Marcia Augsburger has been an attorney for nearly 30 years, specializing in health care law since 1999. ... read more about Sac Biz Journal column: Attorney Marcia Augsburger gets listened to from Sacramento Business Journal
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Centennial Histories Symposium taps into Mennonite higher ed’s ‘commonality and unity’ to face challenging times
Students and seasoned scholars alike gathered March 24 at Eastern Mennonite University for the Centennial Histories Symposium, a day-long intellectual gathering featuring the authors of five histories of Mennonite higher ... read more about Centennial Histories Symposium taps into Mennonite higher ed’s ‘commonality and unity’ to face challenging times
Ten 2018 Cords of Distinction recipients honored for contributions to EMU community and beyond
Ten graduating seniors will be honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 5, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). They will wear gold and blue cords ... read more about Ten 2018 Cords of Distinction recipients honored for contributions to EMU community and beyond
A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services
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
New website curated by Swarthmore archivist Anne Yoder ’81 features World War I conscientious objectors
A collection of over 700 historic documents curated by an Eastern Mennonite University graduate working at Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College sheds light on a broader spectrum of conscientious objectors (C.O.s) during ... read more about New website curated by Swarthmore archivist Anne Yoder ’81 features World War I conscientious objectors
Dianne Swann-Wright, known for historical research at Monticello, remembered for contributions to EMU
Dianne Swann-Wright, former director of multicultural programs at Eastern Mennonite University and a leading historian of African American history, died Jan. 23, 2018. At the time of her death, she ... read more about Dianne Swann-Wright, known for historical research at Monticello, remembered for contributions to EMU
Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’
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’
A Radical Love in Harlem: Resolve, Resilience and Restoration
Social work professor Melody Pannell shares an autobiographical project documenting the historical account of Seventh Avenue Mennonite Church in Harlem, New York City from its birth in 1954 leading to the church’s anniversary in 2019. ... read more about A Radical Love in Harlem: Resolve, Resilience and Restoration from Anabaptist Historians
Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance
The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, ... read more about Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance
A school by any other name? The (ongoing) considerations of institutional nomenclature
EMU Archivist Simone Horst ’12 published this article Dec. 15, 2017, on the Anabaptist Historians website. Names are funny things. Once they’re assigned to people, places, or things it can ... read more about A school by any other name? The (ongoing) considerations of institutional nomenclature