“This world of 6.2 billion people is a different place than it was a generation or two ago. We in the Western hemisphere need to adjust our lenses to see ... read more about Believers Church Conference Explores Politics and Pacifism
Graduate programs
Seminary to Hold Spiritual Life Week
An Eastern Mennonite Seminary alumnus will return to his alma mater to lead fall Spiritual Life Week sessions. David W. Boshart, a 1986 graduate of the seminary, will bring messages ... read more about Seminary to Hold Spiritual Life Week
EMU Enjoys Record Fall Enrollment
Even though EMU graduated a record 406 students last spring, enrollment has kept pace and is up this fall. The record total enrollment of 1,513 students – undergraduate, seminary and ... read more about EMU Enjoys Record Fall Enrollment
Security through Construction, Not Destruction
Ron Kraybill By Ron Kraybill We read recently of yet more findings about torture conducted by American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. One wonders about the sickness of people who use ... read more about Security through Construction, Not Destruction
For Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
On the third anniversary of the 9-11 terrorist attacks on the United States, EMU will offer a ringing reminder of that fateful day’s events. The electronic chimes on the roof ... read more about For Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
EMU Wins U.S. Competition for Fulbrighters
Fulbright Scholars with president Swartzendruber Photo by Jim Bishop EMU has been named the winner of a refereed competition among U.S. universities to host the Fulbright Conflict Resolution Program for ... read more about EMU Wins U.S. Competition for Fulbrighters
Seminary Offering Holy Land Tour
Trip Leaders Dorothy Jean Weaver and Kevin Clark Photo by Jim Bishop Eastern Mennonite Seminary is making plans for a study tour to the Middle East next spring. Dorothy Jean ... read more about Seminary Offering Holy Land Tour
Faculty and Staff Tool Up for New School Year
James Waller The calendar indicates it’s still summer, but EMU is gearing up for the start of the 2004 fall semester. The annual faculty-staff conference will be held Thursday and ... read more about Faculty and Staff Tool Up for New School Year
Faith and Politics Intersect at Upcoming Conference
by Marla Pierson Lester AKRON, Pa.- Earl and Pat Hostetter Martin grew up in Mennonite homes where politics remained separate from their parents’ lives, where voting was not considered a ... read more about Faith and Politics Intersect at Upcoming Conference
Faculty Welcomes 13 New Professors
EMU will have 13 new full-time undergraduate and graduate teaching faculty when the fall semester begins Sept. 1, 2004. The new faculty, announced by Dr. Beryl H. Brubaker, EMU provost, ... read more about Faculty Welcomes 13 New Professors