Cross-culturals are more than study abroad at Eastern Mennonite University. Graduates call the experiences “life-changing,” giving them the foundation they need to live, lead and serve in a global context. ... read more about Morocco cross-cultural semester
Academics
Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy
More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to EMU on Feb. 26 and 27, where he urged packed audiences to ... read more about Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy
Palestinian Christian tries to bridge divides separating Christian, Jewish and Muslim neighbors
Salim Munayer is a citizen of a small nation that casts a giant shadow on the world stage. Small enough to fit four within the borders of Virginia, the modern ... read more about Palestinian Christian tries to bridge divides separating Christian, Jewish and Muslim neighbors
A highlight on Ann Hershberger
Thirty years have passed since her days as a nurse in a war zone, but Ann Hershberger ’76 still has a sense of impending violence when she hears a helicopter ... read more about A highlight on Ann Hershberger
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
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