Tension between Israelis and Palestinians was quickly escalating when Linford Stutzman ’84 (Seminary ’90) traveled to the Middle East in the summer of 2000 to prepare for his first ... read more about
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Life Changed as Prisoner of Israel
The weeks that Nathan Musselman ’00 spent in Palestine in 1998 during his cross-cultural to the Middle East, observing, experiencing and learning from people living under Israeli military occupation, made ... read more about Life Changed as Prisoner of Israel
From aspiring medical student to popularizing international hiking routes
David Landis ’04 grew up hearing stories about the Middle East. His dad, Steve Landis ’77, had gone on EMU’s very first cross-cultural to the region in 1975, and from ... read more about From aspiring medical student to popularizing international hiking routes
A highlight on Vernon Jantzi
EMU’s cross-cultural program is intentionally different from that of almost every college in America, says Vernon Jantzi ’64, who became a faculty member at EMU after earning his PhD in ... read more about A highlight on Vernon Jantzi
A highlight on Calvin Shenk
Calvin Shenk ’59 does not have to face the existential question of whether he would be willing to die in a nonviolent act to save the life of another person. ... read more about A highlight on Calvin Shenk
Albert Keim: cross-cultural visionary
The world is a laboratory for study. It provides alternatives, new possibilities and challenges…it is learning for life. –Al Keim EMU’s cross-cultural program may never have come to be, had ... read more about Albert Keim: cross-cultural visionary
An essay on the advent of the accounting major at EMU
No more than 25 feet north of my home (I live almost adjacent to EMU) resides one of the best neighbors a person could have, Mildred Heacock Hostetter. She graduated ... read more about An essay on the advent of the accounting major at EMU
Tales from the Suter Science Center
Long ago, when the grounds of the Suter Science Center were just a cornfield on the east side of campus, and John Spicher ’58 was a biology major taking science classes ... read more about Tales from the Suter Science Center
The continuing legacy of the Augsburgers
From the mid-1960s through the 1970s – encompassing 15 years of great social change within Eastern Mennonite College and beyond – theologian Myron Augsburger (BA ’55, BTh ’58) led this ... read more about The continuing legacy of the Augsburgers
Money does matter–so let’s talk about it
Our numbers-focused alumni consider how to invest pension funds, what benefits employers can afford, whether a financial institution should offer a particular service, how much life insurance to recommend, and how ... read more about Money does matter–so let’s talk about it