Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Carrie Bert as the Assistant Director of Athletics. After five successful seasons, Bert recently stepped down as the Royals’ women’s volleyball coach. This part-time ... read more about Carrie Bert is EMU’s new assistant AD
“Our country was birthed in a polarized cradle,” David Brubaker writes in the introduction to When the Center Does Not Hold (Fortress Press, 2019). First, patriots and loyalists faced off ... read more about A new guidebook for leadership in fraught times
Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks softly, soothingly, with just a touch of grit in his gentle Irish accent. Next month, you can hear the voice of this poet, theologian, and mediator on ... read more about Poet, theologian and peacemaker Pádraig Ó Tuama to make a virtual visit to EMU Sept. 14-18
Professor Steven Johnson is pushing the frontier of conservation photography – by entering “toad time.” He explains: a toad could sit on a rock for six or seven hours, seemingly ... read more about A photographer’s quest to document the ephemeral world of vernal pools
If we’re paying attention, and many have been, the Fire, the Pandemic, and the Uprising proclaim that all this smoke, disease, and unrest are related to respiration, and the violence and waste that blocks it. When I’m paying attention, this year teaches me that Hindsight is 2020. I should’ve known better, and so should many others. ... read more about Jonathan McRay MA ’13: On paying attention to the Fire, the Pandemic and the Uprising, and our own 2020 vision from Resilience.org
I love listening to the ‘story’ of the problem, sifting through the complexity to figure out what is important and what information or voice is missing, asking the right questions ... read more about Katrina Alger ‘08 wrestles with the human component of wildlife conservation
The Harrisonburg Rockingham Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual presidential address on Thursday, August 13, 2020. The presidents from James Madison University, Bridgewater College, Blue Ridge Community College and Eastern Mennonite University all spoke on behalf of their schools, emphasizing the challenges they have faced and their plans to move forward. ... read more about WHSV-3: President Huxman joins area higher ed leaders at annual chamber address from WHSV-3
On July 16, an Eastern Mennonite University coach and three alumni began biking uphill. For 20 miles. And that was just the first day of a 500-mile trip, traversing the ... read more about Biking blue ridges and smoky mountains: Royals take on the parkway
The Collaborative MBA program, a joint graduate degree program of Bluffton University, Canadian Mennonite University, Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College, has approximately 51 graduates scattered across the globe and ... read more about Collaborative MBA program transitions to new director
Pastors often serve as an emotional anchor for their flock: providing a listening ear, advice, and social cohesion for their congregation members. And we’ve all needed more of those supports ... read more about Watch the ‘Navigating Ministry During COVID-19’ seminars