The effect of disasters, man-made or natural, on agricultural systems in developing countries of Africa is the focus of the second Suter Science Seminar of fall semester at EMU. Dr. ... read more about Suter Science Seminar Examines ‘Sustainability’ Topic
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Special 90th Anniversary Issue of Crossroads Now Online
This 90-year retrospective focuses on the buildings and grounds through which EMU has aimed to be ‘a learning community marked by academic excellence.’ Read stories of devotion, sacrifice, love, and ... read more about Special 90th Anniversary Issue of Crossroads Now Online
EMU, City Schools Launch Strings Instruction Program
The (Shenandoah) hills will be alive with the sound of (string) music as a cooperative program between Harrisonburg City Schools and EMU begins this fall. The city school system is ... read more about EMU, City Schools Launch Strings Instruction Program
EMU Doubles National Average of Children Going to Alma Mater
Alumni of EMU are sending their children to the school in numbers that far surpass most colleges nationwide. Twenty-three percent of EMU’s first-year students this fall are from families where ... read more about EMU Doubles National Average of Children Going to Alma Mater
Novelist Payne to Speak at First ‘Writers Read’
Novelist Peggy Payne will kick off the 2007-08 Writers Read dinners at EMU. The language and literature department at EMU will hold its first "Writers Read" program of the new ... read more about Novelist Payne to Speak at First ‘Writers Read’
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Turkey Disease is Suter Science Seminar Topic
That question will be addressed in the first Suter Science Seminar of the new school year. Dr. Louise Temple, associate professor of biology at James Madison University Dr. Louise Temple, ... read more about Turkey Disease is Suter Science Seminar Topic
EMU to Participate in Desmond Tutu Recognition
The Most Rev. Desmond Tutu, recipient of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize, will visit James Madison University to receive the JMU Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence’s top honor, the ... read more about EMU to Participate in Desmond Tutu Recognition
G.I. Lehman, Old Testament Prof, Dies
“A teacher in whose classroom wit and wisdom vied for supremacy.” G. Irvin (“G.I.”) Lehman, professor emeritus of Old Testament at EMU. That was one of many tributes paid to ... read more about G.I. Lehman, Old Testament Prof, Dies
Exhibit Revisits Children’s Toys
Some of the toys are less than an inch tall, but in Corinne Martin Diop’s “Toy Portraits,” they gain monumental proportions. Diop’s series of color photographs that explores the role-playing ... read more about Exhibit Revisits Children’s Toys