Dr. Fred Kniss, provost of Eastern Mennonite University, has announced plans to retire at the end of the 2023 fiscal year. He has served in the role since July 2009.
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Nothing better to lead off our annual coverage of Fall Faculty-Staff Conference (AKA Fish Together, Bird Together, Knit Together…) than a short video of Professor David Berry at the piano
... read more about ‘Here Together’ activities (Knit Together, Bird Together, and more) return for 2022 Faculty-Staff Conference
Calvin “Cal” Redekop passed away on July 20, 2022 at the age of 96 in Harrisonburg. A graduate of Goshen College, he went on to develop many associations with the
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New Director of Athletics Carrie Bert and EMU’s coaches are preparing to welcome athletes competing in fall sports to campus later this week. Approximately 90 are new recruits looking to
... read more about Royals recruits, 90 in all, ready to compete
If Jesus coached women’s track and cross country at an Ivy League university, what would that look like?
“It’s kind of a crazy question,” Hannah Chappell-Dick, the women’s cross country and assistant track coach at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, said this week during the “A Matter of Faith” podcast..
... read more about PODCAST: Hannah Chappell-Dick ’16, on reimagining Jesus as an Ivy League track and cross-country coach from A Matter of Faith
Dr. Dan Ott, the new dean of Eastern Mennonite University’s School of Theology, Humanities, and Performing Arts, sees a remarkable confluence in his new appointment. A humanities professor, an operatic
... read more about Dan Ott begins new role as dean of EMU’s School of Theology, Humanities, and Performing Arts
“Harrisonburg’s outdoor attractions, culture and diversity make it one of the Most Livable College Towns in America.” Harrisonburg was selected among the 10 Most Livable College Towns in America
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The Paul R. Yoder Golf Classic is back again for 2022! Started in 1992, this event helps to raise money to support EMU athletics and their hundreds of student athletes. Over the
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Several EMU alumni, faculty and staff participated in the 2022 Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly that took place from July 5-10 in Indonesia. MWC Assemblies are reunions of the Anabaptist-Mennonite
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Parkway Central Library in Philadelphia hosts an exhibit from Howard Zehr and Barb Toews' latest book, “Still Doing Life: 22 Lifers 25 Years Later ." New Press contacted Vox Populi to create the exhibit in 2021, which was produced using grant money from the Art for Justice Fund.
... read more about Philadelphia library exhibit highlights photography, humanity of prisoners from Philadelphia Neighborhoods
