This year’s top news stories from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding mark leadership transitions, celebrate impactful work and connect us to the challenging issues of the day. Here’s the ... read more about CJP’s Top Reads of 2019
Academics
CJP alum Wayne Marriott to be honored for New Zealand peacebuilding work
New Zealand-based peacebuilder Wayne Marriott has been recognized as the Resolution Institute Michael Klug Awardee for 2019. He is a 2018 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and ... read more about CJP alum Wayne Marriott to be honored for New Zealand peacebuilding work
EMU anatomy students memorialize ‘silent teachers’
Paper lanterns rose into the night sky last week behind the Suter Science Center at Eastern Mennonite University. The 16 students who released them gathered to honor those who had ... read more about EMU anatomy students memorialize ‘silent teachers’
CPE celebrates 20 years: Lorrie Aikens, pastor of Bath United Methodist Charge
The Clinical Pastoral Education program at Eastern Mennonite Seminary celebrates its 20th anniversary this academic year. Since 1999, 290 people have been trained through the seminary’s program. They serve and ... read more about CPE celebrates 20 years: Lorrie Aikens, pastor of Bath United Methodist Charge
Diversified lumberyard helps to manage ‘God-given’ resource
This article was originally published in the spring/summer 2019 issue of Crossroads magazine. WHEN THE FLATBED TRUCK pulled into Heacock Lumber carrying a gigantic 5-foot-wide red oak trunk, foreman Zach Grasse ’15 didn’t ... read more about Diversified lumberyard helps to manage ‘God-given’ resource
Lead Together
Artist Zac Nafziger ’01 and new VMRC installation featured in ‘Stained Glass Quarterly’
It all starts with a full-scale Sharpie drawing – black lines curving around one another, mapping out designs up to several feet in width. Then, stained glass artist Zac Nafziger ... read more about Artist Zac Nafziger ’01 and new VMRC installation featured in ‘Stained Glass Quarterly’
All about ‘Lead Together’ in the Fall/Winter 2019 Crossroads
A new century for EMU calls for a new vision! The fall/winter issue of Crossroads gives you the lowdown on our new tagline – where it came from, what it ... read more about All about ‘Lead Together’ in the Fall/Winter 2019 Crossroads
CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with directors emeriti Ruth Zimmerman and Howard Zehr
During the 2019-20 academic year, as the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding commemorates its 25th anniversary, a series of guest authors will share reflections about CJP’s personal impact. We want ... read more about CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with directors emeriti Ruth Zimmerman and Howard Zehr
EMU engineers’ weather balloon lands in Maryland
When the Engineering Design III class at Eastern Mennonite University released a weather balloon into the sky one late November morning, it wasn’t without some trepidation and many questions. Would ... read more about EMU engineers’ weather balloon lands in Maryland