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Singing to Ken J. Nafziger: faculty and former students gather for a retirement send-off

May 24, 2017Last updated May 30, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“We can’t have a reception honoring Ken without music,” said Professor Joan Griffing at a May event marking the retirement of her music department colleague Ken J. Nafziger. Nafziger stepped

Smithsonian museum internship seeds student’s ultimate dream of space exploration

April 26, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Emily Will

Eastern Mennonite University student Amanda Williams has spent her spring semester supporting the “modest” effort of the Smithsonian Institute Museum of Natural History to catalog its collection of 4.5 million

Jasmine Wilson: Joining a village to become family to vulnerable children

April 12, 2017 by Emily Will

As the proverb goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” This semester, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) sophomore Jasmine Wilson is learning that maxim’s truth. She’s helping fix firmer

Work experience, grades and ‘future promise’ helps grad school-bound senior win area accounting scholarship

March 27, 2017Last updated March 28, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Becca Hardy, a senior at Eastern Mennonite University, was one of three local students from area colleges and universities to win a $1,000 scholarship from the Virginia Skyline Chapter of

Scholar of China offers Keim Lecture on Mao’s Cultural Revolution: was it really a disaster?

March 20, 2017Last updated March 29, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Was the Cultural Revolution in Mao’s China really such a disaster? Dr. Dongping Han, professor at Warren-Wilson College and a native of rural China, offers the 2017 Albert N. Keim

Since 1996, Latino Student Alliance celebrates cultural pride and offers a welcoming space to all

March 10, 2017Last updated September 22, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi with Lauren Jefferson

“Pastel!” Student Sara Shenk-Moreno whispers dramatically in Spanish, pantomiming eating. Members of the Eastern Mennonite University Latino Student Alliance (LSA) retrieve a decadent cake and sing “Happy Birthday” with extra

From NOAA to the USDA: fourteen students make Washington D.C. their home for the spring semester

February 27, 2017Last updated March 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

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

Stay tuned to spring semester cross-culturals traveling in Guatemala/Colombia, the Middle East and Washington D.C.

February 23, 2017Last updated February 23, 2017 by Robert Propst

Student Robert Propst invites readers into the world of Guatemala, where he and other members of the spring Guatemala and Colombia trip led by Professor Ann Hershberger and her husband,

BSU-sponsored ‘Town Hall on Race’ convenes campus community for honest conversation

February 16, 2017Last updated February 20, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Participants at Eastern Mennonite University’s second annual Town Hall on Race at Eastern Mennonite University Feb. 9 asked for more awareness about the role of race in relationship-building and interactive

Coptic Christian community embraces service learning group

January 9, 2017Last updated January 11, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

A slum in North Africa became home last summer to a group of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students led by Professor Johonna Turner and her husband, Julian. “They survive off

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