With help from rallying donors across all 50 states and an impromptu head-shaving challenge, EMU’s fourth annual LovEMU Giving Day on April 8 raised a record $214,683 from 732 gifts. ... read more about LovEMU Day 2020 sets new records!
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Seminary’s first online gathering for pastors helps to foster connection and innovation among pandemic challenges
As the social restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic caused increasing challenges to those in the ministry, Eastern Mennonite Seminary instructor Sarah Bixler began to sense a need for connection among ... read more about Seminary’s first online gathering for pastors helps to foster connection and innovation among pandemic challenges
In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Here my goal is to assist students in naming the way God is calling them to help shape the history they are living. To name such a calling is to ... read more about In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the retirement of Herm, the school’s mascot, effective at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. Known less by his official moniker of Herm the ... read more about Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
Chemistry professor Laurie Yoder ’94 on encouraging women and girls in STEM
Writer, photographer and EMU student Katie Meza manages the EMUSTEM Facebook page, where this article about Professor Laurie Yoder first appeared in honor of International Women and Girls in STEM Day. An ... read more about Chemistry professor Laurie Yoder ’94 on encouraging women and girls in STEM
EMU publications win advertising honors
EMU picked up honors in the 35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, earning two “Merit” awards for the 2020 viewbook and the fall/winter issue of Crossroads alumni magazine. The viewbook and ... read more about EMU publications win advertising honors
CJP’s 25th Anniversary Celebration postponed to 2021
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, planned for June 5-7, 2020, at Eastern Mennonite University, has been postponed for a year. The new event will be June ... read more about CJP’s 25th Anniversary Celebration postponed to 2021
‘I am cheering for you’: A message from EMU’s President
From Susan Schultz Huxman’s home office to yours: ... read more about ‘I am cheering for you’: A message from EMU’s President
‘Friends’ of public education? EMU professor’s study examines ‘paradox’ behind Philly school fundraising groups
At first glance, there is nothing “shadowy” about the rise of fundraising organizations tied to Philadelphia public schools. These independently run nonprofits are typically associated with the sunny side of public education. But researchers Ryan Good and Katharine Nelson say there is a central paradox embedded in these “Friends of” groups, which have burst onto the scene in many wealthy or gentrifying parts of Philadelphia. ... read more about ‘Friends’ of public education? EMU professor’s study examines ‘paradox’ behind Philly school fundraising groups from WHYY-Philadelphia
Cristy Mwanika ‘19: from the Navy to organizational management
Rota is a small town in the south of Spain, between Gibraltar and Portugal – a warm, coastal community with cobblestone streets and a cosmopolitan vibe. While deployed there with ... read more about Cristy Mwanika ‘19: from the Navy to organizational management