Five women and two men from four countries — all trained in Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) — testify to its power of positive transformation. STAR is a ... read more about STAR can transform the world
Graduate programs
Eastern Mennonite Seminary prepares alumna to pursue a PhD
After getting her master’s from EMS and loving it, Emily Ralph ’13 talks about where this education pathway is leading her. ... read more about Eastern Mennonite Seminary prepares alumna to pursue a PhD
Eastern Mennonite Seminary student serves Indonesian community
Beny Krisbianto uses his Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) education to serve his urban Indonesian community in Philadelphia. At EMS, Krisbianto learned the Anabaptist principles of serving and loving others as ... read more about Eastern Mennonite Seminary student serves Indonesian community
Inspired by their peacebuilding mothers, two undergrads come alone from Kenya and meet each other at EMU
Their neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya, were only 30 minutes apart. Yet these two students traveled more than 7,500 miles to meet for the first time at Eastern Mennonite University, where ... read more about Inspired by their peacebuilding mothers, two undergrads come alone from Kenya and meet each other at EMU
Vincent Harding speaks at Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s chapel
More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) on Feb. 26 and 27, 2014, where he ... read more about Vincent Harding speaks at Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s chapel
Couple to facilitate women’s healing workshops in Harrisonburg
Helping others find peace. That’s the shared goal of Cristian Quezada and Anita Fonseca-Quezada, Chilean immigrants who were drawn to Eastern Mennonite University because of its emphasis on conflict resolution. ... read more about Couple to facilitate women’s healing workshops in Harrisonburg
Fambul Tok helps heal Sierra Leone
In recent years, the citizens of Sierra Leone have gathered in village compounds around bonfires, spoken openly of brutalities inflicted on them during their 11 years of civil war, and ... read more about Fambul Tok helps heal Sierra Leone
Doing interfaith work in Nigeria
Within North American educational institutions affiliated with one of the three “historic peace churches” – Mennonite, Brethren and Quaker – only Eastern Mennonite University offers a graduate program pertaining to ... read more about Doing interfaith work in Nigeria
Former diplomat discovers STAR
Angela R. Dickey spent 25 years promoting the policies of the United States while working for the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC and in a number of countries ... read more about Former diplomat discovers STAR
Consultations launched in conjunction with SPI
In late May, 2014, 35 people from 11 countries gathered on campus to discuss their ongoing work with EMU’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program. It was the ... read more about Consultations launched in conjunction with SPI