N.T. Wright – eminent New Testament scholar and Augsburger Lecture Series guest at Eastern Mennonite University – had just made the point that “image-bearing, God-reflecting” humans were put on this ... read more about New Testament scholar N.T. Wright draws standing-room-only crowds in Harrisonburg
Professor Howard Zehr talks about the origins, influences and threads of his work in and with restorative justice in an interview with Brunilda Pali, of the blog Restorotopias. ... read more about Restorotopias: Professor Howard Zehr reflects on origins of his work and ‘steps into the unknown’ from Restorotopias
For some participants, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) I is an “entry point,” the first opportunity for an extended conversation about trauma and resilience, how traumagenic events can ... read more about The expanding universe of STAR II
Since 1998, undergraduate, graduate and alumni groups from Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary have made the Tent of Nations farm outside of Bethlehem a regular stop on their ... read more about EMU hosts Tent of Nations’ Daoud Nassar, reciprocating hospitality after years of visits to his Palestine farm
Harrisonburg High School STEM teacher Myron Blosser received the Genetics Education Award at a conference in San Diego this weekend. The longtime educator has been honored by the association a number ... read more about High school teacher earns national genetics education award
THE EMPHASIS at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is markedly different from what graduates encounter in PhD programs. Those programs, after all, are known for work done in isolation, ... read more about CJP alumni with doctorates (there are more than 60!) are ‘theorizers, not theorists’
Paulo Baleinakorodawa MA '04 facilitated a dialogue on gender-based violence sponsored by Transcend Oceania in Suva with 30 community representatives from indigenous communities nationwide. ... read more about Fiji-based CJP grad facilitates dialogue on gender-based violence from Fiji Times
Bouela Lehbib, a second-year graduate student with Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, petitioned the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee about the occupation of Western Sahara by ... read more about CJP student petitions UN on occupation of Western Sahara
The Eastern Mennonite University nursing program’s signature “Sacred Covenant” is getting an update – by its originator and with the help of those who live it. Since 1994, the ethics ... read more about Hershberger set to revisit, update EMU nursing’s ‘Sacred Covenant’
The board of directors of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (AMBS), Elkhart, Indiana, announces the retirement of Sara Wenger Shenk, Ed.D., AMBS president, effective June 30, 2019. Wenger Shenk has served in ... read more about AMBS President Sara Wenger Shenk ’75 to retire