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
When Eastern Mennonite University commissioned scholar Donald Kraybill to write a book about the school’s first 100 years, he said he wanted poetic license to look at the history through a sociological and theological lens. What emerged is a book that exposes the school’s warts as well as its highlights. ... read more about Donald Kraybill’s book chronicling Eastern Mennonite University exposes a sometimes messy history from Lancaster Online
John and Jennifer Murch and their four children of Linville headed up the homemade glazed doughnut-making for a second year. More than 18,000 of the confectionery delights sold. ... read more about Jennifer Murch ’97 blogs about the great donut-making extravaganza of the 2017 Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale from Jennifer Murch
A new symbol of nonviolence is the latest artistic addition to the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) campus. “Guns Into Plowshares,” a 16-foot-tall, 4-ton sculpture depicting a plow covered with more ... read more about Forging peace: ‘Guns Into Plowshares’ sculpture dedicated at EMU
Hannah Mack-Boll, a 2017 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, took second place in the 2017 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest administered by Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) ... read more about EMU graduate places second in 2017 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
Eastern Mennonite University will hold a special ceremony on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 3:00pm to dedicate the new seating area behind home plate of Gehman Field. The built-in terraces were funded by ... read more about EMU to dedicate softball seating funded by Aylor Memorial Fund
The stage is empty, but as calliope music plays softly in the background, you take your seat … and then, all at once, or maybe after 100 years, a voice ... read more about Royal fanfare: A last Homecoming and Centennial weekend “Come one, come all!”