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Along with professional internships, WCSC offers community fun in the city

October 10, 2018Last updated October 11, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Although their hometowns – Las Vegas, Goshen, Uiwang-Si and elsewhere – are as varied as their internships – in fields such as histocompatibility, peace education and digital artistry – the

Student-athlete helps bring Special Olympics fall event to EMU

October 1, 2018Last updated October 1, 2018 by Pete DeLea / Daily News-Record

In his roughly 20 years as a Special Olympics athlete, Watkins Parrish played almost every sport he could, including bowling, basketball and swimming. On Sunday, the 45-year-old Harrisonburg resident put

Business internships through WCSC program prep students for job market

September 18, 2018Last updated September 18, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

The best internship, says Brendon Miller, is crafted jointly and intentionally, incorporating both the goals of the intern and the organization. Miller would know. His first internship turned into his

Political science professor to present at peace-studies-focused Jeju Forum in South Korea

June 25, 2018Last updated June 26, 2018 by EMU communications

Ji Eun Kim, professor of political science at Eastern Mennonite University, will present at the Jeju Forum June 27 on Jeju Island, South Korea. The Jeju Forum is a program

Thirteen living and working in D.C. for WCSC summer term

June 11, 2018Last updated June 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

A semester at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) in Washington D.C. brings students into the thriving life of the nation’s capital. Thirteen students with WCSC this summer recently took an

Turner presents keynote at University of Maryland’s restorative justice summit

June 4, 2018Last updated June 6, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Johonna Turner, professor of restorative justice and peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, returned to her alma mater, the University of Maryland, in April to give a keynote address at the Summit

Tributes by faculty and staff for 2018 Cords of Distinction honorees

May 9, 2018Last updated May 9, 2018 by Compiled by Bernadette Griffith

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 5, 2018, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the

Spring recognition chapel honors nearly 130 student leaders

April 27, 2018Last updated May 14, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Leadership style and abilities emerge from experience and from constant learning, Vice President of Student Life Jim Smucker said in his welcome to Eastern Mennonite University’s spring semester recognition chapel.

WCSC matchmakers connect student-interns with D.C.-area mentors and organizations

April 25, 2018Last updated January 16, 2019 by Karlyn Gehring

For many hosting organizations in the Washington DC region, the work of student-interns from Eastern Mennonite University’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) is invaluable. “Without interns and volunteers,” said one

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