The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,
... read more about Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance
This listing includes events for the spring semester at Eastern Mennonite University. To see most current details, additional events and further information, please visit the events calendar at www.emu.edu/events. EMU
... read more about EMU Centennial Spring 2018 Arts and Lectures Calendar
For 19 of the past 21 years, Twila King Yoder has served at Eastern Mennonite University as assistant to the president, including most recently, to the university’s newest one. Yoder
... read more about Twila Yoder retires after 19 years as assistant to EMU’s presidents
Eastern Mennonite University President Susan Schultz Huxman has joined the four other leaders of Mennonite colleges and universities to address current challenges, highlight collaborative efforts, and affirm the role of
... read more about Presidents’ joint letter in ‘The Mennonite’ affirms Mennonite higher education institutions in ‘turbulent times’
In late November 2017, Professor Justin Poole learned that Eastern Mennonite University’s spring theater production of “The 39 Steps” had been invited to perform at the Region II Kennedy Center American
... read more about ‘The 39 Steps’ hosts three benefit performances before heading to Kennedy Center theater festival
Eastern Mennonite University’s Inside Out playback theater group is the recent recipient of two grants to expand their work with racial healing and marginalized populations. [Editor’s note 4/3/2018: Inside Out
... read more about Inside Out playback theater group awarded Catalyst Initiative, Justpax grants
Violet Muthiga has seen the impact of extremist activities on women in Kenya’s recent history, including in the marginalization of mothers whose children had been arrested on charges of suspected
... read more about Kenyan women earn graduate certificates in peacebuilding leadership
On at least two occasions, Ashley Hevener has known, deep down, almost instantaneously, where she wanted to be. One was a campus visit to Eastern Mennonite University that changed her
... read more about Auditing around the world: Grad gives thanks for EMU education
As tensions between nations rise and world leaders threaten war, peacemakers all over the world work to make peace on Earth a reality. Jae Young Lee and Karen Spicher, Mennonite Mission Network mission associates in Namyangju, South Korea, are two of those peacemakers. ... read more about Alumni build peace in South Korea, piece by piece from Mennonite World Review
Eastern Mennonite University professor Jerry Holsopple made seven appearances, including one on a television talk show, when he traveled to Serbia earlier this month to be a featured international lecturer
... read more about VACA professor appears on Serbian news talk show