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Bluffton prof and poet Jeff Gundy presents at March 15 Writers Read

March 1, 2018Last updated March 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Just as “it’s possible to live on bread and water,” Jeff Gundy says, “it’s possible to live without poetry. But life is better with it.” Gundy will present his poetry

A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services

March 1, 2018Last updated May 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his

New website curated by Swarthmore archivist Anne Yoder ’81 features World War I conscientious objectors

February 20, 2018Last updated February 20, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

A collection of over 700 historic documents curated by an Eastern Mennonite University graduate working at Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College sheds light on a broader spectrum of conscientious objectors (C.O.s) during

February Writers Read to feature EMU alumna Patricia Grace King

February 6, 2018Last updated February 23, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Alumna Patricia Grace King is the featured author at a Feb. 22 Writers Read event at Eastern Mennonite University. The reading will be in Common Grounds coffeehouse in the University

Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’

January 15, 2018Last updated January 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call

Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance

January 2, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,

Spanish-language learners and native speakers join for annual Noche Bohemia festivities

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

From recounting the recipe for salsa verde to singing “La Bamba” — and praise songs — to acting out “Romance de la luna, luna,” it was a night of fun,

DACA campus committee hosts outdoor ‘story exhibit,’ continues advocacy

November 13, 2017Last updated December 7, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

In the gray cold of early November on Thomas Plaza at Eastern Mennonite University, eleven chairs called attention to the plights of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the

Soccer team’s seniors raise the bar for athletic and academic excellence

October 31, 2017Last updated November 3, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

On the field, Eastern Mennonite University’s women’s soccer team sits tied for seventh in the ODAC standings and will enter the postseason tournament seeded eighth. In the classroom, they stand

Does reading develop empathy? KU professor Marike Janzen presents a case study from Germany

October 23, 2017Last updated November 6, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Marike Janzen presents “Reading about Refugees in Germany: A National Project to Become World Citizens” as part of Eastern Mennonite University’s Writers Read series. The reading is Thursday, Nov. 2, at