Take a minute and read this book title: The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (or Don’t Trust Anyone under 30). Chances are those words ... read more about Upcoming Writers Read author and English professor Mark Bauerlein to speak on humanities in the digital age
Sarah Armstrong, a longtime public-school educator, will help teachers earn master’s degrees in her new role as director of the MA in Education program at Eastern Mennonite University. Most of ... read more about Longtime educator Sarah Armstrong named director of MA in Education program
One Los Angeles school has experienced a “tectonic” decrease in suspensions, with more L.A. schools preparing to follow suit, as a result of the restorative disciplinary efforts of Joseph Luciani, ... read more about Restorative justice alum Joseph Luciani garners national attention by dramatically reducing suspensions in LA schools
Author, scholar and Episcopal priest Lauren Winner opened the annual School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary with succinct advice for those seeking to understand the changing dynamics affecting ... read more about Church leaders discuss challenges of ministering to ‘nones’ and millenials at annual School for Leadership Training
Since 2003, over 2,000 desperate people have died trying to cross the harsh Sonoran Desert between Mexico and the southwest United States. This continuous death toll prompted the foundation of ... read more about Arizona Samaritans help life-threatened migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border
Ebola is frightening – terrifying even – but bowing to the fear that Ebola can produce invites additional unrest and cultural destruction in societies already reeling from recent civil wars. ... read more about Peace-trained alumni in Liberia and Sierra Leone tap local resilience and resourcefulness in curbing Ebola
The image of an experienced country doctor making house calls with a big black bag full of basic medical equipment has not completely disappeared. Even in a culture of increasing ... read more about After Vietnam and Nigeria, Dr. Linford Gehman ’59 chooses to serve rural and homebound patients for almost a half century
A 35-year-old alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University started 2015 as a new bank president. Brian Plum became president and chief executive officer of Blue Ridge Bank of Luray, Va., on ... read more about 35-year-old alum named president of Blue Ridge Bank
After spending the summer thousands of miles from her native Liberia and watching nervously from afar as Ebola swept through her country, sophomore Winifred Gray-Johnson wanted to take action when ... read more about For fight against Ebola, international students plan fundraising event with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee
Eastern Mennonite University and Sichuan University of Arts and Science, located in central China, signed an agreement on Jan. 13, 2015, to “promote academic exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and communication ... read more about EMU and Sichuan University of China sign cooperation agreement