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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

Royal Connections Business Spotlight: The Emotional Health Center of Lancaster

September 17, 2018Last updated September 17, 2018 by Moderator

The Royal Connections Business Spotlight is a monthly feature about businesses owned by EMU alumni. September’s spotlight is on The Emotional Health Center of Lancaster, co-founded by friends Doug Friesen

Tech Impact summer internship preps cyber-security hopeful

September 11, 2018Last updated September 12, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

When Riley Wesp changed his major from accounting to computer science after his sophomore year at Eastern Mennonite University, he wondered, amid enduring 18-credit-hour semesters necessary to graduate on time,

Connected in a Royals way: New website locates alumni businesses, internship opportunities

September 3, 2018Last updated September 6, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Royal Connections, a new feature launching on Eastern Mennonite University’s website, showcases alumni-owned or managed businesses all over the world – and helps students, parents and graduates find and connect

Digital media majors find challenging internships in multicultural Washington D.C.

August 31, 2018Last updated September 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Ricardo O. Villalba runs a successful film and video production company, Washington Digital Media, based in the Brightwood Park neighborhood of Washington D.C. The 44-year-old bilingual producer collaborates with young,

Outstanding Young Alumna/us: Claudette Monroy

July 16, 2018Last updated July 16, 2018 by Emily Wade Will

For nearly half of her life, Claudette Monroy ’10 has endured the precarious existence of a hang glider, at the mercy of shifting winds to either soar in the United

‘Fintech’ in NYC: The nexus of innovation, finance and technology

July 11, 2018Last updated July 23, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Isaac Wyse ’10 – the lone EMU graduate among YipItData’s employees – feels special joy when he visits his company’s website. One webpage of the New York City-based financial technology

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

Grad School Q & A: Joshua Lomas ’15, pursuing an MEd in higher education at Kutztown University

May 16, 2018Last updated May 16, 2018 by Joshua Lomas

Contributing to an ongoing series about EMU alumni in graduate school, Joshua Lomas ’15 talks about his studies at EMU, where he was a liberal arts major with a concentration in

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

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