A graduate of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), as well as the center’s Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program, is playing a ... read more about Ripple Effect: Grad Leads STAR Trainings in Somalia for USAID
Ranita Shenk’s favorite part of the Fall Harvest dinner was squash picked straight out of one of Eastern Mennonite University’s five campus gardens. The 20-year-old sophomore made sure she attended ... read more about Community Flocks to EMU for Annual Fall Harvest Dinner
A longstanding focus on sustainability and stewardship enables EMU to use almost half the amount of energy as most other institutions its size. That same focus helped our campus be ... read more about Building Green at EMU
“No Roosters in the Desert,” a play revolving around the plight of four women trekking across the Sonoran desert towards the “American dream,” will open the 2012-13 MainStage season at ... read more about Play Looks at Plight of Immigrants Seeking the “American Dream”
Preaching from a pulpit on Sundays is not the aspiration of seminary students Eugene and Christina Kraybill. Eugene, in fact, is often in the sky Sunday mornings, piloting his United ... read more about Seminary Couple Do Ministry at Dulles
What do an athlete, a peacebuilder, an international student, someone who cares about the global economy, and an environmentalist have in common? They chose Eastern Mennonite University! Find out why ... read more about Hear Why Students Chose EMU in “Student Stories”
With a history of violence linked to colonization, intense poverty and vulnerable geographic location, Haiti has long suffered from natural disasters, social conflict, and other traumatic events. That is one ... read more about Haitians Embrace Trauma-Resilience Program
“Weaving Life: The Life and Death of Peacemaker Dan Terry,” will air on network TV from Sunday, October 21-December 16, 2012, at the discretion of participating ABC stations. Weaving Life ... read more about ABC-TV to Broadcast “Weaving Life: The Life and Death of Peacemaker Dan Terry”
The new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, deepened his understanding of building peace in traumatized societies in three classes taken at the 2001 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) held at ... read more about New Somalia President Studied Peace at EMU
Alumni who have experienced the jarring, exciting sensations of crossing into another culture – namely, almost every student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) over the last 30 years – will ... read more about Homecoming to Celebrate 30 Years of Cross-Cultural Learning