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Kenyan environmental sustainability student returns home to help turn barren ground into fertile forest

January 10, 2019Last updated January 10, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

An Eastern Mennonite University senior returned home to Kenya last summer to complete an environmental sustainability practicum planting trees in impoverished communities near Nairobi’s city center. Arnold Muthoki, an environmental

Spring 2019 Suter Science Seminars

January 8, 2019Last updated January 8, 2019 by EMU communications

The spring semester lineup of five Suter Science Seminars at Eastern Mennonite University includes presentations from experts in coastal systems, bibliotherapy, nitrogen and other topics. The seminars are free and

STEM at EMU

November 27, 2018 by EMU Photography and Video

Learn more about your major of interest and apply for scholarships! Start your career in science, technology, engineering and math fields at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Convo speaker Jim Shultz to EMU students about climate change’s planetary crisis: ‘You are the chosen people’

October 16, 2018Last updated October 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Just days after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing the anticipated impacts of global warming, Jim Shultz visited Eastern Mennonite University with a very

Retreat co-led by CSCS staffer, explores climate change ministry

The Mennonite

The first in a series of retreats for pastors exploring the intersections of climate change and ministry gathered in September, co-led by Doug Kauffman, a pastor at Benton (Indiana) Mennonite Church and the director of pastoral ecology for the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions. ... read more about Retreat co-led by CSCS staffer, explores climate change ministry from The Mennonite

Local Valley food economy flourishes

Hburg Citizen

James Madison University, Eastern Mennonite University and Bridgewater College are also committed to providing local options to students in their dining facilities as well as maintaining small campus gardens that produce food for the schools. ... read more about Local Valley food economy flourishes from Hburg Citizen

Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions hosts ‘Global South Voices’ tour on climate change

October 4, 2018Last updated October 8, 2018 by Jennifer Schrock/CSCS

Zacharías Martínez, Sibonokuhle Ncube and Durga Sunchiuri never met before this month. Each is from a different continent, but they share a common grief: their nations are experiencing the effects

‘A Book for the ‘Burg’ community collaboration highlights pollinators

October 4, 2018Last updated October 31, 2018 by EMU communications

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

‘Global South Voices’ brings three to Harrisonburg to share impacts of climate change

September 26, 2018Last updated October 4, 2018 by EMU communications

Three community development experts from El Salvador, Nepal and Zimbabwe will speak at Eastern Mennonite University Oct. 1-3 as part of the Global South Voices program, an initiative of the

Water and sanitation challenges in Appalachia the subject of Wednesday’s Suter Science Seminar

September 25, 2018Last updated September 26, 2018 by EMU communications

Leigh-Anne Krometis, associate professor in biological systems engineering at Virginia Tech., will present a Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m. Krometis will discuss

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