The Shenandoah Valley Biotechnology Symposium went back to its roots on Friday. For its 25th year, the annual conference for area high school students returned to Eastern Mennonite University, which hosted the ... read more about Biotechnology symposium started by alumnus returns to EMU for 25th year
Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his ... read more about A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services
Teachers Allison Eanes and Austin Mumaw were recently honored by two Harrisonburg City Schools students. Both are alumni of Eastern Mennonite University. The 22nd Annual Robert B. and Gladys Hopkins ... read more about Alumni teaching in Harrisonburg City Schools are honored by grateful students
In 2016, Dr. Kathy Evans was interviewed for an article about restorative justice in education in The Atlantic. Her message was simple: the implementation of an RJE program needs to be ... read more about ‘Honest, practical’ book on RJE implementation and sustainability features foreword by Dr. Kathy Evans
A 2016 alumna of Eastern Mennonite University has been named a winner of the Kansas Horizon Award for top new teachers by the Kansas Commissioner of Education. Courtney Unruh is ... read more about Alumna a ‘top new teacher,’ receives Kansas Horizon Award
Glenn DuBois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges announced December 19 that Dr. Kim Blosser is the next president of Lord Fairfax Community College. Blosser’s selection follows a nationwide search ... read more about Kim Blosser ’91, MA ’98 named president of Lord Fairfax Community College
Working hard and doing the little things to make the team better are qualities that have long been the defining features of women’s basketball forward Jess Washington (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge). In ... read more about Royals Athlete of the Week: Jess Washington
Free to pursue their interests, the seven two-year-olds spread about the room, some pushing toy cars and trucks across the floor, others shaping green playdough at a low table. And ... read more about Early Learning Center teaches children – and future educators
In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call ... read more about Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’
As tensions between nations rise and world leaders threaten war, peacemakers all over the world work to make peace on Earth a reality. Jae Young Lee and Karen Spicher, Mennonite Mission Network mission associates in Namyangju, South Korea, are two of those peacemakers. ... read more about Alumni build peace in South Korea, piece by piece from Mennonite World Review