In 2017, Eastern Mennonite University was awarded grants in excess of $3.3 million, including more than $2.2 million in federal funding. The grants support the health and wellbeing of local ... read more about EMU awarded record-breaking total of more than $3.3 million in grants in 2017
Local theater-goers will be challenged by different perspectives on the Israel/Palestine conflict in February at Eastern Mennonite University. The Mosaic Theater Company of D.C., one of Washington D.C.’s newest and ... read more about Award-winning Mosaic Theater Company of D.C. brings two Israel/Palestine-themed productions to EMU
Glenn DuBois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges announced December 19 that Dr. Kim Blosser is the next president of Lord Fairfax Community College. Blosser’s selection follows a nationwide search ... read more about Kim Blosser ’91, MA ’98 named president of Lord Fairfax Community College
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has invited leaders of Congress to learn more about using talking sticks in circle processes at its Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI). The ... read more about EMU’s peacebuilding institute invites leaders of U.S. Congress to learn more about talking sticks and circle processes
The Reverend Meredith McNabb is director of the United Methodist Church Virginia Conference’s Center for Clergy Excellence, and she isn’t afraid to poke a little fun at the grandiose-ness of ... read more about Seminary conference gives space to brokenness, ‘kintsugi clergy’ and ministry in a polarized society
http://www.emu.edu/mba John Lubkowski speaks about his experience in EMU’s Masters in Business Administration program. Our MBA program is specifically designed for working adults who juggle multiple obligations. The flexible class ... read more about Earn your MBA in Harrisonburg, Virginia
When R.E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church in Lexington, Virginia, embarked on a long and difficult exploration of what it might mean to change its name, two alumni of the Center ... read more about CJP alumni with Cooperative by Design facilitate Lexington church name change
James Payne, a founding donor of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University who also was involved in the center’s initial curriculum development, died Dec. 21, 2017. ... read more about EMU to host memorial service in May for CJP founding donor James Payne
The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a four-session course about police and community justice partnerships this spring. The course will be co-taught by Officer Vanessa Westley, a 25-year veteran ... read more about Chicago police officer to co-teach Zehr Institute online course on police and community justice partnerships
In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call ... read more about Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’