The Daily News-Record covers "Bonhoeffer: Cell 92," co-written and produced by professors Jerry Holsopple and Justin Poole. The play explores tensions Bonhoeffer faced as a pacifist who was entwined with the Nazi regime and dissident movements.
... read more about DNR: EMU professors’ play on Nazi dissident to hit stages in Harrisonburg, Vienna from Daily News-Record
Theater-goers in the Shenandoah Valley will get the first look this winter at an Eastern Mennonite University production that will embark on a European tour in 2022. Bonhoeffer: Cell 92
... read more about ‘Bonhoeffer: Cell 92’ opens at EMU, slated for spring tour in Austria
This fall, students are working in schools, theaters, research labs and medical clinics as part of the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC). The center, located in D.C. since 1976, is
... read more about WCSC fall 2021 interns work in DC-area clinics, labs, orgs and more
Wenger, a PhD candidate at Baylor University, offers Part I of a two-part series on Bridgewater College and EMU. She'll be bringing the topic to a presentation next year at the American Society of Church History on a panel titled “Competing Identities: Denominational Higher Education in the American South.”
... read more about Regina Wenger ’09 on ‘Southern Anabaptist Colleges and Civil War Memory’ from Anabaptist Historians
While interning with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage during a fall semester with Washington Community Scholars' Center, Gwen Mallow researched and wrote about the Mothman of West Virginia. Her writing was published this month on the Smithsonian's magazine blog. Congrats, Gwen!
... read more about WCSC intern publishes in Smithsonian Magazine from Smithsonian Magazine
Eastern Mennonite University will host “Living Queer History: A Conversation Celebrating LGBTQ+ History Month” Thursday, Oct. 28, from 4-6 p.m. EST. The event features author, activist, and public historian Gregory
... read more about EMU to host inaugural LGBTQ+ History Month event on Virginia queer history
Eastern Mennonite University will induct three new members to the Hall of Honor this fall: Richy Bikko ‘11, Alyssa Derstine Landis ‘11, and Michelle Leaman Richards ‘10. The induction ceremony,
... read more about EMU Hall of Honor to induct three alumni athletes during Homecoming and Family Weekend
Sarah Brown’s journal of her summer intercultural* experience in the Navajo Nation is packed with vibrant reflections: from the challenges of travelling in a large group, to joy at playing
... read more about Students experience Navajo and Apache cultures during summer intercultural to U.S. Southwest
Cousins: Connected Through Slavery, a Black Woman and a White Woman Discover Their Past — and Each Other is co-authored by Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby GC '04. Revealing their families’ connections through slavery, their stories intertwine historical trauma and current race relations with courageous acts of grace.
... read more about CJP alum co-authors ‘Cousins: Connected Through Slavery, a Black Woman and a White Woman Discover Their Past — and Each Other’ from Anabaptist World
Ral Obioha and fellow alumni honorees John Lowe ’81 and Timothy and Cheryl Heatwole Shenk, both 2007 grads, will be celebrated at EMU’s Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 15-17, 2021.
... read more about Outstanding Young Alum: Ral Obioha ’08
