Twenty years ago, Howard Zehr published "Doing Life," a book of photos and interviews of nearly 60 lifers in Pennsylvania prisons. He’s been revisiting about two dozen of those men and women in preparation for a follow-up, which he’s calling “Coping with Life.” ... read more about Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences from WMRA/NPR
With the minutes ticking down and a second overtime imminent, sophomore midfielder Shaylla Oswald (Broadway, Va./Broadway) struck the decisive blow to give the Eastern Mennonite University women's soccer team a thrilling 1-0 win against Ferrum on Sunday afternoon. ... read more about Royals outlast Panthers in a 1-0 overtime win from EMURoyals.com
Kicking their play into high gear after halftime, EMU's field hockey women scored a pair of goals to earn their first win of the season on Sunday, a 2-1 victory at Ferrum College. ... read more about Royals dominate second half for 2-1 road win from EMURoyals.com
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes twelve new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, interim dean of the School of Graduate ... read more about EMU welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year
Events are subject to change at any time. To see most current details and further information about events, please visit the EMU events calendar at www.emu.edu/events September Sept. 14 – ... read more about EMU Centennial Arts and Lectures Calendar Fall 2017
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, 2015) is the 2017-18 Common Read selection for Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Each year since 2013, faculty, staff, and students ... read more about Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation
Melody Pannell, professor of social work, is concerned about what happens to African American Mennonites when they do engage and contribute—what happens to them as people. ... read more about Anabaptist Historians features Melody Pannell: ‘Telling All of Our Stories as a Movement To Peace’ from Anabaptist Historians
Eastern Mennonite University’s roots trace back to 1917, when Eastern Mennonite School opened in Harrisonburg in a former resort hotel known as The White House. Through the last 100 years, ... read more about Convocation and Centennial year kick-off celebration draws a crowd
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) celebrated its centennial year convocation Wednesday at Lehman Auditorium on Wednesday. President Susan Schultz Huxman offered the keynote address, with three presidents emeriti seated with faculty ... read more about EMU ushers in centennial year with fall convocation
Interim dean Fred Kniss has been spending his commute time to Eastern Mennonite Seminary listening to his “much too large” CD collection rather than tuning in to the morning and ... read more about Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope