Not long after he’d come out of the closet, Mark was at a party with his friends. At some point that evening, a group of guys approached Mark and told ... read more about Restorative justice and talking circles: JMU embraces EMU’s teachings
Academics
When I was sick, you cared for me: alumni work in mental healthcare
More than 700 alumni living in the City of Harrisonburg or Rockingham County work in the healthcare field, according to EMU’s alumni database. This represents a larger concentration of alumni ... read more about When I was sick, you cared for me: alumni work in mental healthcare
43 years as a country doc at Green Valley Clinic
Every Tuesday night, Dr. Linford Gehman ’59 still makes the trip from Bergton, back in the farthest mountain reaches of Rockingham County, to the hospital in Harrisonburg for continuing education ... read more about 43 years as a country doc at Green Valley Clinic
EMU, MCC leaders nurture warm relationship with Islamic scholars in Iran
J. Daryl Byler’s 11th trip to Iran marks the culmination of nearly a quarter-century of bridge-building efforts between North American Mennonites and Iranians. Byler, who is executive director of the ... read more about EMU, MCC leaders nurture warm relationship with Islamic scholars in Iran
Doing business for charities
Hundreds of volunteers, many of them EMU alumni, are the backbone of four alumni-run, nonprofit charitable enterprises in Harrisonburg that funnel funds toward worldwide poverty alleviation, relief and development efforts. ... read more about Doing business for charities
Pioneer in Autism care
When Donald Oswald graduated with a major in psychology in 1975, he got a job working at the Grafton School in Berryville, Virginia, which was then (and remains) an organization ... read more about Pioneer in Autism care
The value of telling and hearing stories
One of the healthiest things we can do is simply listen to someone’s story and tell our own, says Joan Kenerson King. People with mental health issues need to ... read more about The value of telling and hearing stories
STAR breaks cycles of trauma
Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) emerged from the ashes of Sept. 11, when hundreds of millions of people were grieving over the deaths and destruction caused by hijacked ... read more about STAR breaks cycles of trauma
From missionary doctor to mother of five to psychiatrist
Every inch of tabletop space in Dorcas Stoltzfus Morrow’s apartment is covered with loose papers and three-ring binders, spillover from the crammed bookshelves that surround her living room at Landis ... read more about From missionary doctor to mother of five to psychiatrist
Mennonite healthcare institutions search for a better way
Since the very beginning, the conviction that “there has to be a better way” has been a guiding principle for the Mennonite mental healthcare institutions that were established as a ... read more about Mennonite healthcare institutions search for a better way