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CJP partners with Kellogg Foundation’s new national initiative on truth, racial healing and transformation

February 2, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding has been invited to partner with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in a new initiative aimed at truth, racial healing and transformation in

Surgeon Laura Rosenberger kicks off spring Suter Science Lectures with talk about residency experiences

January 29, 2016Last updated July 13, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

A decade and a half ago, Laura Rosenberger set records as a national champion pole vaulter for Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). These days, though, it’s her medical career that’s soaring.

Defense-victim outreach pioneer Tammy Krause earns CJP Alumni Award for Outstanding Service

January 28, 2016Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Tammy Krause, a 1999 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), has been selected for the center’s Alumni Award for Outstanding Service. Krause, a resident of

NPR personality, author and raconteur Martha Woodroof shares humor, life experiences at Writer’s Read event

January 28, 2016Last updated February 5, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

On her Facebook page, Martha Woodroof offers the following whirlwind summary of her career journey: “NPR freelancer, WMRA public radio person, restaurateur, essayist, country music jock, college dropout, TV talk

Catcher Erik Kratz, now with the San Diego Padres, reflects on the blessings of a baseball life

January 27, 2016Last updated February 11, 2016 by Rich Preheim/MWR and EMU communications staff

Inside Goshen College’s athletics building, metallic “pings” pricked the air as bat-wielding kids hit — and missed — balls thrown by Goshen baseball players. Murmurs of conversation gurgled in the

With presidential search on schedule, educator and administrator Lee Snyder will serve in an interim role

January 27, 2016Last updated July 13, 2016 by EMU communications staff

Respected educator and administrator Lee Snyder, PhD., will serve as interim president of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) beginning July 1, 2016. Her appointment comes as President Loren Swartzendruber retires after

Fall internship in Yosemite National Park helps sustainability graduate gain more fieldwork experience

January 26, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Brenna Cowardin

Here’s just of few of Bryce Yoder’s highlights from his first “semester” out of college working as a vegetation and ecological restoration intern in Yosemite National Park in California: uprooting

Doreen Ruto, alumna and peacebuilding partner in Africa, is remembered warmly for her many gifts

January 26, 2016Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Doreen Ruto Jemutai, MA ’06, an integral supporter and partner of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, died Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Doreen’s peacebuilding work, anchored in her

Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program graduates 13 from Kenya and East Africa

January 26, 2016Last updated May 26, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Ruth Nalyanya works at a university in Kenya where ethnic conflicts regularly spilled over into campus life. She decided to address this negative pattern by conducting training sessions about acceptance

An internship in Memphis last summer gave this future teacher the opportunity to share her love of learning

January 22, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Education, social justice, Christ-centered, equity, MEMPHIS! With these five themes, Quinn Kathrineberg, a junior English education major at Eastern Mennonite University, recently attempted to spark interest among her fellow classmates

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