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Former EMU board member will be MC USA’s next executive director

February 12, 2018Last updated February 16, 2018 by EMU communications

Glen Guyton has been announced as the new executive director of Mennonite Church USA (MC USA), according to a press release issued by the organization. He will begin a three-year

‘Close-up view’: Honors and Scholarship Weekend draws prospective students for interviews, auditions

February 5, 2018Last updated February 7, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

More than 100 prospective students converged on Eastern Mennonite University last weekend — an inaugural Scholarship Weekend coupled with the traditional annual Honors Weekend. They came from as close as

The Lehman family piano and a shared love of music that transcended rules

February 1, 2018Last updated February 5, 2018 by Kathleen Weaver Kurtz

In the President’s Reception Room at Eastern Mennonite University stands an old upright piano, dark woodwork with a decorative molded vine pattern across the front. A brass plaque on it

Nursing alumnae honored by March of Dimes

January 30, 2018Last updated February 2, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Two Eastern Mennonite University alumna are among the nurses honored in 2017 by by the Virginia chapter of March of Dimes. Nursing department adjunct instructor Pam Collins ’78, MSN ’13

EMU awarded record-breaking total of more than $3.3 million in grants in 2017

January 29, 2018Last updated February 14, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In 2017, Eastern Mennonite University was awarded grants in excess of $3.3 million, including more than $2.2 million in federal funding. The grants support the health and wellbeing of local

Dianne Swann-Wright, known for historical research at Monticello, remembered for contributions to EMU

January 26, 2018Last updated January 30, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Dianne Swann-Wright, former director of multicultural programs at Eastern Mennonite University and a leading historian of African American history, died Jan. 23, 2018. At the time of her death, she

EMU’s peacebuilding institute invites leaders of U.S. Congress to learn more about talking sticks and circle processes

January 23, 2018Last updated January 26, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson and Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has invited leaders of Congress to learn more about using talking sticks in circle processes at its Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI). The

Seminary conference gives space to brokenness, ‘kintsugi clergy’ and ministry in a polarized society

January 23, 2018Last updated January 24, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

The Reverend Meredith McNabb is director of the United Methodist Church Virginia Conference’s Center for Clergy Excellence, and she isn’t afraid to poke a little fun at the grandiose-ness of

Student-entrepreneur wins ‘Small Business, Big Impact’ scholarship

January 23, 2018Last updated January 26, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University junior and entrepreneur Andrea Cable has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship in Insureon’s Small Business, Big Impact essay contest. Small-business insurer Insureon awards the scholarship once each

EMU receives $672,000 bequest through Virginia College Fund

January 22, 2018Last updated January 26, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has received a portion of a $2.7 million bequest from the Virginia College Fund. The university will receive $672,000, primarily to be used for student scholarships

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