Eastern Mennonite University will join a global bell-tolling ceremony on Wednesday, April 4, to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the ... read more about EMU’s bell will toll at 7:05 p.m., April 4, joining worldwide commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination
Evangelist Billy Graham died Feb. 21, 2018. Myron Augsburger was the fifth president of what was then Eastern Mennonite College & Seminary, serving from 1965 to 1980. He was also professor of ... read more about MWR: Myron Augsburger remembers Billy Graham
Justin Poole, assistant professor of theater at Eastern Mennonite University, and professional composer and musician Jim Clemens present “The Gospel Project: A Theatrical Journey through the Life of Jesus Christ.” The ... read more about Poole and Clemens reprise ‘The Gospel Project’ for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018
Significant progress has been made towards an endowed scholarship at Eastern Mennonite University to honor the memory of peacebuilder Michael Jesse “M.J.” Sharp ’05, who was ambushed and murdered in ... read more about One year after his death, M.J. Sharp’s legacy lives on in growing scholarship fund
Dorothy Jean Weaver, professor of New Testament, concludes three-plus decades of teaching at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in May. The senior faculty member also owns the distinction of having been the ... read more about Retiring seminary professor Dorothy Jean Weaver on ‘I Always Knew That I Would Be a Teacher’
As part of its year-long Centennial celebration, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement will host a roundtable on interfaith collaboration. One focus of the discussion will be on how building ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement to host roundtable on Mennonite work in interfaith collaboration
The Shenandoah Valley Biotechnology Symposium went back to its roots on Friday. For its 25th year, the annual conference for area high school students returned to Eastern Mennonite University, which hosted the ... read more about Biotechnology symposium started by alumnus returns to EMU for 25th year
An Eastern Mennonite University crowdfunding campaign is closing in on covering the cost of a student-initiated solar project that will boost the university’s solar output by 40 percent. The Student ... read more about Initial EMU crowdfunding campaigns to fund solar boost, MJ Sharp scholarship
Early Thursday afternoon, Clara Barrios walked off the chicken-nugget production line at the Perdue Foods cooking plant and headed to her doctor’s office for a quick check-in. She didn’t clock ... read more about Nursing alumna supervises Perdue Foods clinic offering employees on-the-clock health care
Jacques Mushagasha, a graduate of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, currently serves as the president of the Congolese Community of Harrisonburg, chairman of the Congolese American Foundation and is a founding member of the Christian Coalition for Justice and Peace in Congo. ... read more about Jacques Mushagasha MA ’16 on engaging American Christians to stand for peace in D.R. Congo from Peace Signs