by Ryan Cornell with photos by Macson McGuigan/EMU and Caleb Schlabach '16
Eastern Mennonite University awarded 320 degrees at its 107th Commencement on Sunday, May 4. The total included 188 undergraduate degrees, 70 master’s degrees, and 62 graduate certificates. The 316 members ... read more about Highlights from EMU’s 2025 Commencement
CJP alumna leads Charlottesville restorative justice program Erin Campbell MA ‘22 (conflict transformation) is using the skills she acquired from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) to heal harms ... read more about Healing harm
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee MA ’07, founder and president of Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa, has been selected by Melinda French Gates to receive a $20 million grant to support women’s health and well-being around the world. The Liberian peace activist, trained social worker and women’s rights advocate earned a master’s degree in conflict transformation from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP). She was awarded EMU’s first honorary doctorate in 2018 and gave the commencement address that year (pictured) as well.
... read more about In the News: Leymah Gbowee MA ’07 to receive $20M grant from Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa
$1.54M Weaver bequest for CJP among largest single gifts in EMU history Samuel and Helen Weaver lived to serve others. They gave generously of their time to the churches they ... read more about ‘A remarkable and beautiful legacy’