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 ... read more about EMU receives $672,000 bequest through Virginia College Fund
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 ... read more about Veteran coach Bob Hepler to head Royals cross country and track and field
Jeff Gingerich, an alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University, has been announced as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at University of Scranton. His appointment is effective July 1, ... read more about Alumnus named provost of University of Scranton
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 ... read more about Biochemistry degree, theater involvement and liberal arts education prepared this Ebola researcher for challenging work
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 ... read more about Remembering the Ad Building fire: 1/16/1984
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 ... read more about Chicago police officer to co-teach Zehr Institute online course on police and community justice partnerships
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 ... read more about Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’
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 ... read more about ‘Trust in the Lord in your long journey’: Dedicated commuter students make weekly trek for seminary classes
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 ... read more about ‘Whatever you ask, Lord’: Regina Horst Chacha featured in Vanity Fair’s Hall of Fame for international ministry
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 ... read more about Editor’s picks and top reads of 2017