The Eastern Mennonite University Common Read for the 2019-20 academic year is the widely acclaimed Man Booker Prize finalist and bestselling novel Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (Riverhead, 2017). “We ... read more about Common Read selection Exit West ‘at once a love story, a fable, and a chilling reflection’ on displacement
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) sent two students and two staff to the August 2019 Interfaith Leadership Institute in Chicago, Illinois. The event is hosted by Interfaith ... read more about EMU students, staff inspired by summer Interfaith Leadership Institute
EMU’s alumni award winners will be honored during the Oct. 11-13 Homecoming and Family Weekend. Read more about Young Alum Liza Heavener and Alum of the Year Erik Kratz. Wu ... read more about Distinguished Service Award: Wu Wei MDiv ’06
In October 2019 , Place for Hope and its partners, including the Church of Scotland’s Glasgow Presbytery team, will host the “Gathering in Glasgow on Conflict and Faith” at the ... read more about Dean David Brubaker to give keynote at faith-based conflict transformation conference in Scotland
The second Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival, held June 27-30 in the Netherlands, drew more than 200 peacebuilders, including Bible, religion and theology professor and Peace Commission secretary Andrew ... read more about EMU professors, graduates attend Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival in The Netherlands
EMU students scattered across the globe on summer cross-culturals to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C. and South Africa. The cross-cultural experience has been a key component of EMU’s core curriculum ... read more about A dispatch from Cape Town: Students share from the South Africa cross-cultural
“Even though I am only an intern, the congregation looks at me as a part of the pastoral team … they want me, as well, to not just be able ... read more about Ministry interns learn from ‘amazing’ experiences – and the church leaders they shadow
Many Eastern Mennonite University alumni have some connection to Virginia Mennonite Missions, which celebrates its centennial this year. It was organized in 1916, and incorporated in 1919 as an agency ... read more about Alumni commissioned at Virginia Mennonite Missions centennial celebration service
Eastern Mennonite University was well-represented at the July 2-6 Mennonite Church USA convention, aka MennoCon19. President Susan Schultz Huxman was among several administrators, faculty and staff to travel to Kansas ... read more about EMU @ #MennoCon19
The second season of “Shifting Climates” podcast, produced by three Eastern Mennonite University graduates, has launched. New episodes will be released weekly each Tuesday through July. The podcast is sponsored by ... read more about Alumni journalists’ ‘Shifting Climates’ podcast enters second and final season