Professor Katherine Bassard brings her expertise in African American literature to Eastern Mennonite University on Thursday, Nov. 10. She will give a presentation titled ‘Truly a Christian Act’: Freedom and
... read more about VCU professor, expert on African American women and the Bible to speak on ‘Sketches of Slave Life’
Harrisonburg City Public Schools has become a leader in Virginia for its approach to dual language learner education, says a new report from New America, a think tank and civic enterprise committed to renewing American politics, prosperity, and purpose in the Digital Age. Eastern Mennonite University alumni make up the bulk of the program's teachers. ... read more about Harrisonburg’s dual-language program and its many EMU-trained teachers recognized as state leader from New America
Poet Marci Rae Johnson visits Eastern Mennonite University for a 6:30 p.m. reading on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Common Grounds coffeehouse. This is the first Writers Read to be scheduled
... read more about Poet Marci Rae Johnson is the featured author at Writers Read during Homecoming and Family Weekend
Valley musicians in Musica Harmonica are headed to San Juan, Puerto Rico, in October to further encourage the intersectionality of music in the Americas. The group, composed of a violist
... read more about Musical Mends: musicians perform amid countries’ repairing relations
From the first “Purple Press” issue printed as a mimeographed, letter-sized paper in 1939 to the Weather Vane online, the EMU student newspaper has been a vessel of student expression
... read more about From ditto to digital, Weather Vane and loyal staffers still ‘let readers know how the winds are blowing on campus’
Poet Gary Dop is the first guest of the annual Writers Read lecture series at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). He speaks Thursday, Sept. 15, at 8:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium.
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A review of the CD When the Spirit Sings: Chamber Music of Gwyneth Walker includes "The Peacemakers," a commissioned work that involves two EMU professors, violinist Joan Griffing and poet Marti Eads. ... read more about Professors Joan Griffing and Marti Eads celebrate Leymah Gbowee’s peace work with new musical work from Classical Voice of North Carolina
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 13 new faculty to the ranks for the 2016-17 academic year. [See photo album here and at the end of this article.] The new faculty,
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Scholars, activists, students and literary, performing and visual artists alike are invited to submit proposals for consideration to “Crossing the Line: Women of Anabaptist Traditions Encounter Borders and Boundaries,” a
... read more about Interdisciplinary conference on women of Anabaptist traditions, slated for June 2017, announces call for proposals