Responding to financial challenges prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic and new initiatives to increase student access and opportunity, Eastern Mennonite University donors and alumni generously contributed over $5.1 million during ... read more about EMU’s 2020-21 donors come through with strong support
Eastern Mennonite University welcomes several new faculty for the 2021-22 academic year. (This article features only full-time faculty). Tarek Maassarani JD, visiting professor of restorative justice, Center for Justice and ... read more about EMU welcomes new faculty for 2021-22 academic year
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University welcomes several new faculty and staff for the 2021-22 academic year. “CJP is blessed to have highly qualified faculty members ... read more about CJP welcomes new faculty and staff for 2021-22 academic year
Scroll down to view an 8/17/2021 interview with Dr. Font-Guzmán. Not a week after beginning in her new role as EMU’s first executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Jacqueline ... read more about ‘Ready to do the hard work’: DEI director sees surge of support during first months in new role
Bshara Nassar, a 2104 alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, has been named as an awardee of The Arab America Foundation’s “40 Under 40” Class of ... read more about Bshara Nassar MA ’14 among The Arab American Foundation’s ’40 Under 40′
One of the things that most motivates Vincent Morra MS ’15 (biomedicine) is interpersonal connection. It’s what first attracted him to the field of osteopathic medicine, and what told him ... read more about Biomed grad begins osteopathic medicine residency
Owner Heather Brubaker Benin, a native of Rockingham County who got a master's degree in counseling from Eastern Mennonite University, started Sugar and Bean at the Bridgewater Farmers Market in 2015 after she became a stay-at-home mom. The business moved to the Harrisonburg market shortly after and the Bridgewter café opened in February 2020 after a yearlong restoration took place. ... read more about Sugar And Bean Café and Baking Co. is a woman-owned powerhouse from Daily News-Record
Ronald S. Kraybill PhD presents contemporary alternatives for leaders of today who need to (and generally want to) move away from the traditional top-down approach of conflict resolution. He is a facilitator, consultant and trainer in conflict resolution based in Silver Spring, Maryland. Among other positions, he was professor of conflict transformation at EMU from 1996-2007 ... read more about Ron Kraybill: Things fall apart. How to respond? from Mediate
The Pennsylvania State Nurses Association (PSNA) has announced that Deb Cardenas is the new board president. She was formerly serving as vice president and will replace Tarik Khan, who is ... read more about Nursing professor is president of Pennsylvania State Nurses Association
Read Harvard Magazine's coverage of restorative justice, with reference to Howard Zehr and an interview with sujatha baliga, one of the speakers at EMU's recent anniversary celebration of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Former Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice director Carl Stauffer was a keynote speaker at Harvard's 2019 RJ symposium. ... read more about Restorative justice, Howard Zehr and sujatha baliga featured in Harvard Magazine from Harvard Magazine