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
Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
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
Faculty Welcomes 13 New Professors
EMU will have 13 new full-time undergraduate and graduate teaching faculty when the fall semester begins Sept. 1, 2004. The new faculty, announced by Dr. Beryl H. Brubaker, EMU provost, ... read more about Faculty Welcomes 13 New Professors
Middle Eastern Christians Add to Diversity of SPI
By Rachel B. Miller Moreland The MCC-sponsored Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) participants from the Middle East, from left: Suzanne Dababne, Bassem Thabet, Rita Sawaya, Nabil Korieh (Father Daniel), and Rev. ... read more about Middle Eastern Christians Add to Diversity of SPI
Toward A More Peaceful World
By Luanne Austin, Daily News-Record Fiji ... read more about Toward A More Peaceful World
On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse
By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin As religious pacifists, we have grieved deeply – with the rest of the world – over the images of dehumanization that have emerged ... read more about On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse
Waco and Iraq – Parallels in Bloodshed
By Michael Hudson, The Roanoke Times Jayne Docherty, associate professor of conflict studies at EMU Jayne Docherty, an associate professor of conflict studies at EMU, spent three years studying what ... read more about Waco and Iraq – Parallels in Bloodshed
Student Film Teaches International Students ‘Reality 101’
By Kelly Jasper, Daily News-Record Selam Hussein, an EMU student from Ethiopia, produced a film titled “Reality 101” for international students. Behind him is equipment used for editing raw footage. ... read more about Student Film Teaches International Students ‘Reality 101’
Peacebuilding Groups Gather From Around the World
(L. to r.): Elizabeth Nsarkoh from Wast Africa Peacebuilding Institute (WAPI); Manjrika Sewak (partially hidden) and Ameet Dhakal, both from the Asian-Pacific partnership for Peace; and Emmanuel Bombande, also of ... read more about Peacebuilding Groups Gather From Around the World
Iraqi Group Extends ‘Thanks’ to EMU
A group from the Summer Peacebuilding Institute that includes several Iraqi citizens plants a Southern magnolia in front of the Hillside Suites residence at EMU. Photo by Jim Bishop Reformation ... read more about Iraqi Group Extends ‘Thanks’ to EMU