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Professors warn against “domestication” of Martin Luther King Jr., urge renewed focus on all forms of inequality

January 23, 2014Last updated September 17, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

Two Eastern Mennonite University professors – one white and one black – gave back-to-back chapel talks in the past week that highlighted the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Successful fundraising to modernize science labs sparks effort to upgrade western section of the Suter Science Center

January 21, 2014Last updated January 6, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Eastern Mennonite University has exceeded by nearly $600,000 its $7 million goal to modernize the laboratory section of the 1960s-era Suter Science Center, said vice president for advancement Kirk Shisler

Accounting alumnus, head of InterChange Inc., named local Business Person of the Year

January 20, 2014Last updated February 3, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

When Devon C. Anders ’88 was finishing his bachelor’s degree at Eastern Mennonite University and heading into a career as a certified public account with a well-established firm, he probably

Graduating as h.s. valedictorian at 16, Slashcheva ’11 racks up accomplishments on way to being public-service dentist

January 20, 2014Last updated August 18, 2014 by Steve Shenk

Lyubov Slashcheva has an awfully long resume of accomplishments for a 21-year-old. Add to this her start in life—in a small mining town in a remote corner of the former

Former Fulbright fellow, nationally known leader in human security, to speak at intercollegiate peace forum

January 15, 2014Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Lisa Schirch, PhD, director of human security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and a former Fulbright fellow in East and West Africa, will give the keynote speech at the 2014

Preparatory music program offers traditional and Suzuki lessons

January 6, 2014Last updated January 23, 2014 by Matt Gonzales

The Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program at Eastern Mennonite University will begin music lessons for individuals hoping to learn a new instrument, or improve skills, starting Jan. 13. A given

Preventing burnout, among other attributes of organizational health, leads to more effective work

January 2, 2014Last updated January 23, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Where there is a food emergency, agencies like the UN World Food Programme rightly devote the majority of their time, resources and attention to those suffering directly from a food

Reintegrating child soldiers in Nepal shows challenge of turning good intentions into reality

January 1, 2014Last updated January 20, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

When Kumar Anuraj Jha returned home to Nepal with an MA in conflict transformation in 2007, he was hired as a child protection advisor by the United Nations Mission in

UN official strives to maintain focus on relationships, recognizing the humanity in all

December 27, 2013Last updated January 15, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Devanand Ramiah, MA ’02, grew up in a refugee camp as a member of a displaced minority group in war-torn Sri Lanka and now carries significant responsibility in the Secretariat

EMU alum, local stained glass artist, named to Business Journal’s ’10 Under 40′

December 26, 2013Last updated January 17, 2014 by Therran Dennis

Zachary Nafziger, owner of and sole craftsman at ZN Stained Glass, is the first to admit business may not be his strongest suit. But the clients who nominated him for

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