From August to April, students are the life blood of EMU. After that, the faces on campus may be less familiar, but EMU’s heart keeps beating strong with summertime institutes ... read more about It’s summertime and the living is…not easy, for sure – it’s busy here
When editor-in-chief Bonnie Price Lofton invited me to comment on the status of the Suter Science Campaign exactly one year ago, I opted for the venerable baseball metaphor – “we ... read more about Extra innings needed to fix Suter Center for all purposes
EMU’s internal emails this summer were unusual – yet oddly heartening. The combined hubbub of construction projects and thousands of summer guests made for feelings of excitement – and of ... read more about Building on Solid Footing
A local Republican state senator has received an award from what some may see as an unlikely source. Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, was awarded a Legislative Leadership Award by ... read more about Virginia Senator honored by Sierra Club in ceremony near EMU’s array of solar panels
A one-week residency featuring a nationally-known author-speaker will kick off the new Collaborative Master of Business Administration program started by three Mennonite colleges. The first cohort of about a dozen ... read more about New Collaborative MBA program opens with intellectually provocative author
From a headlining act to the bike-powered recycling effort, from a group of staff and volunteers to the tent distributing Menno Tea to hundreds of friends and alumni, Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Thousands throng to new music festival made possible by many folks with close ties to EMU
Jim Bishop, long-time disk jockey and host for WEMC (91.7 FM), uses the occasion of the final recording of his 11-year-old “Friday Night Jukebox” program in 2011 to offer viewers ... read more about Good-bye to the WEMC as it was
Catherine Ruth Mumaw of Harrisonburg, Virginia, died July 17, 2014, at her home. She was born July 22, 1932, in Harrisonburg, the daughter of John R. and Esther Mosemann Mumaw. ... read more about Catherine R. Mumaw – alumna, former faculty member, daughter of former EMU president – dies after active life filled with accomplishments and contributions
One of the all-time top athletes in the United States, mile-record-setter Jim Ryun, has settled into making Eastern Mennonite University the site of one of his three annual running camps. ... read more about All-time top U.S. runner, Jim Ryun, embraces EMU as the East Coast site for an annual summer camp
Kristie Nguyen knew that Eastern Mennonite University would be smaller than the University of California-Los Angeles, where she’d studied as an undergraduate, and figured that life in Harrisonburg, Virginia, would ... read more about MA in biomedicine: A good thing in a small package, just right for this Californian from a huge state school