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WCSC matchmakers connect student-interns with D.C.-area mentors and organizations

April 25, 2018Last updated January 16, 2019 by Karlyn Gehring

For many hosting organizations in the Washington DC region, the work of student-interns from Eastern Mennonite University’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) is invaluable. “Without interns and volunteers,” said one

India cross-cultural group shares sights and sounds

April 19, 2018Last updated April 19, 2018 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University students on an eye-opening cross-cultural trip to India have posted a number of reflections about their trip to the EMU cross-cultural blog. Scroll down to view photos

Students on semester cross-cultural to Guatemala and Cuba offer glimpses, reflections

March 6, 2018Last updated March 12, 2018 by EMU communications

When Eastern Mennonite University students venture out onto cross-culturals, they do so with the invitation to reflect, discuss, journal and process their experiences. One EMU group this semester is journeying

Auditing around the world: Grad gives thanks for EMU education

December 21, 2017Last updated December 21, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

On at least two occasions, Ashley Hevener has known, deep down, almost instantaneously, where she wanted to be. One was a campus visit to Eastern Mennonite University that changed her

VACA professor appears on Serbian news talk show

December 20, 2017Last updated December 20, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University professor Jerry Holsopple made seven appearances, including one on a television talk show, when he traveled to Serbia earlier this month to be a featured international lecturer

‘Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem’: Longtime cross-cultural leader Linford Stutzman on Trump’s U.S. embassy move

December 11, 2017Last updated December 18, 2017 by Linford Stutzman

My wife and I have led 13 groups of college students to the Middle East since 1991 as part of Eastern Mennonite University’s required cross-cultural program. During the semester-long immersive

EMU Alumni and Friends Tour to Israel and Palestine will have ‘lifelong impact’

November 20, 2017Last updated December 7, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Before her recent Eastern Mennonite University Alumni and Friends Tour to Israel and Palestine, Betty Holsinger Shenk ’75 “knew it would be great.” It turned out, though, to be more

Douglas Wrenn ’02, environmental and resource economics professor, speaks on fracking

September 21, 2017Last updated October 6, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Dr. Douglas H. Wrenn, assistant professor of environmental and resource economics at Penn State University, will speak Thursday, Oct. 5, as part of the Longacre Business and Economics Lecture Series

Cross-cultural blog chronicles the start of Middle East travels

September 13, 2017Last updated September 13, 2017 by admin

Each semester, Eastern Mennonite University students and their cross-cultural leaders embark on journeys. Wherever you are in the world, stay tuned to their travels by checking out the cross-cultural blog.

EMU welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year

September 1, 2017Last updated September 6, 2017 by EMU communications staff

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes twelve new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, interim dean of the School of Graduate

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