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
Senior Kara Lofton ponders the university’s Common Read program, now in Year 2, after reading the assigned book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. I’m big ... read more about ‘Reading the same book brings people closer together as a community by creating common ground for discussion’
Graduate students in the medical field do not usually study abroad as part of their collegiate experience. But the two-year-old MA in biomedicine program at Eastern Mennonite University is designed ... read more about Biomedicine grad students deepen compassion through cross-cultural stints
Eastern Mennonite Seminary is offering three unique online courses on thought-provoking topics this school year: (1) Dietrich Bonhoeffer; (2) psychology and religion; and (3) the intersection of race and religion. ... read more about New online seminary courses focus on thought-provoking topics
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed ... read more about President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute
The graduate program in biomedicine at Eastern Mennonite University has appointed its first “scholar-in-residence.” He is Joseph Longacher, a physician who spent most of his career in Richmond, Virginia. Since ... read more about Biomedicine graduate program names first ‘scholar-in-residence’ – Joseph Longacher, MD
Study and Training for Effective Pastoral Ministry (STEP) at Eastern Mennonite Seminary provides training for pastors or ministry leaders – who may not have college, Bible school, or seminary training. ... read more about STEP: A Calling Fulfilled at Eastern Mennonite Seminary
A one-week residency featuring a nationally-known author-speaker will kick off the new Collaborative Master of Business Administration program started by three Mennonite colleges. The first cohort of about a dozen ... read more about New Collaborative MBA program opens with intellectually provocative author
Settling in before a major public appearance in Mexico, restorative justice expert Howard Zehr was strolling through the market in Victoria, Tamaulipas. It was July 2, a day before he ... read more about Our man in Mexico – Howard Zehr – gets mistaken for a famous Mexican poet, so they decide to meet …
Restorative justice expert Howard Zehr is the author of the following op-ed piece on the need to examine alternatives to constantly building more space in EMU’s home region to incarcerate ... read more about County needs to ask more questions regarding alternatives to jail before building another facility