North Salem (Oregon) boys soccer coach Rich Swartzentruber, 61, is in his 25th season as North Salem boys soccer coach, and 31st as a high school coach. ... read more about Rich Swartzentruber, class of ’78, is in his 31st season as a high school coach from Statesman Journal
Community members new to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) joined those with ties three and four generations back to its beginning in 1917 to celebrate the university’s Centennial Oct. 12-15 during ... read more about Centennial Homecoming draws record crowd for a ‘magical weekend’
Impact. Influence. Inspire. Jodie Geddes MA in conflict transformation ’16, works in restorative justice with youth, slam poet; Anxo Pérez ’97, entrepreneur in Spain, author, musician; Trent Wagler ‘02 of ... read more about EMUTenTalks – 2017 Centennial Homecoming
At Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, learning to understand the difference between chronic and traumatic stress is the first step in a training program called Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), said director Katie Mansfield. ... read more about ‘What is moral injury?’ Big Questions Online essay includes STAR training, interview with Director Katie Mansfield from Big Questions Online
Holly Scott is an assistant professor of history at Eastern Mennonite University and a native of Charlottesville, Virginia. She is the author of Younger Than That Now: the Politics of Age in the 1960s (University of Massachusetts Press, 2016). ... read more about History professor Holly Scott on how ‘We’re Shifting from Protest to Resistance – Just Like People Did in the 60s.’ from History News Network
October 15, 1917, was the first day of classes at the new Eastern Mennonite School located in a rented hotel near Harrisonburg, Virginia. One hundred years later to the day, ... read more about Centennial worship offers thanks for 100 years of blessings and a call to listen
A record crowd of nearly 450 attended the donor banquet Friday evening at Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial Homecoming and Family Weekend. Vice President for Advancement Kirk Shisler said the event ... read more about Annual donor banquet thanks ‘mission-makers’ and ‘third-way kingdom-builders’
Friday afternoon’s Presidential Forum at Eastern Mennonite University’s MainStage Theater offered a rare opportunity to hear from four leaders: three who have led the institution through major cultural and curricular ... read more about Spanning nearly 50 years of institutional leadership, EMC/EMU presidents emeriti reminisce
The five artists who contributed to Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial art installation offered new perspectives — 500 of them — on the theme “Serving, Leading, Transforming.” Exhibited in the Margaret ... read more about 10x10x100 Centennial artists offer 500 new perspectives on EMU
They’d wanted audiences to laugh, reflect, feel goosebumps, pause, celebrate and sing — and that’s exactly what happened at the two performances of What we bring. What we take. What ... read more about Centennial play by Swartz and DeSanctis, with troupe of alumni actors, delivers reflection and affirmation