In the first decades of the 20th century, simultaneous efforts arose with the Virginia Mennonite Conference to establish institutions that might sit like bookends at either end of our lives: ... read more about Goes around, comes around: EMU and Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community
The way things used to work here went something like this: A child might mention something suggesting sexual abuse to a parent or a teacher. The child might be asked ... read more about Collins Center: In support of abused children
Let’s begin in 1992 , when the Free Food For All Soup Kitchen opened to the world, every Monday at noon, at The Little Grill restaurant in downtown Harrisonburg. Ron ... read more about Extravagant love – from the Little Grill to Our Community Place
The twisting corridors and ad-hoc floor plan suggest a history of repeated additions and expansions to the Gemeinschaft Home, which once again is bursting at the seams. In late 2013, ... read more about It’s their home – helping inmates live outside walls
When she woke up on May 1, 2008, Denise Martin ’08 was one of the many cyclists who “just kind of rode” without giving much thought to the complicated politics ... read more about Bike advocate, by accident
In 2010, a new class made its first appearance in EMU’s course catalog: bicycle maintenance, taught by Ben Wyse ’99. That was the same year that the university cooperated with ... read more about Bike capital, where riders are gearing up to lead the way
It’s been nearly five years since Ben Wyse ’99 launched Wyse Cycles, based on a simple, and unprecedented, premise: opening a bike shop with no shop. Instead, Wyse makes house ... read more about Ben Wyse ’99: bicycle lifestyle, bicycle livelihood
In 1963, the United State Army Corps of Engineers published plans to build 16 large dams along the Potomac River and its tributaries, including one at Brocks Gap on the ... read more about Gehman vs. Goliath: “No” to flooding part of the Valley for a dam
BACH FESTIVAL Music lovers flock to Harrisonburg each summer for the annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. With a week of performances ranging from baroque to modern, amateur to award-winning, they ... read more about Fostering community-wide music through Bach Festival, Children’s Choir, Prep Music Program
The baggage that comes with feeling new and out of place in a foreign milleu is heavy, especially for children who can’t communicate with their peers in the United States. ... read more about Helping schools bridge cross-cultural divides