A free two-day conference Oct. 17-18 at Eastern Mennonite University will bring together community stakeholders for discussions and planning around reducing incarceration and recidivism in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia. ... read more about Community criminal justice conference set for Oct. 17-18
Twelve students from Eastern Mennonite, Bethel College and Bluffton University are gaining professional, community and cultural experiences in EMU’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) this semester. The program, in Washington ... read more about WCSC students enter professional internships in Washington D.C.
Eastern Mennonite University’s 2019 Young Alum of the Year Liza Heavener ’07 says she is “not afraid to jump into unchartered territory.” Her passion for changemaking has taken her from ... read more about Meet EMU’s Young Alum of the Year: Liza Heavener ’07
Professor Johonna Turner will give the keynote address and two alumnae of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding will contribute to an October 4 symposium on restorative justice ... read more about University of Richmond RJ symposium to feature Zehr Institute co-director, two CJP alums
Gov. Ralph Northam signed an executive order Saturday creating the Commission on African American History Education. Among the 34 appointees to the commission is Basil Marin '10, an assistant principal with DeKalb County Schools in Georgia. He previously was in a similar role at Churchland High School in Virginia Beach. ... read more about Basil Marin ’10 named to Commission on African American History Education from Richmond Times-Dispatch
EMU students scattered across the globe on summer cross-culturals to Mexico, Puerto Rico, Washington D.C. and South Africa. The cross-cultural experience has been a key component of EMU’s core curriculum ... read more about A dispatch from Cape Town: Students share from the South Africa cross-cultural
HER MOTHER’S EXASPERATED “You ought to be a lawyer!” was ultimately not lost on Amy Rosenberger ’85, who as an eight-year-old was arguing her case for spending a Saturday with a friend. ... read more about ‘Real joy’ in improving lives through labor law: Amy Rosenberger ’85
Roberto Wingfield first developed an interest in interdisciplinary research while at EMU, and his current position as a project coordinator at the internationally renowned Moss Rehab Research Institute in Elkins ... read more about TBI research offers one postgraduate path for psychology/history alumnus Roberto Wingfield ’15
Co-authors Jodie Geddes MA ‘16 and Tom DeWolf launched The Little Book of Racial Healing (Skyhorse Publishing, 2018) during a webinar hosted by the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice in ... read more about Geddes, DeWolf offer skills, strategies and an invitation into deep conversation with ‘Little Book of Racial Healing’
Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 4, 2019, at Eastern Mennonite University. Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the recipients, ... read more about Tributes by faculty and staff for 2019 Cords of Distinction honorees