Jolee Paden went from being a Division III runner at Eastern Mennonite University to working with Division I athletes in the nation’s capital. But the native of Illinois is not ... read more about Jolee Paden ’16 now on the run for bigger causes


Jolee Paden went from being a Division III runner at Eastern Mennonite University to working with Division I athletes in the nation’s capital. But the native of Illinois is not ... read more about Jolee Paden ’16 now on the run for bigger causes

Katie Mansfield is the featured guest of the eighth episode of the Peacebuilder podcast. Mansfield, lead trainer of the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program at the Center ... read more about Peacebuilder Podcast: “Re-friending My Body” with Katie Mansfield

Right now, many Eastern Mennonite University students and alumni – wherever they’re waiting out the coronavirus pandemic – are observing the month of Ramadan. The ninth and holiest month in the ... read more about Students, grads reflect on Ramadan

Christine Kindler, a 2017 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, was announced as the recipient of the Berlin Fellowship from Humanity in Action (HIA). The fellowship ... read more about CJP alumna named Humanity In Action Berlin Fellow

Jim Bishop ’67 has resumed his popular “Bishop’s Mantle” column in the local Harrisonburg newspaper, Daily News-Record. We share last week’s nostalgia-laden installment with permission from the author, a former ... read more about Bishop’s Mantle: ‘A (College) Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes’

As I walk through my own new “normal” during this time of pandemic and talk with ministry leaders and restorative justice practitioners throughout the country, there are particular components of circle process and other restorative practices that I have found hold renewed meaning in this time. ... read more about Caitlin Morneau MA ’19 on lifting up restorative practices in a pandemic from Ignatian Solidarity Network

The sixty-third volume of The Phoenix is out – a 52-page collection of stories, artwork, and poetry cultivated from the Eastern Mennonite University community. Works featured in the annual publication ... read more about The Phoenix rises again, mid-quarantine

This was neither the end of the semester we anticipated nor the graduation we expected, but it is the semester we have completed and the graduation we celebrate, said Dean ... read more about Into the Virtual Classroom: A snapshot of EMU’s move online in spring 2020

The sixty-third volume of The Phoenix is out – a 52-page collection of stories, artwork, and poetry cultivated from the Eastern Mennonite University community. Works featured in the annual publication ... read more about The Phoenix rises again, mid-quarantine

This article appeared in the winter issue of Crossroads alumni magazine. EMU’s three Student Government Association co-presidents stepped into their collective new role just weeks after the spring semester (2020) ... read more about Leading in Crisis: Student Government Association Co-presidents