Katherine Goins Frewen has taken her decade of post-grad education experience – she earned a doctor of musical arts – into a public school serving urban teenagers. Katie says she ... read more about Katie Goins ’01 Frewen, DMA, on careers on music
Visual and communication arts
100 Years of the Arts at EMU
Students entering Eastern Mennonite University today may not realize that in their grandparents’ generations, this institution offered one music option: Singing, usually in four-part harmony, a cappella hymns only. For ... read more about 100 Years of the Arts at EMU
‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture
The Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery at Eastern Mennonite University opens the 2017-18 academic year with a show by Anna Westfall, assistant professor of visual and communication arts. Westfall’s statement for ... read more about ‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture
Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
Musica Harmonia, a chamber group including Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) music professor Joan Griffing, is slated to perform at EMU and as part of the Forbes Center for the Performing ... read more about Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read
Eastern Mennonite University’s Writers Read series begins Thursday, Sept. 14, with Sofia Samatar, assistant professor of English at James Madison University. She is the recipient of various writing awards including ... read more about Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read
Royals Athlete of the Week: Michaela Mast
Running her first-ever cross country race, Michaela Mast (Broadway, Va./Eastern Mennonite High School) paced EMU’s women to a near-perfect finish. At the Hyder-McMahill Invitational on Sept. 2, Michaela dominated and placed first on ... read more about Royals Athlete of the Week: Michaela Mast
Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences
Twenty years ago, Howard Zehr published "Doing Life," a book of photos and interviews of nearly 60 lifers in Pennsylvania prisons. He’s been revisiting about two dozen of those men and women in preparation for a follow-up, which he’s calling “Coping with Life.” ... read more about Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences from WMRA/NPR
EMU welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes twelve new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, interim dean of the School of Graduate ... read more about EMU welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year
Music meets faith at the Aug. 25-26 Sing Me High Festival
A celebration of music and the Brethren-Mennonite faith tradition are the hallmark of the Sing Me High Music Festival, which enters its second year Aug. 25-26. Taking place at Valley ... read more about Music meets faith at the Aug. 25-26 Sing Me High Festival
Ministry exploration draws five students to summer internships
Navigating spiritual and personal growth, pastoral roles, early mornings, late nights, and much more, four Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students are spending 11 weeks this summer exploring the ministry profession ... read more about Ministry exploration draws five students to summer internships