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Veteran coach Bob Hepler to head Royals cross country and track and field

January 19, 2018Last updated January 22, 2018 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University has announced Bob Hepler as the head coach for cross country and track & field. Hepler will start in Harrisonburg early this summer, upon completion of his 14th season

Biochemistry degree, theater involvement and liberal arts education prepared this Ebola researcher for challenging work

January 18, 2018Last updated January 23, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Imagine a scientist working in a lab, and you might envision gleaming, sterile equipment in a strictly controlled environment. For one Eastern Mennonite University graduate now studying effects of Ebola

Remembering the Ad Building fire: 1/16/1984

January 16, 2018Last updated January 17, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

In the early morning hours of Jan. 17, 1984, then-professor Jay B. Landis received a phone call: the Ad Building, where he had once lived as a student and had

Chicago police officer to co-teach Zehr Institute online course on police and community justice partnerships

January 15, 2018Last updated January 24, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a four-session course about police and community justice partnerships this spring. The course will be co-taught by Officer Vanessa Westley, a 25-year veteran

Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’

January 15, 2018Last updated January 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call

‘Trust in the Lord in your long journey’: Dedicated commuter students make weekly trek for seminary classes

January 12, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

David Gaylor commutes 320 miles round-trip to Eastern Mennonite Seminary each week, traveling from the south-central town of Martinsville and staying Tuesday and Wednesday night. In his second year of

‘Whatever you ask, Lord’: Regina Horst Chacha featured in Vanity Fair’s Hall of Fame for international ministry

January 11, 2018Last updated January 12, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Vanity Fair – a glossy magazine touting coverage of celebrities, culture and politics – might be one of the last places you’d expect to find Regina Horst Chacha. Thanks to

Editor’s picks and top reads of 2017

January 9, 2018Last updated January 9, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

January brings the traditional review of the most-read news stories of 2017, many of which echoed themes of broader national interest. Our EMU News site is one of the most-visited on the

EMS awarded nearly $1 million grant by Lilly Endowment to support pastors, build ‘thriving ministries’ program

January 5, 2018Last updated January 10, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) has received a five-year grant of $999,900 from Lilly Endowment Inc. in support of a national initiative to help clergy working in congregations thrive in their

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