The latest Crossroads alumni magazine should be in your mailboxes — a little later than planned, but we did it (thanks to staff writer and illustrator Randi B. Hagi and ... read more about New Crossroads mag features 2021 alumni honorees
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MDS in Shenandoah Valley celebrates creativity of volunteers during pandemic
Dozens of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Harrisonburg, Virginia, gathered for a picnic in May to celebrate the creative ways they had responded to community needs during the pandemic, from sewing masks and helping create patterns for Tyvek PPE gowns to parking cars at vaccine clinics, passing out information on clinic dates, and helping distribute food to quarantining EMU students. ... read more about MDS in Shenandoah Valley celebrates creativity of volunteers during pandemic from Canadian Mennonite
Eads named as mentor in Lilly Graduate Fellows Program
Professor Martha Greene Eads has been appointed as a mentor in the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program. Eads, who teaches English at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is the first faculty member ... read more about Eads named as mentor in Lilly Graduate Fellows Program
Patricia Grace King ’89 wins Northern Writers Award
Patricia Grace King ’89, of Durham, U.K., was announced as a winner of the Northern Writers Award. Established in 2000 by New Writing North, the awards support work-in-progress by new, ... read more about Patricia Grace King ’89 wins Northern Writers Award
WCSC Summer 2021 hosts full house with wide-ranging internships
This summer, students are shooting films, nursing human and wildlife patients back to health, and providing Spanish language translation throughout the city of Washington DC. These internships and more are ... read more about WCSC Summer 2021 hosts full house with wide-ranging internships
Spring panel series connected students to alumni in environmental careers
Ten EMU alumni working in various environmental careers shared their experiences and best advice to undergraduates in a panel series this spring semester. Professor Jim Yoder, director of the environmental ... read more about Spring panel series connected students to alumni in environmental careers
EMU @ MennoCon21
After months of planning and a series of unique pandemic-related challenges, Mennonite Church USA hosted MennoCon21 July 6-10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eastern Mennonite University is traditionally represented in strength and ... read more about EMU @ MennoCon21
EMU’s Jaylon Lee MVP of Valley League All-Star game
The Eastern Mennonite standout and current Woodstock oufielder had a single and an RBI along with a home run-saving catch in center field for the North in a 5-0 win over the South at the Valley Baseball League All-Star Game at James Madison University’s Veteran’s Memorial Park on Sunday in Harrisonburg. ... read more about EMU’s Jaylon Lee MVP of Valley League All-Star game from Daily News-Record
Abe Kaufman ’04 smokes the competition on 550-mile TransVA route
About 50 bicyclists set foot to pedal under the gaze of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. on the morning of May 22. Their final destination was the tiny town of ... read more about Abe Kaufman ’04 smokes the competition on 550-mile TransVA route
Megan Breidigan Sanchez earns Academic All-America Award
After a season and school year that required some extra flexibility and fortitude, Megan Breidigan Sanchez (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) found herself on yet another prestigious list, being selected to the Academic All-America Third ... read more about Megan Breidigan Sanchez earns Academic All-America Award