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EMU stage adaptation of Andy Carvin’s ‘Distant Witness’ immerses audience in tech-driven revolution of Arab Spring

May 4, 2015Last updated May 11, 2015 by Kara Lofton

The story of a man with 107,000 Twitter followers – famous for publicizing the “Arab Spring” via social media – has been dramatized by Eastern Mennonite University faculty and students.

EMU President Loren E. Swartzendruber announces plans for retirement

April 30, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Loren E. Swartzendruber, president of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), announced to the university community today that he plans to retire next year, on June 30, 2016, marking 13 years of

Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduates 33 students, the largest class since 1988

April 28, 2015Last updated June 5, 2015 by Laura Amstutz

When Gordon Meriwether first began attending Eastern Mennonite Seminary, he wanted to earn a master of divinity degree. Then the United Methodist pastor, who is also a 31-year U.S. Navy

Capstone Projects 2015: Center for Justice and Peacebuilding graduates research issues of conflict transformation

April 28, 2015Last updated April 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

When Katrina Gehman began her four-month practicum experience at the U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI), she quickly learned that some terms have different meanings in different contexts.

New graduate certificates in business administration and organizational leadership serve professional needs

April 23, 2015Last updated May 6, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University will offer two new graduate certificates in business administration and organizational leadership, beginning in the fall of 2015. Both programs are designed for working professionals seeking leadership

Peacebuilding graduate students join Friends Committee on National Legislation for ‘lobby weekend’

March 30, 2015Last updated April 17, 2015 by Kara Lofton

If true peace is to be achieved, peacebuilders must step beyond theory and into tangible arenas of injustice or conflict. That belief is why Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice

Professor Carl Stauffer joins former MA students at restorative justice symposium at Harvard Law School

March 24, 2015Last updated June 27, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

A recent symposium on restorative justice at Harvard University gave Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) professor Carl Stauffer an opportunity to speak on lessons learned from the South Africa Truth and

Harrisonburg police and community members join hands in offering restorative justice option

March 19, 2015Last updated April 2, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

If one particular young man in Harrisonburg had stolen from his employer a few months earlier, he might have found himself standing before a judge, facing a possible jail sentence.

Everyone invited to celebrate Howard Zehr by attending his May 23 “roast”

March 18, 2015Last updated April 1, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi and Bonnie Price Lofton

Eastern Mennonite University is spotlighting restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr on May 23, 2015, a date chosen to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking work, Changing Lenses: A

Intensive English Program proves to be Huimin Yu’s bridge from old life in China to new life as tutor and future teacher

March 17, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by David Yoder

For Huimin “Winifred” Yu, the Intensive English Program at Eastern Mennonite University served as a bridge between life in China and as a massage therapist and life as a budding

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