With help from rallying donors across all 50 states and an impromptu head-shaving challenge, EMU’s fourth annual LovEMU Giving Day on April 8 raised a record $214,683 from 732 gifts. ... read more about LovEMU Day 2020 sets new records!
Academics
Seminary’s first online gathering for pastors helps to foster connection and innovation among pandemic challenges
As the social restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic caused increasing challenges to those in the ministry, Eastern Mennonite Seminary instructor Sarah Bixler began to sense a need for connection among ... read more about Seminary’s first online gathering for pastors helps to foster connection and innovation among pandemic challenges
EMU’s tutors find fresh purpose in helping fellow students through online shift
Looking back over the last few weeks, Professor Linda Gnagey thinks about one meeting as particularly fortuitous. As director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Academic Success Center, Gnagey recruits, trains and ... read more about EMU’s tutors find fresh purpose in helping fellow students through online shift
In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Here my goal is to assist students in naming the way God is calling them to help shape the history they are living. To name such a calling is to ... read more about In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
IEP student Zhenqi Zheng publishes perspective in The Citizen
Intensive English Program student Zhenqi Zheng contributes her perspective to The Harrisonburg Citizen. ... read more about IEP student Zhenqi Zheng publishes perspective in The Citizen from The Citizen
Kiara Kiah takes third, on to national singing competition
Eastern Mennonite University soprano Kiara Kiah recently placed third in her division at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) audition – she now advances on ... read more about Kiara Kiah takes third, on to national singing competition
EMU team’s fuel-efficient vehicle will be ready for next year’s rescheduled Shell Eco-marathon
Tucked away in a garage on Eastern Mennonite University’s campus sits a metal frame made of chrome moly tubing, an extruded steel alloy. Various tools, plywood, and parts of a ... read more about EMU team’s fuel-efficient vehicle will be ready for next year’s rescheduled Shell Eco-marathon
Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the retirement of Herm, the school’s mascot, effective at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. Known less by his official moniker of Herm the ... read more about Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) announces two Peacebuilder of the Year honorees: Emmanuel Bombande MA ‘02 and Cole Parke MA ‘12. Bombande, a senior mediation adviser ... read more about CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year
Chemistry professor Laurie Yoder ’94 on encouraging women and girls in STEM
Writer, photographer and EMU student Katie Meza manages the EMUSTEM Facebook page, where this article about Professor Laurie Yoder first appeared in honor of International Women and Girls in STEM Day. An ... read more about Chemistry professor Laurie Yoder ’94 on encouraging women and girls in STEM