Fourteen new residents to Washington D.C. moved in along with the new president of the United States in January. The students, from two universities, are in residence this semester at ... read more about From NOAA to the USDA: fourteen students make Washington D.C. their home for the spring semester
Civil rights activist Bob Zellner is at it again—working for justice and equality. Zellner, 77, was the first white southerner on staff of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)—the influential ... read more about Legendary civil rights activist and Republican mayor team up for health reform, kick off speaking tour at EMU
Emily Derstine Friesen ’07, an attorney with Console Mattiacci Law LLC, and her co-counsel secured the largest verdict ever obtained by an individual plaintiff in an age discrimination suit. On ... read more about Alumna helps to win record-setting settlement in age discrimination case
Historical novelist Ken Yoder Reed ’66 will return to Eastern Mennonite University Thursday, Feb. 16, for a Writers Read event at Common Grounds coffeehouse at 6:30 p.m. The event is ... read more about Ken Yoder Reed ’66 brings his third historical novel to Writers Read
Attacks, arrests, threats and the murders of his friends could not deter Bob Zellner, a white Southerner, from fighting for racial equality in the civil rights movement. The lifelong activist ... read more about At Selma in ’65 and again 50 years later: Civil rights activist Bob Zellner visits EMU for two lectures and time with students
Misty Ward said she’s helped bring babies into the world under some interesting circumstances. She recalled a local doctor who chose to have her baby outside on her farm, by ... read more about Midwife Misty Ward ’05 has helped at more than 500 births
Nursing professor Ann Graber Hershberger explores the professional formation and contributions of (Old) Mennonite American nurses during World War II. ... read more about Nursing professor Ann Graber Hershberger chronicles the history of Mennonite nurses in World War II from Anabaptist Witness
An abundance of cultural, educational, and interactive events about American black history and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place in January and February at Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Campus gears up for MLK Jr. Week celebrations and Black History Month
You can’t refuse a peace chief. That’s the tantalizing start of an article about Professor Kimberly Schmidt and how she was drawn into the research behind her recently published young ... read more about How Kimberly Schmidt was drawn into the Cheyenne history surrounding her novel ‘Magpie’s Blanket’
In selecting artists for Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial art installation, curator Ashley Sauder Miller ’03 and the Centennial Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee sought a range of media, styles and ... read more about Artists use varied media to reflect on EMU past, present and future for Centennial installation