This year, several Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff, among them Linda Lefever Alley, are moving into retirement after many years of service. To acknowledge their service and deep commitment ... read more about Celebrating Service: Linda Alley plans to move ‘more fully’ into callings as spiritual director, retreat leader and writer
Scott Barge has accepted an appointment as Eastern Mennonite University’s next director of institutional research and effectiveness. Barge begins in his role this summer. He replaces B.J. Miller, who served nine ... read more about New institutional research director Scott Barge brings experience in enrollment, marketing and assessment
Gift & Thrift and Booksavers of Virginia, the reclaimed goods stores benefiting Mennonite Central Committee, are about to grow. Officials with the businesses held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning to ... read more about Gift and Thrift and Booksavers, managed by alumna Deb King, set for $3.8M expansion
Few things permeate American culture like sports; successful collegiate athletes are even dubbed “All-American.” The American Alliance of Health, Physical Education and Recreation recommends children get a minimum of 30 ... read more about In his new book ‘Overplayed,’ athletic director Dave King advises parents trying to stay sane and supportive of young athletes
A multi-year research project on domestic violence, under the direction of professor Carolyn Stauffer, will be highlighted in a community education symposium at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) this spring. The ... read more about ‘Conversations on Sexual Violence’ symposium aims to nurture community-building and resilience
In the fall of 1977, I was preparing to be a resident assistant in Northlawn residence hall. I needed to pick a Bible verse to be a theme for our ... read more about Lenten Reflections: Carmen Schrock-Hurst reflects on her journey with glaucoma and on walking ‘by faith, not by sight’
HARRISONBURG — Micah Hurst has one question — “When will it stop?” Hurst, a pastoral intern at Eastern Mennonite University, was one of about 30 people who came to the ... read more about ‘When Will It Stop?’ EMU Vigil Honors Victims Of Hesston, Kan., Shooting
I felt as though I was washing away the desert sand of Iraq. —Michael King, seminary dean Darin Busé, a United Methodist pastor, came to Eastern Mennonite Seminary with ... read more about Lenten Reflections: A pacifist and a combat veteran are filled by the Holy Spirit at the footwashing bowl
Author and speaker Peter Block headlines a list of notable speakers for “Leading into the Common Good: An Anabaptist Perspective,” a conference for practitioners, scholars and students April 7-9, 2016, ... read more about EMU leadership conference to create a new paradigm of “Leading into the Common Good”
Inside Goshen College’s athletics building, metallic “pings” pricked the air as bat-wielding kids hit — and missed — balls thrown by Goshen baseball players. Murmurs of conversation gurgled in the ... read more about Catcher Erik Kratz, now with the San Diego Padres, reflects on the blessings of a baseball life