Students from around Virginia are getting veterinary technician associate degrees from Blue Ridge Community College though they rarely set foot on campus. Moms and dads stifled temporally by their work ... read more about Future is now for distance learning: increasingly, students finding degree opportunities online
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 12 new faculty to the ranks for the 2015-16 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost; Michael King, vice president and seminary ... read more about Eastern Mennonite University welcomes twelve new faculty members for 2015-2016 academic year
Listen to 2015 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) participants describe their experience at SPI at Eastern Mennonite University in one word. The Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) teaches 16 to 20 short-term, ... read more about SPI in One Word
When Kathryn Fenton ‘09, MAR ’15, looked for a place to exhibit her artwork, she didn’t have to go far. A Harrisonburg native and long-time attendee of Harrisonburg Mennonite Church, ... read more about Artist and recent graduate student exhibits seven icons interpreting Mennonite theology
New faculty members Johonna Turner and Tim Seidel bring strong ties to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), and to Mennonite peacebuilding organizations, as well ... read more about Restorative justice, peacebuilding and development programs gain new faculty
One of the reasons most of the world has heard about July’s climate change summit at the Vatican is because Eastern Mennonite University alumnus Michael Shank, MA ’05 (conflict transformation), ... read more about At Vatican summit, consultant Michael Shank works with media to tell the story of climate change
Kristen Opalinski is a woman on the go. Even as she hustled to complete a multimedia project during an intensive two-week media course at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, the graphic ... read more about Graphic designer and marketing expert Kristen Opalinski turns her expertise to explorations of faith and social justice
Nate Koser spent two years of his adolescence in Nepal with his missionary parents. That’s why the professor of counseling at Eastern Mennonite University traveled back in June and why, ... read more about Returning to Nepal, professor joins father and brother to offer aid, labor and counseling
When her 20-year-old grandson was murdered, long-time victim advocate Pamela Leonard, MA ’06 (conflict transformation), found herself suddenly in a new role. What she learned has strengthened her zeal for ... read more about After the tragic loss of her grandson, long-time victim advocate reflects on changing roles and restorative justice
This summer, four Eastern Mennonite University undergraduate students worked at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, spending six weeks acting as hosts and ambassadors for approximately 145 international visitors. They were often ... read more about Undergraduate students work, share, learn with peacebuilders from around the world at summer institute