The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, ... read more about Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance
This listing includes events for the spring semester at Eastern Mennonite University. To see most current details, additional events and further information, please visit the events calendar at www.emu.edu/events. EMU ... read more about EMU Centennial Spring 2018 Arts and Lectures Calendar
For 19 of the past 21 years, Twila King Yoder has served at Eastern Mennonite University as assistant to the president, including most recently, to the university’s newest one. Yoder ... read more about Twila Yoder retires after 19 years as assistant to EMU’s presidents
Eastern Mennonite University President Susan Schultz Huxman has joined the four other leaders of Mennonite colleges and universities to address current challenges, highlight collaborative efforts, and affirm the role of ... read more about Presidents’ joint letter in ‘The Mennonite’ affirms Mennonite higher education institutions in ‘turbulent times’
In late November 2017, Professor Justin Poole learned that Eastern Mennonite University’s spring theater production of “The 39 Steps” had been invited to perform at the Region II Kennedy Center American ... read more about ‘The 39 Steps’ hosts three benefit performances before heading to Kennedy Center theater festival
Eastern Mennonite University has earned a second consecutive “Silver” rating for its sustainability efforts from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). To earn the rating, ... read more about Sustaining sustainability: EMU again earns STARS ‘Silver’ rating
An innovative new program at Eastern Mennonite University will provide scholarships for academically talented students with financial need studying in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). The ... read more about New STEM scholarships, funded by the National Science Foundation, encourage issues-based local exploration, inter-disciplinary skill-building
EMU Archivist Simone Horst ’12 published this article Dec. 15, 2017, on the Anabaptist Historians website. Names are funny things. Once they’re assigned to people, places, or things it can ... read more about A school by any other name? The (ongoing) considerations of institutional nomenclature
CJP alumni Frances Crowhill Miller and Daryl Snider, with Nathan Bontrager, released Free Range Hymns, an album putting new spins on European Mennonite hymns. ... read more about Trio Sopa Sol, with CJP alumni musicans, showcases new forms for traditional hymns on new album from The Mennonite
An Eastern Mennonite University graduate is one of this year’s “40 Under Forty” honorees recognized by the Tacoma, Washington-based Business Examiner. Kristy King, who owns a FIT4MOM franchise in Olympia, ... read more about FIT4MOM franchise owner and ‘40 Under Forty’ honoree helps moms find their voices, community