Lonnie Yoder and Nancy Heisey have a shared problem—a good problem. Both love teaching, but they are also gifted at administration and seeing the big picture. At Eastern Mennonite Seminary ... read more about Seminary associate dean Nancy Heisey heads into new leadership role with creativity and conviction
EMU's Collaborative MBA program stands out for its focus is on educating ethical leaders for sustainability and the common good. ... read more about Collaborative MBA highlighted for sustainability emphasis from B The Change
John Paul Lederach, founding director at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, is a Senior Fellow with Humanity United. ... read more about John Paul Lederach, CJP founding director, asks ‘How can humanity unite?’ from Humanity United
Mental illness happens among us—not out there to stigmatized strangers, says Michael King, vice president of graduate schools and the seminary, the cover article of The Mennonite. ... read more about Graduate school and seminary dean Michael King writes of mental illness happening ‘among us’ from The Mennonite
Emmanuel Bombande MA '02 has been nominated as Ghana's deputy foreign affairs minister by President John Mahama. ... read more about Emmanuel Bombande MA ’02 nominated as Ghana’s deputy foreign affairs minister from GhanaWeb
Jonathan Stith invoked civil rights leader Ella Baker in his keynote address at Eastern Mennonite University’s Restorative Justice in Education Academy last week. Stith, who is national coordinator at the ... read more about Restorative Justice in Education Academy draws educators from six states for introduction into creating socially just, equitable learning environments
Search for Common Ground's Shoqi Abas Al-Maktary MA '07, leads the program "Unifying Yemen to Stand Up Against Violence," recently named one of the 100 most innovative nonprofits and social enterprises of 2016. ... read more about Shoqi Al-Maktary MA ’07 leads program in Yemen named among most innovative global nonprofits from Search for Common Ground named among most innovative global nonprofits
Dr. Ashok Gladston Xavier MA '04, head of the department of social work at Loyola College in Chennai, writes about being a "refugee" and the Sri Lankan Tamils who have lived in India for more than 20 years in the Deccan Chronicle. ... read more about ‘No longer a refugee’: Dr. Ashok Gladston Xavier MA ’04 on the Sri Lankan Tamils from Deccan Chronicle
Ed Martin’s interest in interfaith work won’t stop when he ends his six-year term as director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement. Martin, whose last day is Thursday, ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement Director Ed Martin retires after six years of facilitating dialogue and scholarly interaction
At a time when walls are being reinforced and deepened around the Gaza Strip—called by some “the world’s largest open-air prison”—Maha Mehanna is doing her best to build bridges of ... read more about Palestinian Muslim peacebuilder Maha Mehanna helps to bring voices, stories and perspectives of Gaza to the world