In preparation for his 40-day fast, which begins today, Ash Wednesday, Daryl Byler has made a few changes to his recreational reading. This lawyer, ordained minister and executive director of ... read more about CJP executive director begins forty-day ‘Fast for Healing Justice’
Fourteen new residents to Washington D.C. moved in along with the new president of the United States in January. The students, from two universities, are in residence this semester at ... read more about From NOAA to the USDA: fourteen students make Washington D.C. their home for the spring semester
Maria Swartzentruber, a fifth-grade teacher at Linville-Edom Elementary School, has made it her mission to get students excited about math. [Swartzentruber graduated in 2011 with a degree in education and ... read more about Maria Swartzentruber ’11, MA ’16 wins Virginia math educator of the year award
Professor Timothy Seidel wins the Edward Said Award from Third World Quarterly for his paper, ''Occupied territory is occupied territory': James Baldwin, Palestine and the possibilities of transnational solidarity." ... read more about Dr. Timothy Seidel wins Edward Said Award for new research in international studies from Third World Quarterly
The skills taught for 22 years at Eastern Mennonite University’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute have always been relevant to people in the United States, but now they have a renewed significance. ... read more about Prepare for civic engagement and tough conversations in polarized times at 2017 Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Student Robert Propst invites readers into the world of Guatemala, where he and other members of the spring Guatemala and Colombia trip led by Professor Ann Hershberger and her husband, ... read more about Stay tuned to spring semester cross-culturals traveling in Guatemala/Colombia, the Middle East and Washington D.C.
It had been two and a half weeks since President Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for three months, suspending the U.S. Refugee ... read more about Christine Baer ’14 helps Lancaster community members learn how to welcome refugees
Najeeha Khan came to Friday’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute Community Day at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) to gain organizing skills and learn about facilitating dialogue. The senior international affairs and religion ... read more about Got conflict? Growing SPI Community Day reflects citizens’ need for peacebuilding skills
Videographer Andrew Strack is interviewed about the video produced by EMU to share a message of welcome. ... read more about WHSV picks up on record-setting #YouAreWelcomeHere video from WHSV TV-3
This article by Ruth Hoover Seitz ’62 was first published in The Way We Are (1992). It is rare for news from a small liberal arts college to make the national ... read more about ‘Student Power for a Library’: How EMC made the national news in 1969