Peace building experiments at West Point and the grocery store By Lisa Schirch for The Mennonite Lisa Schirch is a professor of peacebuilding and program director of the 3D Security ... read more about Redeeming the Power, Redeeming Ourselves
Academics
Insect Pests is Subject of Science Seminar
Matthew Siderhurst, assistant professor of chemistry at EMU How non-native insects can be introduced into habitats and sometimes become serious pests is the subject of the next Suter Science Center ... read more about Insect Pests is Subject of Science Seminar
Orchestra, Children’s Choir to Perform
Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir participants (L. to r.) Grace Lyman Barner, Lizzie Doughty, and Alexander Doughty The Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir will present ... read more about Orchestra, Children’s Choir to Perform
Mennonite Delegation to Vatican Includes EMU Professor
When Mennonites from 10 countries spent five days with Catholic Church leaders in Vatican City, each group was interested in learning to know the other better. The Pontifical Council for ... read more about Mennonite Delegation to Vatican Includes EMU Professor
Next ‘Writers Read’ Features Wayne Johnston
Wayne Johnston, distinguished chair in creative writing at Hollins University The language and literature department at EMU is featuring Wayne Johnston, distinguished chair in creative writing at Hollins University, at ... read more about Next ‘Writers Read’ Features Wayne Johnston
Artist ‘Comes Home’ to Display Glasswork
“TabulaRasa” by Ryan Mellinger. Photo by Jeff Curtis An exhibit of recently blown glass vessels by Harrisonburg native Ryan Mellinger, currently of Seattle, Wash., will be on display in the ... read more about Artist ‘Comes Home’ to Display Glasswork
Music Department Sets Festive Concert
EMU Chamber Singers during an outdoor performance last year. The music department will spread some early yuletide cheer in a concert 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in Lehman Auditorium. The ... read more about Music Department Sets Festive Concert
Environmental Expert to Speak on Campus
David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin (Ohio) College. David Orr, a renowned authority on sustainability issues, will speak twice at EMU ... read more about Environmental Expert to Speak on Campus
Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict
James O. Lehman, librarian emeritus at EMU and archivist for Virginia Mennonite Conference Two experts in Anabaptist studies have collaborated on the first scholarly examination of pacifism during the Civil ... read more about Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict