Nearly 100 people in South Sudan, all employees of the U.S. government, recently benefited from intensive trauma awareness and resilience trainings facilitated by Eastern Mennonite University. The USAID-sponsored workshops in ... read more about South Sudanese trainings under USAID highlight importance of trauma awareness, resilience, in conflict zones
After double-majoring in pharmacology and toxicology as well as biological sciences at the University of Buffalo in New York, Ghassan “Gus” Mohsin began looking for a graduate program that would ... read more about One of first grads with MA in biomedicine savored whole-person approach, emphasis on faith and ethics
“Religious Life” is the kind of topic one would expect Eastern Mennonite University to pick as its 2014 theme for International Education Week. It may surprise some, though, that this ... read more about Week of multi-faith events sparks interfaith dialogue and intercultural awareness
Enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University this fall set new records, including a record-high number of students who are ethnic minorities or come from other countries. The 2014-15 figures were released ... read more about EMU grows in depth and breadth, setting records for enrollment and diversity while adding grad programs
Alcoholism is not just a bad habit, weakness, or sin, but a disease with distinct physical symptoms, said local physician Sam Showalter ’65 in the kick-off talk for the 2014-15 ... read more about Disease of alcoholism responds to proper treatment, says Dr. Sam Showalter in kick-off Suter Science talk
In a “State of Education” supplement published with its October 2014 issue, Virginia Living magazine listed Eastern Mennonite University among its picks for the top colleges and high schools in ... read more about EMU peacebuilding programs recognized by Virginia Living magazine
A large boulder rests beside the dirt road at the entrance to the Nassar family farm southwest of Bethlehem. On it the following phrase is written, in English, German and ... read more about Faculty dismayed by Israel’s bulldozing of trees on West Bank farm owned by Palestinian graduate’s family
Nursing at Eastern Mennonite University – the most in-demand field of study at this university – leads the way in welcoming three new faculty members out of 11 teachers in ... read more about EMU’s 10 new faculty members come with outstanding credentials in seven fields
In their kick-off convocation remarks for the 2014-15 school year, two of Eastern Mennonite University’s leaders highlighted the increasing diversity among EMU’s student population. “The class of 2018 is the ... read more about EMU leaders offer appreciation and wise words regarding the increased diversity of incoming students
The trail of the president of Somalia to Eastern Mennonite University goes back 14 years to Khadija Ossoble Ali. In 2000, when Ali was a graduate student in conflict transformation ... read more about EMU’s link to the president of Somalia traced to the efforts of one female graduate student, now holding a PhD