In recent history, so-called “bonnet fiction” has flourished. That is, fabricated stories relating to the Amish or plain Mennonite cultures, often written by authors not from one of those backgrounds ... read more about Author who left Amish returns to EMU to launch new book
I am constantly asked, why theater? Why not film? Why choose such an impractical major? Do you ever want to be employed? Why theater at such a small school? Of ... read more about Question: Why theater?
At Homecoming 2013, David Seitz led the Jubilee Alumni in familiar choruses of “The Holy City” by Alfred R. Gaul. The oratorio had a long history with Eastern Mennonite College ... read more about EMU alumni sing Gaul’s “The Holy City” oratorio
You’re probably familiar with the rich subgenre of editorial cartoon art lampooning “fat-cat” bankers, whose status as public punching bags has only grown over the past several years as “mortgage-backed securities” ... read more about Alumni bankers emphasize community service and stewardship
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven; for those who go into auditing, there’s going to be a time to work, and a time ... read more about Federal auditing means 80-hour workweeks around september
Everence is a rarity in the financial world. It is the only full-service financial institution founded by one of the historic peace churches, and it continues to be a ministry of ... read more about Everence takes values of the church into the marketplace
After Hurricane Sandy tore along the East Coast in the fall of 2012, employees at Lacher & Associates in Souderton, Pennsylvania, went into overdrive to assist clients whose homes and property ... read more about Lightening someone’s load through insurance
A century or more ago, “insurance” was something of a bad word for Mennonites. Buying an insurance policy implied value on worldly treasure and represented departure from the traditional practice ... read more about Insurance and the Mennonite church
The figuring begins in the sheepfold, where Jim Rittenhouse ’84 feeds his flock of Hampshire sheep each morning. There are 48 of them at the moment, including the lambs that began ... read more about A day in the life of Jim Rittenhouse
In May of 1988, almost exactly a decade after Wes Park had graduated from EMU, he and his wife Bonnie took a trip from their home on Florida’s west coast back ... read more about Accounting alum finds fulfillment in a variety of endeavors