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Eastern Mennonite University welcomes twelve new faculty members for 2015-2016 academic year

August 28, 2015Last updated September 14, 2015 by EMU communications staff

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 12 new faculty to the ranks for the 2015-16 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost; Michael King, vice president and seminary

Ten EMU graduates earn Cords of Distinction for contributions to campus and community

April 27, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony held Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2015 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated

During her internship, senior Sara Ritchie mingles with political leaders at Selma march

March 12, 2015Last updated November 10, 2016 by Kara Lofton

The Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, was so packed with people that Eastern Mennonite University senior Sara Ritchie could not see asphalt when she looked back toward the crowd.

Jess Rheinheimer, stellar basketball forward and nursing major, named one of five in nation to Academic First Team

February 25, 2015Last updated March 12, 2015 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University junior Jess Rheinheimer (Manheim, Pa./Lancaster Mennonite) has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America First Team. She is just one of five women’s basketball players from

People of color have good reasons for viewing police as racist, law as arbitrary, says University of Kansas expert

February 20, 2015Last updated March 2, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

The reasons and ways in which police stop and investigate citizens indicate a racial hierarchy, argued Charles R. Epp in a lecture coinciding with Black History Month at Eastern Mennonite

Expert on racial profiling by law enforcement officers to speak at EMU

February 13, 2015Last updated February 18, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

“Overall, black drivers are nearly three times more likely than whites to be subjected to investigatory stops,” write University of Kansas Professors Charles R. Epp and Steven Maynard-Moody in an

Professor and former NASA researcher shares about science, faith, and the mysterious universe

November 11, 2014Last updated December 2, 2014 by Robert Propst

Have you ever wondered if animals are conscious? Are plants conscious? Does an amoeba have free will? David Pruett, James Madison University emeritus professor of mathematics, recently argued in a

$2.2 million renovation of Roselawn now complete, offering pleasant office, class and interaction spaces

October 9, 2014Last updated January 6, 2016 by Kara Lofton

After more than six months of intensive construction work and a $2.2 million investment, the Roselawn renovation project at Eastern Mennonite University is complete. The former residence hall now houses

EMU’s 10 new faculty members come with outstanding credentials in seven fields

September 1, 2014Last updated September 11, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Nursing at Eastern Mennonite University – the most in-demand field of study at this university – leads the way in welcoming three new faculty members out of 11 teachers in

An EMU history grad has become the preeminent four square player of our time

June 6, 2014Last updated August 18, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

This is a storyline you’ve heard before: after countless hours of practice on the playground, an athlete reaches the glorious pinnacle of his or her sport. Except this is a

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