Pastor Ben Risser ’85, MACL ’04 was interviewed by Hannah Heinzekehr, executive director of The Mennonite, about his call to Ridgeway Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ridgeway was started by ... read more about Ridgeway Mennonite Church, started by the college’s YPCA chapter in 1948, continues under Pastor Ben Risser and alumni leaders
Water, water everywhere—and so many people take it for granted. As the life-giving liquid becomes an increasingly significant global resource, though, Eastern Mennonite University wants to make sure students are ... read more about EMU’s Common Read selection ‘Memory of Water’ addresses drought, climate change and hidden knowledge
With natural and man-made disasters on the collective minds of many students and faculty, Eastern Mennonite Seminary dean Michael King provided some assurance in his opening convocation address. “Will we ... read more about With the ageless theme of finding hope in times of fear, seminary convocation opens new academic year
With the greeting of “Happy new year!” from Provost Fred Kniss, an address from Interim President Lee Snyder and a traditional “Shenandoah Welcome,” Eastern Mennonite University’s 2016-2017 academic year made ... read more about Convocation and traditional ‘Shenandoah Welcome’ kick off new academic year
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 13 new faculty to the ranks for the 2016-17 academic year. [See photo album here and at the end of this article.] The new faculty, ... read more about EMU welcomes 13 new faculty for 2016-2017 academic year
In the fall of 2016, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) debuted an expanded course catalog featuring its new MA in Restorative Justice program. In keeping with ... read more about Graduate program in restorative justice, building on Howard Zehr’s legacy, is the first of its kind in North America
“The last will be first and the first will be the last: This is what equality looks like, this is what justice is about.” Dr. Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist ... read more about ‘The last will be the first’: social psychologist Christena Cleveland shares a new paradigm of privilege at faculty/staff conference
Registration is now available for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2016 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Oct. 14-16. To see a full schedule of events, click here. To catch a few of ... read more about Fall Festival on the lawn and EMU TenTalks headline Homecoming and Family Weekend 2016
Eastern Mennonite University announces the awarding of sabbaticals for the 2016-17 academic year. Six sabbaticals are granted per year. Proposals from tenured faculty are selected by the Faculty Status Committee, ... read more about EMU faculty on sabbaticals for the 2016-17 academic year plan a variety of scholarly pursuits
Chester Wenger, the 98-year-old Mennonite pastor and missionary who made headlines in 2014 when he performed a same-sex wedding ceremony for his son and his partner, was the featured guest ... read more about Author Malcolm Gladwell features Mennonite pastor on ‘Revisionist History’ podcast