This fall, four new faculty members were welcomed to Eastern Mennonite University. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, dean of the School of Graduate and Professional ... read more about EMU welcomes four faculty members for 2018-2019 academic year
Eastern Mennonite University has awarded renewable scholarships to seven first-year students majoring in education. Education at EMU takes students into K-12 classrooms just weeks into their first semester, and forms ... read more about Education majors receive scholarships at Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University is among the organizations promoting awareness of pollinators through the “A Book for the ‘Burg” program. Since 2013, the program – a partnership of EMU, James Madison University and ... read more about ‘A Book for the ‘Burg’ community collaboration highlights pollinators
Ben Roth Shank, a high school English and media studies teacher in New Zealand, was awarded the Paul and Kate Farmer English Journal Writing Award. ... read more about Alumnus wins National Council of Teachers of English writing award from National Council of Teachers of English
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 ... read more about Student-athlete helps bring Special Olympics fall event to EMU
Juggling preparations for a teaching career and setting athletic records might seem a difficult combination. And it is, according to Eastern Mennonite University senior Kelsey Troyer (Lancaster, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite), who ... read more about Royals Athlete of the Week: Goalie devotes pre-season to student-teacher prep, then sets career saves record
Janet Hostetter was recently named Eastern Mennonite High School’s Alumnus of the Year. She is a 1983 graduate of EMHS and a 1987 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University. Hostetter is ... read more about Janet Hostetter ’87 named EMHS Alumnus of the Year
In Chris Grim’s first-grade classroom when a student does something kind, or accomplishes something important, they get to ring the celebration bell. The celebration bell may just look like a ... read more about Chris Grim ’90 selected for regional teacher of the year award
Lynette Mast '88 helps Eastern Mennonite Elementary students take part in an annual tradition, with each student adding their name to their classroom’s pledge of nonviolence poster, and then washing one another’s hands. ... read more about EMS elementary school students sign pledge of nonviolence from Eastern Mennonite School
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, ... read more about Digital media majors find challenging internships in multicultural Washington D.C.