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The Steel Wheels — with deep EMU roots — to headline Centennial festivities

June 14, 2017Last updated October 17, 2017 by David Doremus

The Steel Wheels, the nationally recognized Shenandoah Valley-based roots music band consisting of Eastern Mennonite University alumni Trent Wagler ’02, Eric Brubaker ’01, and Brian Dickel ’98, as well as bandmate

Crossroads Spring/Summer 2017 issue honors EMU’s 100 years of countercultural education

June 12, 2017Last updated June 13, 2017 by admin

The Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Crossroads is the first of two issues celebrating our Centennial year, 2017-18. Eastern Mennonite University was founded 100 years ago, opening for the first classes in

Grad School Q & A: Matt Gnagey ’05, professor at Weber State

June 12, 2017Last updated June 13, 2017 by admin

Matt Gnagey, now an assistant professor at Weber State (Ogden, Utah), graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2005, majoring in economics and justice, peace and conflict studies. He received his

Practicum helps CJP alumnus Lydell Steiner to found Ohio mediation center

June 9, 2017Last updated June 9, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Lydell Steiner’s vocation came calling in the form of a persistent acquaintance who recognized his skills might fit a community need. The Ohio native was a team pastor at Kidron

Denlinger wins Jopson Award as ODAC’s top male scholar-athlete

June 8, 2017Last updated June 9, 2017 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University’s Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) has won the Harry G. “Doc” Jopson Award, giving the Royals a top scholar-athlete award from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference for the

NPR: Bach Festival celebrates 25 years

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New recreational leadership and sports studies major offers leadership and management skills for growing job market

June 8, 2017Last updated March 15, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s newest major, recreational leadership and sports studies (RLSS), focuses on providing students who love working with active people the managerial and leadership skills to enter into the

A Model For Others: Beacon of Hope Scholar Azariah Cox ’17 is the first graduate aided by Lynchburg nonprofit

June 5, 2017Last updated June 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

In 2011, Lynchburg Beacon of Hope set out to improve the number of students who pursue higher education in the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The nonprofit was formed as one

Joining other ‘peacemakers of fortune,’ SPI participant ponders a new role for American citizens

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Patricia Hunt writes about SPI in this column for the Staunton News Leader. ... read more about Joining other ‘peacemakers of fortune,’ SPI participant ponders a new role for American citizens from Staunton News Leader

Summer ’17 cross-culturals travel to the Navajo Nation, Bolivia, Spain and ‘Anabaptist Europe’

June 2, 2017Last updated July 5, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Madalynn Payne, traveling this summer with the “Radical Europe Anabaptist Roots” cross-cultural group from Eastern Mennonite University, says train travel, walking tours, independent exploration and dining in unfamiliar cultures have

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