“Would you like to hear about how the first snack shop was started?” That question was posed by Janet Weaver Yoder, who had read about efforts to collect dining hall ... read more about First snack shop, owned by the Weaver family, was a gathering place for hungry college students
Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff welcomed students back to campus for another great year in Harrisonburg, Virginia. ... read more about Orientation Weekend video – 2016
Eastern Mennonite University welcomes all students back to campus during the fall convocation held in Lehman Auditorium on August 31, 2016. Interim President Lee Snyder, Provost Fred Kniss, and Assistant ... read more about 2016 Fall Convocation video
With the greeting of “Happy new year!” from Provost Fred Kniss, an address from Interim President Lee Snyder and a traditional “Shenandoah Welcome,” Eastern Mennonite University’s 2016-2017 academic year made ... read more about Convocation and traditional ‘Shenandoah Welcome’ kick off new academic year
This preview, published Aug. 24, 2016, in the Daily News-Record, profiles Ted Swartz ’89, MDiv ’92, and “Laughter is Sacred Space,” his performance about depression and mental illness that tells ... read more about Ted Swartz’s one-man play teaches the importance of laughter in a celebration of life lost
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 13 new faculty to the ranks for the 2016-17 academic year. [See photo album here and at the end of this article.] The new faculty, ... read more about EMU welcomes 13 new faculty for 2016-2017 academic year
Stephen Kriss is associate director of pastoral studies at EMU Lancaster's seminary. He lives in Philadelphia. ... read more about Ministry Inquiry Program began the road to ministry for Mennonite pastor Stephen Kriss from Mennonite World Review
SGA co-president Elisabeth Wilder, blogging in The Mennonite, talks about the tensions in college students' lives. ... read more about SGA co-president Elisabeth Wilder, blogging in The Mennonite, urges support of college students from The Mennonite
In the fall of 2016, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) debuted an expanded course catalog featuring its new MA in Restorative Justice program. In keeping with ... read more about Graduate program in restorative justice, building on Howard Zehr’s legacy, is the first of its kind in North America
When David McCormick was five years old, his mother took him to the opera “La Bohéme.” He fell asleep. Unlike most 5-year-olds, though, he was upset when he woke up ... read more about Charlottesville-based musician and educator David McCormick leads Bach Festival into 25th year