It took a few years of persistence and many phone calls on the part of Eastern Mennonite University’s Director of Multicultural Services Celeste Thomas to bring The Rev. Dr. Cornell ... read more about Former NAACP president preaches Black history, past and present, is God’s movement among us and touches us all
Eight students from Eastern Mennonite University and Bluffton University are gaining professional, community and cultural experiences in EMU’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) this semester. The program, in Washington D.C. ... read more about WCSC interns work in athletics, criminal justice, legal services, Smithsonian, and more
Poet and author Lauren K. Alleyne will speak at the next Writers Read event on Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. in Eastern Mennonite University’s Common Grounds coffee shop. The reading, ... read more about JMU professor Lauren K. Alleyne to present February Writers Read
Eastern Mennonite University senior Abigail Shelly (Collinsville, Miss./West Lauderdale) capped an outstanding first season of women’s triathlon by being named Scholar All-American. The select group of honorees were selected by the College ... read more about EMU’s Shelly named Scholar All-American
Lorraine Armstrong Hohl ‘17 was among the EMU alumni briefly profiled in our “Lead Together” feature pages of the fall/winter 2019-20 issue of Crossroads magazine. We’re pleased she took time ... read more about Greencastle’s new borough manager aims high for fellow citizens
Effective immediately, EMU has cancelled all public events through April 3 in response to concerns about COVID-19. The Colloquium with Dr. Saher Selod for March 18 will hopefully be rescheduled ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement to host spring film series
Professor Ernesto Verdeja, of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at University of Notre Dame, presents the annual Keim Lecture at Eastern Mennonite University. His lecture begins at 5 ... read more about Peace scholar to offer Keim Lecture on predicting genocide and mass atrocities
Stemming from an affinity for literature, students from Eastern Mennonite University are forming relationships with residents in assisted living at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. But since establishing a connection through storytelling, that bond has since evolved into friendships that defy ideological differences. ... read more about DN-R: Timeless connections through literature with bibliotherapy program from Daily News-Record
If you think being read to is just good for children, think again. This semester, Eastern Mennonite University students have been spending time reading with residents at Virginia Mennonite Retirement ... read more about Read together: New bibliotherapy program links EMU and VMRC
On a sunny day in September, 64 students from Eastern Mennonite University stood in a graveyard, listening to the names of people who may be buried there. Cream violets blanketed ... read more about Students pilgrimage to local enslaved graveyard