By Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record An EMU program is aiming to turn the world around and make it a much more boring place. Students are hoping to reverse anger and ... read more about CTP Open House Makes Peace ‘Big News’
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EMU Students Helping Out At Florida Polls: International Observers Hope All Votes Count
Anne Nyambura from Kenya is among four Eastern Mennonite University students who will monitor election polls in Florida today. Nyambura will be joining 21 other international observers assembled in the ... read more about EMU Students Helping Out At Florida Polls: International Observers Hope All Votes Count
Students Head to Florida to Monitor Polls
Four foreign nationals pursuing a masters degree in Conflict Transformation at EMU have volunteered to be posted as election monitors in four counties of Florida where the voting process was ... read more about Students Head to Florida to Monitor Polls
CTP Program Plans Open House
EMU’s Conflict Transformation Program will hold its annual open house 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, in Martin Chapel and the adjacent reception area of the seminary building. The event ... read more about CTP Program Plans Open House
Rights Worker to Speak on Impact of War
A native of the northwestern Colombian province of Choco who has been active most of her life in the struggle for women’s rights in Colombia will make two speaking appearances ... read more about Rights Worker to Speak on Impact of War
Security through Construction, Not Destruction
Ron Kraybill By Ron Kraybill We read recently of yet more findings about torture conducted by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. One wonders about the sickness of people who use ... read more about Security through Construction, Not Destruction
For Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
On the third anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the United States, EMU will offer a ringing reminder of that fateful day’s events. The electronic chimes on the roof ... read more about For Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
EMU Wins U.S. Competition for Fulbrighters
Fulbright Scholars with president Swartzendruber Photo by Jim Bishop EMU has been named the winner of a refereed competition among U.S. universities to host the Fulbright Conflict Resolution Program for ... read more about EMU Wins U.S. Competition for Fulbrighters
Faculty and Staff Tool Up for New School Year
James Waller The calendar indicates it’s still summer, but EMU is gearing up for the start of the 2004 fall semester. The annual faculty-staff conference will be held Thursday and ... read more about Faculty and Staff Tool Up for New School Year
Faith and Politics Intersect at Upcoming Conference
by Marla Pierson Lester AKRON, Pa.- Earl and Pat Hostetter Martin grew up in Mennonite homes where politics remained separate from their parents’ lives, where voting was not considered a ... read more about Faith and Politics Intersect at Upcoming Conference