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Centering student needs, EMU faculty adapt to fall semester challenges

September 14, 2020Last updated September 15, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on educational institutions across the country – with students, instructors, and families seemingly in limbo as they try to navigate public health precautions and an

EMU to host three virtual Suter Science Seminars this fall

September 11, 2020Last updated September 21, 2020 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University will host three virtual Suter Science Seminars for the 2020 fall semester. Virginia’s director of public health nursing, a principal investigator from the National Institute of Mental

All-virtual Homecoming and Family Weekend features new Herm, fun run/ride, TenTalks and much more

August 31, 2020Last updated October 5, 2020 by EMU communications

Newsflash! Wondering how the Great Herm Search of 2020 was going? Mark Oct. 16 on your calendar. Eastern Mennonite University’s new blue lion mascot will meet his fans during the

A photographer’s quest to document the ephemeral world of vernal pools

August 18, 2020Last updated August 24, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Professor Steven Johnson is pushing the frontier of conservation photography – by entering “toad time.” He explains: a toad could sit on a rock for six or seven hours, seemingly

Katrina Alger ‘08 wrestles with the human component of wildlife conservation

August 17, 2020Last updated August 24, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

I love listening to the ‘story’ of the problem, sifting through the complexity to figure out what is important and what information or voice is missing, asking the right questions

Two alumni are new Climate Futures Fellows

August 10, 2020Last updated August 14, 2020 by Judith Marklin/Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions

This month the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions welcomes Clara Weybright ’20 and Joseph Harder ’20 as fellows for the upcoming year. The Climate Futures Fellowship Program is a year-long

Biochemistry alum pursues grad studies at ‘Salmon University’

August 5, 2020Last updated August 11, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Braden Herman ‘18 was planning to go to med school, but then he fell into addiction – with fly fishing. He’d grown up pole fishing around Fort Defiance, Virginia, but a

ROYALS RESPOND: Pandemic postcards from across the globe

July 30, 2020Last updated August 3, 2020 by admin

The Spring/Summer 2020 issue of Crossroads featured heartfelt reflections from alumni on their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brooke Hensley ’14, in the photo above with colleagues, is an emergency

Alum of the Year: Luke Gascho ’74

July 27, 2020Last updated August 4, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

EMU’s 2020 Alumni Award recipients will be honored during the Oct. 16-18 Homecoming Weekend. Read about Distinguished Service Award recipients Susan ’65 and Stan ’65 Godshall and Young Alum Lyubov Slashcheva

Biology professor and CSCS director to chair Mennonite World Conference’s new Creation Care Task Force

July 23, 2020Last updated August 5, 2020 by EMU communications

Doug Graber Neufeld, professor of biology at Eastern Mennonite University and director of the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions, has been appointed the chair of the Mennonite World Conference’s new

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