Laurel Evans, a sophomore Yoder and Webb Scholar who was homeschooled, talks about deciding on EMU and making it home in The Homeschooler’s Guide to Colleges this fall. The Bible, ... read more about Sophomore shares advice for homeschoolers on the college search
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
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
With thanks to contributor Cynthia Yoder When he travels, Dale Collingwood ‘98 sets out walking to get a feel for the place and the people — just as he did ... read more about 90’s Middle East cross-culturals gather for ‘sacred’ sharing
Eastern Mennonite University resumed its traditional cross-cultural programming this summer, as Professor Jerry Holsopple, assistant leader Fabiana Espinal, and eight students photographed their way across Lithuania in June and July. ... read more about Students travel through Lithuania in first in-person cross-cultural since the pandemic
Bshara Nassar, a 2104 alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, has been named as an awardee of The Arab America Foundation’s “40 Under 40” Class of ... read more about Bshara Nassar MA ’14 among The Arab American Foundation’s ’40 Under 40′
This summer, students are shooting films, nursing human and wildlife patients back to health, and providing Spanish language translation throughout the city of Washington DC. These internships and more are ... read more about WCSC Summer 2021 hosts full house with wide-ranging internships
Talibah Aquil MA ’19 (conflict transformation) is the featured guest of this week’s episode of the Peacebuilder podcast hosted by Patience Kamau MA ’17. In the episode, Aquil talks about ... read more about Talibah Aquil and ‘The Power of Dreaming’ on this week’s Peacebuilder podcast
This semester, students are mapping racially restrictive deeds, nursing and caring for the most vulnerable patients, improving food access in food apartheid areas, and monitoring zoo animals – all through the ... read more about WCSC interns work in food access, end-of-life care, zoos and more
Doris Harper Allen, 88, greeted a group of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students in the parking lot of Rose’s in Harrisonburg, the former heart of Newtown. She quickly passed out ... read more about Northeast Neighborhood resident Doris Harper Allen guided EMU students into local history each summer