One thing haiku calls for, and what is often least found but most needed in times of war or its aftermath, is the ability to pause and be in the moment. Read more on the art of haiku and peacebuilding with poet John Paul Lederach, founding director of EMU's Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, ... read more about John Paul Lederach on the power and pause of pandemic haiku from Notre Dame
Doug Graber Neufeld, professor of biology at Eastern Mennonite University and director of the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions, has been appointed the chair of the Mennonite World Conference’s new ... read more about Biology professor and CSCS director to chair Mennonite World Conference’s new Creation Care Task Force
Oluwatunmiki Afisi-Shokun, a nursing student at EMU, writes about finding "strength in the denial of hatred" in this op-ed for The Mennonite. ... read more about Nursing student Oluwatunmiki Afisi-Shokun on ‘Where true strength lies’ from The Mennonite
Finishing his master’s degree in the Christian leadership program at Eastern Mennonite Seminary took Joe Ropp 25 years. And even though the 2020 commencement ceremony has been rescheduled for the ... read more about Grad’s devotion to earning his seminary degree spanned 25 years, 16 moves, and many challenges
Requests for training from Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute have skyrocketed since the death of George Floyd. Donna Minter, the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding's 2019 Peacebuilder of the Year, is the organization's founder and executive director. ... read more about Minnesota institute at ‘epicenter’ of training on racial restorative justice from Star Tribune
EMU men’s basketball player Tim Jones (Forestville, Md./Central) has been named to the 2019-20 National Association of Basketball Coaches Honors Court. In his third year with the Runnin’ Royals, Jones is a ... read more about EMU’s Jones named To NABC Honors Court
This “Bishop’s Mantle” column, republished with permission from author Jim Bishop ’67, features his friend and former colleague Stuart Showalter ’67, who retired as an associate director of development at ... read more about ‘Bishop’s Mantle’: An appreciation of Stuart Showalter ’67
When the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) moved online this year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it lost some of the aspects that attract people to the Eastern Mennonite University ... read more about From Jamaica to the UK, SPI’s online move expands global access to training
Eastern Mennonite University invites students to visit the campus in person or virtually during the state’s annual Virginia Private College Week from July 20-25. The university is among 23 schools ... read more about EMU hosts Virginia Private College Week July 20-25
Kim Souther, nationally acclaimed cellist, touring artist, and educator, returns to the Shenandoah Valley as new administrative director for the Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program at Eastern Mennonite University. The ... read more about Cellist and music educator is new director of EMU’s Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program