Can restorative justice work in countries where justice is elusive and rule of law suspect? Najla Mangoush argues it can in a June 2015 special report titled “Customary Practice and ... read more about CJP graduate authors United States Institute of Peace special report promoting restorative justice in her native Libya
Eastern Mennonite University class representatives from the reunion classes invite their friends to Homecoming and Family Weekend 2015! Find out more information and register at: www.emu.edu/alumni/homecoming. View the schedule of activities ... read more about Come to Homecoming and Family Weekend at EMU
This is the first of an occasional series leading up to Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial celebration in 2016-2017 featuring the life stories of inspiring alumni. Dr. Dorcas Stolzfus Morrow ’56 ... read more about Centennial Stories: Dorcas Stolzfus Morrow, one of the first women to complete the pre-med program
Kristen Opalinski is a woman on the go. Even as she hustled to complete a multimedia project during an intensive two-week media course at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, the graphic ... read more about Graphic designer and marketing expert Kristen Opalinski turns her expertise to explorations of faith and social justice
Nate Koser spent two years of his adolescence in Nepal with his missionary parents. That’s why the professor of counseling at Eastern Mennonite University traveled back in June and why, ... read more about Returning to Nepal, professor joins father and brother to offer aid, labor and counseling
Recent graduate Jordan Hollinger landed his dream job in energy and environmental policy, after an undergraduate internship that included professor-mentored research on the local economic impacts of Eastern Mennonite University’s ... read more about Jordan Hollinger, now working in the solar industry, sees his undergraduate research published in SolarToday magazine
When Tyler Eshleman took the helm of Eastern Mennonite University’s sputtering student-led Sustainable Food Initiative (SFI) last year, his goals were modest: to return the weed-choked campus gardens to their ... read more about Sustainable Food Initiative partners with Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community farm to grow, harvest vegetables
In October, Mitchell and Lauren Yoder left everything they knew for Managua, Nicaragua and the children’s home called Forteleza de Esperanza [Fortress of Hope]. What caused these two Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Alumni couple shares the love that goes around and comes around with new Fortress of Hope family in Nicaragua
When her 20-year-old grandson was murdered, long-time victim advocate Pamela Leonard, MA ’06 (conflict transformation), found herself suddenly in a new role. What she learned has strengthened her zeal for ... read more about After the tragic loss of her grandson, long-time victim advocate reflects on changing roles and restorative justice
EMU’s student-athletes continue to out-do themselves. The Royals set a new high for student-athletes named to the annual Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, putting 104 on the team, showing ... read more about Royals break All-Academic record with 100 athletes honored