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Engineering students ride stationary bike project to a big win in ASEE poster design contest

March 31, 2017Last updated March 31, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

A poster about a stationary bike project at Eastern Mennonite University took top honors among 61 other competitors in the first- and second-year undergraduate design team division at the American

Restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr to speak at 99th Commencement

March 30, 2017Last updated May 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Howard Zehr, distinguished professor of restorative justice, will speak at Eastern Mennonite University’s 2017 Commencement. Beginning at 1 p.m., Sunday, April 30, on the front lawn, the ceremony awards undergraduate

Peace worker Michael J. “M.J.” Sharp remembered by grieving EMU community

March 29, 2017Last updated January 17, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

The Eastern Mennonite University community is grieving for Michael J. Sharp, the alumnus who was reported dead in the Democratic Republic of the Congo yesterday. In a chapel sermon today

In this powerful sermon, Kevin Ressler ’07 remembers his friend Michael J. Sharp ’05

March 29, 2017Last updated March 30, 2017 by admin

Kevin Ressler’s visit to his alma mater, Eastern Mennonite University, was planned weeks ago. So too was his scripture choice of Ezekiel 37:1-14, about Ezekiel’s vision of the Valley of

EMU to host June 22-25 conference on border- and boundary-crossing women in the Anabaptist tradition

March 29, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

From June 22-25, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) hosts “Crossing the Line: Women of Anabaptist Traditions Encounter Borders and Boundaries,” a conference on the theme of women in the Anabaptist tradition

Following retirement announcement, interim leadership changes planned for Eastern Mennonite Seminary and graduate school

March 28, 2017Last updated March 29, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University announces several changes in leadership to Eastern Mennonite Seminary and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies beginning July 1, 2017. These changes come with the March

Alumnus Michael J. Sharp among confirmed dead in Democratic Republic of Congo

March 28, 2017Last updated March 29, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Michael J. “M.J.” Sharp ‘05, a United Nations official kidnapped with five others in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) two weeks ago, has been confirmed as deceased by the

‘100 People in 100 Days’: EMU’s new president engages, listens, learns in Harrisonburg and beyond

March 23, 2017Last updated March 24, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman’s office walls in the presidential suite at Eastern Mennonite University are newly decorated with archival photos commemorating the institution’s 100-year history. But she’s not often there

Pastor and sheep shearer Carl Geissinger is devoted to both of his flocks

March 21, 2017Last updated March 21, 2017 by Tabitha Goodling/Lancaster Farming

This article about Carl Geissinger ’82 is re-published with permission from Lancaster Farming. REEDSVILLE, Pa. A Mifflin County sheep shearer said he does not need any additional clients, but he

Hubert R. Pellman, emeritus professor of English and accomplished historian, was devoted to family, teaching and faith

March 20, 2017Last updated April 4, 2024 by Lauren Jefferson

Hubert R. Pellman, professor emeritus of English at Eastern Mennonite University, passed away March 16, 2017, at Oaklea Nursing Home, Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He devoted his

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