drafton
Eastern Mennonite University’s men’s soccer season is off to a good start. Last week, the men’s team won each of their two games, and junior Dave Drafton (Alexandria, Va./Howard Gardner) had ... read more about Royals Athlete of the Week: Dave Drafton
New counseling center director to oversee expanded services to EMU campus community
Tempest Anderson describes her time as a graduate student in the master’s in counseling program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) as “amazing and life-changing,” and now as director of the ... read more about New counseling center director to oversee expanded services to EMU campus community
Cross-cultural blog chronicles the start of Middle East travels
Each semester, Eastern Mennonite University students and their cross-cultural leaders embark on journeys. Wherever you are in the world, stay tuned to their travels by checking out the cross-cultural blog. ... read more about Cross-cultural blog chronicles the start of Middle East travels
Alumni are named senior staff accountants with Indiana firm
Andrea King and Jon Leaman work for Kruggel Lawton CPAs. ... read more about Alumni are named senior staff accountants with Indiana firm from Inside Indiana Business
Lifelong Learning course highlights Eastern Mennonite University’s first century
Eastern Mennonite University’s first century of “Serving, Leading, Transforming” is the focus of two 5-week courses offered through James Madison University’s Lifelong Learning Institute. The classes will meet from 9:30-11:30 ... read more about Lifelong Learning course highlights Eastern Mennonite University’s first century
Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read
Eastern Mennonite University’s Writers Read series begins Thursday, Sept. 14, with Sofia Samatar, assistant professor of English at James Madison University. She is the recipient of various writing awards including ... read more about Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read
Howard Zehr reflects on the writing of ‘Changing Lenses’ and the future of restorative justice
Republished from 2015. Looking back 25+ years to when he was writing his seminal work, Changing Lenses, Dr. Howard Zehr was not attempting to change the dominant paradigm of the criminal ... read more about Howard Zehr reflects on the writing of ‘Changing Lenses’ and the future of restorative justice
Gwen Myers GC ’14 elected to Global Shapers Advisory Council at World Economic Forum
Gwendolyn Myers GC '14, executive director of Messengers of Peace-Liberia (MOP) Inc, has been elected to the Global Shapers Community Advisory Council on Governance and Accountability at the World Economic Forum. She represents Liberia and more than 5,000 Shapers around the world. ... read more about Gwen Myers GC ’14 elected to Global Shapers Advisory Council at World Economic Forum from Liberian Observer
Saudi graduate student asks non-Muslim women – and portrait viewers – to move past the veil
Nourah Alhasawi invites viewers to confront their preconceived notions about face-veiled Muslim women. Not as an American, or a Christian, or a member of any demographic – but as one ... read more about Saudi graduate student asks non-Muslim women – and portrait viewers – to move past the veil
First Bible class offerings grow into Eastern Mennonite Seminary: a short history
When Eastern Mennonite Seminary needed to raise funds for a new building in the late ’80s, students stepped up as they had in times of past need: with an auction. ... read more about First Bible class offerings grow into Eastern Mennonite Seminary: a short history
Student-scientists investigate Bergton watershed’s canopy cover and water quality
Building on water quality research of three Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) professors, recent graduate Hannah Daley and senior Amanda Williams concluded a summer of data collection in the Bergton area ... read more about Student-scientists investigate Bergton watershed’s canopy cover and water quality
Webinar series focuses on transforming historical harms of slavery and racial injustice
The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice offers “Transforming Historical Harms,” a four-part webinar series in the fall of 2017. Using case histories from Virginia, the series will highlight narratives that ... read more about Webinar series focuses on transforming historical harms of slavery and racial injustice
Fall 2017 Suter Science Seminars
With topics ranging from extreme precipitation to medicine to neuropsychology, a variety of expert scientists will present insights this fall in seven Suter Science Seminars at Eastern Mennonite University. The ... read more about Fall 2017 Suter Science Seminars
EMU response to the rescission of DACA
Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, president of Eastern Mennonite University, released the following statement to the campus community today [Sept. 6]. Dear EMU community, Like you, I am saddened and troubled ... read more about EMU response to the rescission of DACA
Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences
Twenty years ago, Howard Zehr published "Doing Life," a book of photos and interviews of nearly 60 lifers in Pennsylvania prisons. He’s been revisiting about two dozen of those men and women in preparation for a follow-up, which he’s calling “Coping with Life.” ... read more about Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences from WMRA/NPR
Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, 2015) is the 2017-18 Common Read selection for Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Each year since 2013, faculty, staff, and students ... read more about Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation
Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope
Interim dean Fred Kniss has been spending his commute time to Eastern Mennonite Seminary listening to his “much too large” CD collection rather than tuning in to the morning and ... read more about Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope
EMU Centennial Arts and Lectures Calendar Fall 2017
Events are subject to change at any time. To see most current details and further information about events, please visit the EMU events calendar at www.emu.edu/events September Sept. 14 – ... read more about EMU Centennial Arts and Lectures Calendar Fall 2017
The world as classroom: Faculty-staff panel discusses past, present and future of EMU’s unique cross-cultural program
Professor Kim Brenneman calls the cross-cultural experience “the ultimate classroom.” Most Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have participated in the program agree. Each semester and summer, EMU students spread out ... read more about The world as classroom: Faculty-staff panel discusses past, present and future of EMU’s unique cross-cultural program
EMU President Susan Schultz Huxman responds to aftermath of events in Charlottesville, Virginia
Today, as a campus community committed to extending the peace of Jesus Christ, we stand in sympathy and in solidarity with our brothers and sisters caught up in the ugly, ... read more about EMU President Susan Schultz Huxman responds to aftermath of events in Charlottesville, Virginia
‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes
Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the ... read more about ‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes
EMS alumna leads clergy protest in Charlottesville; EMU community members join activism
As news of the Aug. 12 Unite the Right rally reverberated out of Charlottesville, Eastern Mennonite University — located 60 miles over Afton Mountain in the Shenandoah Valley — and ... read more about EMS alumna leads clergy protest in Charlottesville; EMU community members join activism
New seminary degree trains leaders for ever-broadening spectrum of roles and contexts
“Ministry” can take many forms and happen in many contexts: preaching and pastoral care in a church, yes, but also serving firefighters, pursuing restorative justice, leading music and offering spiritual ... read more about New seminary degree trains leaders for ever-broadening spectrum of roles and contexts
Devotionals written for Clinton during campaign to be published
Devotions for Hillary Clinton, including those of former professor Emily Peck McClain, will be published in a new book edited by a United Methodist pastor. ... read more about Devotionals written for Clinton during campaign to be published from http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/10/politics/clinton-daily-devotional/index.html
