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Lifelong Learning course highlights Eastern Mennonite University’s first century

September 11, 2017Last updated September 11, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s first century of “Serving, Leading, Transforming” is the focus of two 5-week courses offered through James Madison University’s Lifelong Learning Institute. The classes will meet from 9:30-11:30

Park View School opened doors to change

September 7, 2017 by Vic Bradshaw/Daily News-Record

The reunion Sunday evening [Sept. 3] that heralded the 99th anniversary of the opening of Park School did more than bring together friends from an educational institution that closed 50

‘An Experiment Like No Other’: Centennial historian Donald B. Kraybill reflects on six years of research

September 6, 2017Last updated September 8, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

In 2011, esteemed author Donald B. Kraybill ’67 was commissioned to write a fresh history of Eastern Mennonite University. “We couldn’t imagine a better person to undertake this project,” said

EMU welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year

September 1, 2017Last updated September 6, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes twelve new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, interim dean of the School of Graduate

‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes

August 17, 2017Last updated August 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the

European cross-cultural experience examines women’s Reformation history

July 28, 2017Last updated September 11, 2017 by David Doremus

Madalynn Payne didn’t bring to the cradle of Anabaptism this past summer the same lineage as some of her Eastern Mennonite University peers. The daughter of parents who joined the

Grad School Q&A: Larisa Zehr heads to law school after six years of peacebuilding work in Colombia

July 24, 2017Last updated July 26, 2017 by Moderator

Larisa Zehr is a 2011 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University, where she majored in peacebuilding and development, and minored in pre-law, history and social sciences, and political studies. Since graduation,

EMU puts six on VaSID Academic All-State Team

July 7, 2017Last updated July 7, 2017 by James De Boer

Six EMU student-athletes have been named to the Academic All-State Team by the Virginia Sports Information Directors (VaSID). A total of 217 student-athletes representing 34 colleges and universities in the

Mennonite Church USA convention draws many to Orlando

July 6, 2017Last updated July 6, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Andrea Wenger

With love in action as the guiding theme of the 2017 Mennonite Church USA annual convention, several Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty and staff are sharing their

‘Crossing the Line’ Anabaptist women’s history conference attracts scholars, artists and boundary-crossers

June 29, 2017Last updated July 24, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Women casting off their bonnets, pushing at the margins of traditional behavior, moving away from their faith communities and into different cultures, writing and speaking of what they were told