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EMU announces new community organizing and development minor

April 11, 2021Last updated April 11, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

“Community organizing is fundamentally a project of power-building within and among groups of people marginalized from existing power structures,” says Professor Ryan Good, co-director of the Washington Community Scholars’ Center

WCSC interns work in food access, end-of-life care, zoos and more

March 24, 2021Last updated April 1, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

This semester, students are mapping racially restrictive deeds, nursing and caring for the most vulnerable patients, improving food access in food apartheid areas, and monitoring zoo animals – all through the

EMU Music Colloquium to feature performance psychologist Noa Kageyama

March 19, 2021Last updated March 26, 2021 by Moderator

A new series of multifaceted music colloquia continues at Eastern Mennonite University Thursday, March 25, with Noa Kageyama, Juilliard professor, performance psychologist, and violinist. He will present “How to beat

Northeast Neighborhood resident Doris Harper Allen guided EMU students into local history each summer

March 14, 2021Last updated March 14, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Doris Harper Allen, 88, greeted a group of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students in the parking lot of Rose’s in Harrisonburg, the former heart of Newtown. She quickly passed out

DN-R: Lincoln Homestead puts spotlight on enslaved African Americans during Black History Month

February 15, 2021Last updated February 15, 2021 by Jessica Wetzler/Daily News-Record

This article was published Feb. 13, 2021, in the Daily News-Record. Sarah and Benjamin Bixler, co-owners of the Lincoln Homestead north of Harrisonburg, are EMU alumni and faculty. Sarah, a

Alumni earn entrepreneur, leadership honors from local Chamber of Commerce

February 12, 2021Last updated February 15, 2021 by EMU communications

For the fourth consecutive year, alumni of Eastern Mennonite University have been recognized for business leadership in the Shenandoah Valley by the Harrisonburg Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. This year, Stan

Grant funds collaborative project on visual forms of Anabaptist worship

February 1, 2021Last updated February 8, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Jerry Holsopple, professor of visual and communication arts at Eastern Mennonite University, was recently awarded a Vital Worship Grant from the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. He and co-applicant Rebecca

In Memoriam: Dr. Samuel L. Horst, professor emeritus of history

January 28, 2021Last updated February 2, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Samuel L. Horst, professor emeritus of history at Eastern Mennonite University, died Jan. 6, 2021, at the age of 101. Horst taught history at EMU for nearly 28 years: from

Seminary professor to give colloquium on race relations activism

January 6, 2021Last updated January 19, 2021 by EMU Communications

Professor David Evans, who is director of cross-cultural programs and teaches history and intercultural studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will present a virtual colloquium on January 20 at 4:15 p.m.

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