A variety of student accomplishments were celebrated at Eastern Mennonite University’s annual spring student recognition chapel service today [April 15, 2016]. Rachel Roth Sawatsky, director of student programs, opened the ... read more about Spring recognition chapel celebrates student leadership and achievement
The flags of 55 countries now hang in “The Orie O. Miller Hall of Nations,” dedicated during a chapel service at the University Commons at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) on ... read more about International flags fly in the University Commons, as chapel service dedicates The Orie O. Miller Hall of Nations
This year, several Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff, among them Professor Don Clymer, are moving into retirement after many years of service. To acknowledge their service and deep commitment ... read more about Celebrating Service: Don Clymer will blog, write and teach for the next year in Switzerland
More than 150 members of the Eastern Mennonite University and Eastern Mennonite Seminary community gathered in the campus center Wednesday for a Holy Week service around the “alfombra,” or carpet, ... read more about Latino Student Alliance’s beautiful ‘alfombra’ is the centerpiece for a Holy Week chapel service
Novelist Evie Yoder Miller writes that some years ago — after reading Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle — she decided to plant a patch of black raspberries. She works ... read more about Writers Read: Mennonite and Amish characters live in the novels of Iowa native Evie Miller Yoder
This month saw a symbolic “passing of the torch” in the Latino Student Alliance at Eastern Mennonite University, as four comadres, their friendship forged by a common love of heritage ... read more about Four senior leaders leave behind a thriving and visible Latino Student Alliance on campus
The traveling history exhibit “Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery” is currently open at Eastern Mennonite University’s Campus Center through March 2. The discovery doctrine is a “philosophical and legal framework ... read more about Workshop, chapel and exhibit on ‘Dismantling the Doctrine of Discovery’ highlight colonialism and its effects on indigenous peoples
Daniel Shenk-Moreno visited Barcelona six times in the past year. The city offers many attractions, but for Shenk-Moreno, a lifelong Barcelona fan, seeing his favorite soccer team defeat Manchester City ... read more about International business grad, fluent in Spanish with a passion for soccer, guides sports team tours around the world
As an undergraduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Mark Strandquist began the “Windows from Prison” project that continues today. He asks incarcerated men, women, and teens to respond to ... read more about Artist-activist connects communities in and out of prison with bold public art projects
On her Facebook page, Martha Woodroof offers the following whirlwind summary of her career journey: “NPR freelancer, WMRA public radio person, restaurateur, essayist, country music jock, college dropout, TV talk ... read more about NPR personality, author and raconteur Martha Woodroof shares humor, life experiences at Writer’s Read event