This year’s TenTalks event during Homecoming and Family Weekend at Eastern Mennonite University features three alumni: a tech startup founder, a public health leader, and an educator addressing racism and ... read more about Homecoming TenTalks to feature alumni ‘leading together in crisis’
If you’re a baseball fan and a frequent user of social media, odds are you’ve seen the video. It’s a clip gone viral for all the right reasons. ... read more about Kratz goes viral for all the right reasons from Daily News-Record
Poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama will spend the second week of September virtually touring Eastern Mennonite University: speaking in chapels, colloquia, and classes; chatting with pastors and LGBTQ+ groups; ... read more about Join virtual events with poet and theologian Pádraig Ó Tuama Sept. 14-18
“You’re going to hear music this first half hour that you probably have not heard for at least 50 years.” That’s Chris Runion on the radio, introducing one of his ... read more about Digital media major finds ‘down home’ niche in southern gospel
Mike Gale, 42, came to Lexington after spending 14 seasons as the boys basketball coach at Stuarts Draft High in neighboring Augusta County. He is a 1996 graduate of Fort Defiance High School and a 2001 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, where he played baseball. ... read more about Rockbridge AD Mike Gale ’01 is the new boys basketball coach from Roanoke Times
Amanda K Gross '06, MA '13 is an anti-racist organizer and artist living and working on the original land of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She blogs about the interconnectedness of racism, patriarchy, capitalism, and white womanhood at MistressSyndrome.com and is currently working on a full-length book on that same theme. ... read more about Loving the Enemy Within: Grounding in the trauma-healing work of anti-racism from Menno Snapshots
EMU Archivist Simone Horst wrote this article for the Anabaptist Historians website. “Anabaptist Historians: Bringing the Anabaptist Past into a Digital Century” is a collaborative blog by Anabaptist scholars, both those working ... read more about Hard times come again no more: campus during the Depression
After a bit of a wait, Eastern Mennonite University sophomore Abby Olmstead is finally on campus and she is “pumped to be back,” she said. “My favorite thing about EMU ... read more about Move-in Weekend 2020: Royals return!
“The Church in Black & White,” a one-day virtual symposium on Saturday, Sept. 12, explores the history of Brethren and Mennonite churches on issues of race. The event is co-sponsored ... read more about Conference to explore history of Brethren, Mennonite churches on issues of race
Ryan and Janie Beuthin and their three children grow flowers in an adjacent vacant lot in the Mott Park neighborhood. Ryan is a 2011 Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduate and Janie worked in the CJP office. ... read more about Flint family uses vacant lot for cut flower business from Flintside