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‘Street Sense’ editorial intern helps provide a voice for the homeless in Washington D.C.

May 23, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi and Lauren Jefferson

Homelessness wasn’t something Abby Hershberger was familiar with while growing up in Millersburg, Ohio, a town of about 3,500 residents. “It didn’t happen to people I knew,” she says. “It

Groundbreaking research shows sustainably produced foods are a big factor in maintaining EMU’s low nitrogen footprint

May 20, 2016Last updated July 13, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Thanks to an alumna scientist, Eastern Mennonite University was among the first schools involved in groundbreaking work that is raising awareness about institutional nitrogen footprints. Laura Cattell Noll ’09, a

Calling all artists! Apply now to help celebrate Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial with the ’10x10x100 Project’

May 19, 2016Last updated February 7, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University is calling artists with any connection to Eastern Mennonite School or Eastern Mennonite University – current or former graduate or undergraduate student, faculty or staff – to

Zehr Institute co-director engages with Russian educators and peer mediators on restorative justice practices

May 18, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Carl Stauffer has seen restorative justice practices at work in places around the world. He had the opportunity to explore a new location last month when a group invited him

Lyubov Slashcheva ’11 graduates from VCU dental school, earns excellence award

May 16, 2016Last updated July 13, 2016 by VCU News

[Reprinted with permission from VCU] Lyubov Slashcheva arrived in the United States when she was 5 years old not knowing a word of English, but already determined to make an

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding publishes first of e-journals series on peacebuilding origins and values

May 16, 2016Last updated July 13, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson and Walt Wiltschek

At the heart of the first e-journal published by Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding is an invitation. Readers are welcomed, in this issue and the next three

‘Paying for peace, not war’: Hospital chaplain who witnessed trauma redirects some tax dollars to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s STAR program

May 13, 2016Last updated June 29, 2016 by CJP communications staff

For the past two years, Ruth Anne Friesen has re-directed a portion of her federal income tax payments to support the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program at

In Reunion’s ‘Freedom Circles,’ peacebuilding major facilitates life changes and his own learning

May 12, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Nathan McKnight recognized a quality of reciprocity in his spring semester internship. The people who come through the “freedom circles” hosted by the organization Reunion, he says, “are improving me,

After bonding over shared ‘third-culture kid’ experience, psychology professor and student collaborate on research

May 9, 2016Last updated October 5, 2021 by Andrew Jenner

When she started her sophomore year of high school, Kim Brenneman suddenly wasn’t in Kansas anymore. Her family had moved to northern India, and Brenneman – now a professor and

Annual ‘Frontiers in Peacebuilding’ lecture series brings in four experts

May 5, 2016Last updated June 29, 2016 by admin

The annual “Frontiers in Peacebuilding” luncheon series in conjunction with Summer Peacebuilding Institute at Eastern Mennonite University has slightly changed its format. Two lunches have become dinners. The four events,

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