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Professional guide Husam Jubran MA ’04 on the ‘responsible tourism’ movement

May 23, 2019Last updated May 23, 2019 by EMU communications

Husam Jubran MA ’04 of Mejdi Tours spoke about socially conscious tourism at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai in April 2019. Jubran is a professional guide and nonviolence trainer based in

Retiring professor Chris Gingrich anchored EMU’s economics program for 24 years

May 22, 2019Last updated May 22, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Jelly beans, tennis balls and cups of coffee – these descriptors appear with regularity when former students remember Professor Chris Gingrich. The first two classroom props were used in activities

EMU awards five Yoder Scholarships

May 20, 2019Last updated May 20, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University has awarded Yoder Scholars to five students beginning their studies this fall. Established in 1993 and named for alumni Carol and Paul R. Yoder Jr., the scholarships

For fifth consecutive year, EMU earns first among state RecycleMania competitors

May 17, 2019Last updated May 17, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

For the fifth straight year, Eastern Mennonite University has placed first among participating Virginia universities in the 2019 RecycleMania competition. It also improved its national standing to 34th with its

Mutual impact: ‘Wonderful and wise’ Deirdre Longacher Smeltzer was changed by – and changed – EMU

May 16, 2019Last updated May 17, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

For the recent LovEMU Day festivities, outgoing vice president and undergraduate academic dean Deirdre Longacher Smeltzer chose a t-shirt that said, “EMU changed my life” – because it’s “definitely true,”

27th Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival explores ‘creation’ through Haydn, Milhaud … and itself

May 15, 2019Last updated May 20, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Franz Joseph Haydn’s “The Creation” and Darius Milhaud’s “La Création du Monde” – and the process of musical creation at the festival itself – are centerpieces of the 27th annual

Psychology professor and India crosscultural leader Kim Brenneman retires after 30 years at EMU

May 9, 2019Last updated May 17, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Kim Gingerich Brenneman’s calling to teach at Eastern Mennonite University came as a literal, “out of the blue” phone call from her former EMU professor and then-psychology department chair Galen

Tributes by faculty and staff for 2019 Cords of Distinction honorees

May 8, 2019Last updated May 15, 2019 by EMU communications

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 4, 2019, at Eastern Mennonite University. Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the recipients,

Public health advocacy projects partner nursing students with local community

May 7, 2019Last updated May 7, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University senior nursing major Kayla Sauder wasn’t sure how area residents would react to a group of nursing students knocking on doors to ask about health care needs,

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