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Spring Suter Science Seminars 2021

January 19, 2021Last updated January 19, 2021 by Moderator

This semester’s Suter Science Seminar lineup at Eastern Mennonite University includes a patent attorney, a wildlife management professional, a watershed steward, a pediatrician, and a neuroscientist. The events sessions will

Peter Dula on ‘Peacebuilding as presence: MCC assignments in “enemy” contexts’

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Peter Dula is professor of religion and culture at Eastern Mennonite University. He worked with MCC in Iraq from 2004-2006. ... read more about Peter Dula on ‘Peacebuilding as presence: MCC assignments in “enemy” contexts’ from MCC Intersections

HNN founder Rick Shenkman to speak on ‘Why is Democracy so @#$&! Hard?’

October 20, 2020Last updated November 5, 2020 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Albert N. Keim Lecture Series brings scholars to campus each year in honor of the well-loved history professor, who was a teacher and administrator for 35 years.

WCSC hosts student-interns for fall semester

October 14, 2020Last updated November 3, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

From web work at the world-renowned Smithsonian Institute to digital media production for a thriving creative agency, ten students are gaining professional experience this semester at Washington Community Scholars’ Center

NIH chief talks mental health and genetics at October Suter seminar

October 8, 2020Last updated October 20, 2020 by EMU communications

Dr. Francis J. McMahon will give a Suter Science Seminar on Wednesday, October 14 at 4:15 p.m. at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Attend via EMU’s Facebook Live page. McMahon will

Homecoming 2020: Alumni Awards

October 5, 2020Last updated October 20, 2020 by Moderator

Celebrate EMU’s Alumni Award recipients Friday, Oct. 16, at 7:30 on Facebook Live! These honored guests will be joined at the Homecoming opening celebration with President Susan Schultz Huxman (and

New environmental justice minor addresses the intersections of environmentalism and social justice movements

September 23, 2020Last updated November 4, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

The term “environmental justice” is increasingly joining the common lexicon of activists and community leaders. The movement addresses massive problems like climate change and racism – but rather than siloing these

Conference to explore history of Brethren, Mennonite churches on issues of race

September 7, 2020Last updated September 14, 2020 by Moderator

“The Church in Black & White,” a one-day virtual symposium on Saturday, Sept. 12, explores the history of Brethren and Mennonite churches on issues of race. The event is co-sponsored

A new guidebook for leadership in fraught times

August 21, 2020Last updated August 26, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

“Our country was birthed in a polarized cradle,” David Brubaker writes in the introduction to When the Center Does Not Hold (Fortress Press, 2019). First, patriots and loyalists faced off

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