“The question is, what have you learned, and what traditions has Eastern Mennonite University imprinted on you?” asked Professor David Owusu-Ansah of soon-to-be-graduates at Eastern Mennonite University’s third annual Donning ... read more about Donning of the Kente ceremony kicks off EMU’s 100th Commencement celebration
Timothy Seidel, assistant professor of international development at Eastern Mennonite University, has been selected from a competitive, national pool of nominees to participate in a faculty seminar on the teaching ... read more about Professor Timothy Seidel to participate in summer seminar on teaching interfaith understanding
Since losing two childhood friends in the 1963 Sunday School bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, Fania Davis has dedicated her life to social justice advocacy, becoming a civil rights attorney and ... read more about Fania Davis to keynote inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival at EMU
With two hours and 13 minutes of Tuesday’s LovEMU Giving Day remaining on the clock, Advancement Associate Director Braydon Hoover ’11 took to the social media airwaves to exhort the ... read more about We really do LovEMU! Record-breaking LovEMU Giving Day brings in $119,232
At a Campus Crusade for Christ retreat eight years ago, I sat with 50 other young women at a Young Life camp in Goshen, Va., listening to a female speaker give a lecture about marriage. The topic was "being faithful while we wait." What I remember most from the event is not what it took to be a good Christian wife. It is what my male friend told me about what the guys learned during their session: how to follow the spirit’s calling toward their specific, unique ministries. ... read more about Lindsay Mustafa Davis: Women need Christian discipleship, not female discipleship from Sojourners
In early February, 20 scholars from five leading Iraqi universities and a representative from Iraq’s Ministry of Education gathered in Beirut, Lebanon, for a five-day training on conflict analysis. The ... read more about Scholars from five Iraqi universities gather for CJP-led conflict analysis training
Kathy Evans, professor of education, will be a keynote speaker at University of Wyoming’s Shepard Symposium on Social Justice in April. She will be joined by Judy and Dennis Shepard, the parents of Matthew Shepard, who was murdered outside of Laramie during the 1998 fall semester, and University of Wyoming education professor Angela Jaime. This is the 20th anniversary of Shepard’s death; the annual symposium honors him. ... read more about Education professor to speak at Shepard Symposium on Social Justice from University of Wyoming
Eastern Mennonite Seminary students present Master of Divinity (MDiv) capstone projects that touch on both the personal formation experienced within the students’ seminary journeys, and the transformation they hope to ... read more about Capstone Integration Projects, Eastern Mennonite Seminary, Spring 2018
On the occasion of its 100th commencement ceremony, Eastern Mennonite University announces that the 2018 address will be given by alumna and 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee. In recognition ... read more about Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee to give commencement address, receive inaugural honorary doctorate of justice
Seven graduate students from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding have been selected to present at the 2018 Notre Dame Student Peace Conference April 13-14 in South Bend, ... read more about Seven CJP graduate students selected to present at Notre Dame peace conference