Twelve students from Eastern Mennonite, Bethel College and Bluffton University are gaining professional, community and cultural experiences in EMU’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) this semester. The program, in Washington
... read more about WCSC students enter professional internships in Washington D.C.
Read about a day in the life of Patty Baer '90 MA '17, who has taught nearly 30 years with Harrisonburg City Schools. She is a half time Elementary ELS Specialist for the district and also teaches half-time at Keister Elementary School.
... read more about A day in the life of ESL teacher (and EMU double grad) Patty Baer from Curio Magazine
AFTER GRADUATING IN 2007, Timothy and Cheryl Heatwole Shenk moved to Camden, New Jersey, to be part of an intentional Christian community, which includes 12 adults and five children living
... read more about Community in Camden: Finding purpose, growing opportunity
Harold Daniel Lehman ’36, a Park View neighborhood native who taught in nearly every local institution in the Harrisonburg area and touched the lives of many who would go to
... read more about A distinguished educator: Harold D. Lehman ’36 taught in one-room schoolhouses, at EMC and Madison
Gov. Ralph Northam signed an executive order Saturday creating the Commission on African American History Education. Among the 34 appointees to the commission is Basil Marin '10, an assistant principal with DeKalb County Schools in Georgia. He previously was in a similar role at Churchland High School in Virginia Beach.
... read more about Basil Marin ’10 named to Commission on African American History Education from Richmond Times-Dispatch
Two graduates of Eastern Mennonite University’s MBA and MA in Organizational Leadership programs have benefited professionally from their degrees. Todd Campbell MBA ‘19 is now senior packaging and ingredients purchasing
... read more about Newly earned MBA, MAOL degrees prep two leaders for promotion
Harrisonburg High School teacher Myron Blosser has been selected as a state finalist for the 2019 Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. The award — regarded as
... read more about Virginia teacher selected as state finalist for presidential award
Churchland High School Assistant Principal Basil Marin “has been in our place and he shows it,” said one student. ... read more about Virginian-Pilot: Basil Marin ’10 helps at-risk students in Virginia Beach from Virginian-Pilot
When 20 Eastern Mennonite High School (EMHS) students set out on a 26-day road trip to explore food production, land and water issues across the United States this summer, they
... read more about Alumni accompany EMHS students on a 26-day ‘Discovery trip’ across US
The American public school system has many structural issues, from an emphasis on standardized assessments to inequitable disciplinary procedures and overcrowding, but Kathy Evans, an education professor at Eastern Mennonite
... read more about Practitioners from five states and 11 Virginia school districts attend EMU’s fourth annual Restorative Justice in Education Conference