On Monday, July 24 the U.S. House of Representatives voted down S. 114, a bill that many veterans opposed. One veteran from Harrisonburg spoke to reporters Monday against the House bill, as WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz reports. ... read more about Evan Knappenberger ’15 among veterans who oppose VA bill, which fails in House from WMRA
On a fall morning in 1978, Leonard Dow left his home in working class Philadelphia and arrived at the expansive, picturesque campus of Christopher Dock Mennonite High School in Lansdale, ... read more about Leonard Dow ’87 to be honored with EMU’s Distinguished Service Award
Eastern Mennonite University and Goshen College have announced an online Doctor of Nursing Practice degree, the first doctoral program to be offered by Mennonite universities. ... read more about WHSV covers EMU’s first doctoral program: the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree starts in January 2018 from WHSV TV-3
When Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) graduate Isabel Castillo was recognized as a “Movement Honoree” by Sojourners at its June 2017 Healing and Resistance Summit at Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., ... read more about Sojourners honors DACA advocate Isabel Castillo ’07, MA ’17, for ‘exceptional efforts’ towards equity and peace
Facilitator Catherine Barnes, a professor at Eastern Mennonite University, aided in discussions with more than 500 delegates and 100 others around the future of the church at the July 6-8 MC USA convention. ... read more about Future Church Summit, facilitated by EMU professor, deliberates on guide for discernment from Mennonite World Review
Seven candles were lit at an April 29 memorial service in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite University—one for Michael Jesse “M.J.” Sharp ’05 and one for each of his colleagues, ... read more about EMU to honor peacebuilder Michael J. Sharp ’05 at Homecoming and Family Weekend
What makes Avery Trinh’s endorsement of restorative justice in education special is that he’s not an administrator or a teacher. He’s a rising senior at Wilde Lake High School in ... read more about Educators learn how restorative justice can shift discipline from punishment to transformation at two-day ‘academy’
After 12 years at Eastern Mennonite Seminary Lancaster, administrator and professor Mark Wenger writes about returning to congregational ministry. ... read more about In ‘Matters of Faith’ column, Mark Wenger writes about the decision to return to congregational ministry from Lancaster Online
The Rev. Jeff McLain, associate pastor at East Petersburg Mennonite Church since 2013, earned pastoral certification at Eastern Mennonite Seminary. He shares his work of connecting the church with the community. ... read more about East Petersburg Mennonite Church has a mission to connect with the community from Lancaster Online
After 28 years in the classroom, Angela Baylor is readying herself for new challenges as a reading specialist. A graduate student in the MA in Education program at Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Bland Literacy Scholarship aids veteran teacher to her goal to become a reading specialist