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Writers Read Hosts Award Winning Author

January 31, 2012Last updated March 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

The last Writers Read Dinner and Author series of the year will feature Lee Peterson, a nationally recognized and award-winning author, Thursday, Feb. 23. Peterson will read from her works

Alumnus a Champion for Mental Health Care

January 27, 2012Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

This article appears in Crossroads magazine, fall 2011 supplement When the state of Georgia needed someone to rescue its troubled system for mentally ill and disabled individuals, it hired Frank

A Road Retraveled

January 25, 2012Last updated March 12, 2012 by James De Boer

Name: Pete Nelson Year: Senior Sport: Men’s Cross Country Hometown/High School: Harrisonburg, VA/Christopher Dock Specs: Previously graduated in 2008, running track all four years and cross country in 2005. Returned

Art Gets Energized by Coffee

January 24, 2012Last updated February 3, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

“Disintegration,” an art exhibit made from recycled coffee grounds, calls attention to the loss of rainforest habitat to coffee production in Latin America. The exhibit will take up much of

Accumulation Seduces Christians

January 24, 2012Last updated September 22, 2014 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Beware of seduction by accumulation. That was one of the money issues explored by Walter Brueggemann, a world-renowned Old Testament scholar, in talks to as many as 700 people gathered

New STAR Course Looks to Heal the Past

January 24, 2012Last updated February 2, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

A program born out of the Sept. 11 tragedy, Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR), in partnership with Coming to the Table, will offer a one-time seminar designed to

Life’s a Swamp

January 20, 2012Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

For 2008 Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alum Adam Brown, his working environment is not a day at the beach or a walk in the park, it’s a swamp. Brown, a

Free College Financial Aid Help Offered During Super Saturday

January 16, 2012Last updated January 6, 2016 by

The Virginia Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (VASFAA), in conjunction with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), will host Super Saturday on Feb. 4, from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m., in

Spaces Filling Up for Writers Read

January 16, 2012Last updated January 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Spaces are filling up for the Thursday, Jan. 26, Writers Read dinner and author series at Eastern Mennonite University. Renown poet and author, Diane Gillam Fisher, will read from her

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