When the new Mennonite worship and song resource Voices Together is released next fall, Eastern Mennonite University professor of music Benjamin Bergey ’11 has a hope: that this collection “draws ... read more about ‘Voices Together’: EMU’s Benjamin Bergey on the new Mennonite hymnal
Howard Zehr, world-renowned practitioner and theorist of restorative justice, will be the featured speaker at the 2019 Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Lecture on Oct. 30 at George Mason ... read more about Howard Zehr to give Lynch Lecture at George Mason University
Jason Berg ‘01, CEO of Pixo, visited Eastern Mennonite University in late September to give a Longacre Seminar and visit business administration classes. Berg joined Pixo, which develops user-focused custom ... read more about Pixo CEO talks tech industry business
Donna Minter, founder and executive director of the Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute, has been honored with the Melanie Greenberg U.S. Peacebuilding Award of Excellence. She accepted the award during an ... read more about Master STAR trainer Donna Minter honored with Alliance for Peacebuilding’s Award of Excellence
During the 2019-20 academic year, as the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding commemorates its 25th anniversary, a series of guest authors will share reflections about CJP’s personal impact. We want ... read more about CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with Mohammed Abu-Nimer
The Clinical Pastoral Education program at Eastern Mennonite Seminary celebrates its 20th anniversary this academic year. Since 1999, 290 people have been trained through the seminary’s program. They serve and ... read more about CPE celebrates 20 years: Valley Health System lead chaplain Melanie K. Lewis MDiv ‘14
As more than 1,000 alumni, family and friends converged on the Eastern Mennonite University campus for Homecoming and Family Weekend, the reunion gatherings, fall festival and athletic events were not ... read more about New ‘Lead Together’ tagline comes to life at Homecoming and Family Weekend
The Eastern Mennonite University Common Read for the 2019-20 academic year is the widely acclaimed Man Booker Prize finalist and bestselling novel Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead, 2017). “We ... read more about Common Read selection Exit West ‘at once a love story, a fable, and a chilling reflection’ on displacement
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) sent two students and two staff to the August 2019 Interfaith Leadership Institute in Chicago, Illinois. The event is hosted by Interfaith ... read more about EMU students, staff inspired by summer Interfaith Leadership Institute
A free two-day conference Oct. 17-18 at Eastern Mennonite University will bring together community stakeholders for discussions and planning around reducing incarceration and recidivism in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. ... read more about Community criminal justice conference set for Oct. 17-18