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Cross-cultural medical service provides biomed students with important skills

November 15, 2016Last updated November 20, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

With cross-cultural medical service trips becoming increasingly common, one graduate student in Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in Biomedicine program is sharing his own experience working in Nicaragua. Graduate student Milan

From the Hill to homeless shelters, this semester’s WCSC scholars gain work experience and grow in community

October 21, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

From brushing shoulders with congressmen and lobbyists to working with homeless people and at-risk youth, students spending the fall semester at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center bring home a range

Professors collaborate to improve instructional methods in STEM classes, thanks to NSF research grant

October 10, 2016Last updated November 7, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

In a 2014 Scientific American blog post championing greater diversity within the sciences, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs Jr. writes that “the large and persistent under-representation of certain social groups from the

Cardiologist Chris Longenecker ’01 finds a niche with HIV/AIDS research in the US and Africa

October 7, 2016Last updated October 17, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

How does a doctor decide on a medical specialty? Dr. Chris Longenecker ’01 can recount a family history in the medical profession, fluency in French, and a trip to southern

EMU welcomes 13 new faculty for 2016-2017 academic year

August 30, 2016Last updated November 26, 2017 by EMU communications staff

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,

Nursing students volunteer with alumnus-founded nonprofit Midwives for Haiti

August 16, 2016Last updated August 16, 2016 by Brenna Cowardin

In January 2015, Eastern Mennonite University nursing professor Ann Schaeffer volunteered with Midwives for Haiti. The nonprofit organization, founded by alumnus Nadene Brunk, trains Haitian women in midwifery. By the

Interdisciplinary conference on women of Anabaptist traditions, slated for June 2017, announces call for proposals

August 4, 2016Last updated September 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

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

Summer interns settle in at Washington Community Scholars’ Center

June 15, 2016Last updated November 10, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Teresa Garcia-Bautista has a long list of summer goals while living at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center and working in Washington D.C. this summer. The first two are “meet the

VCU nurse practitioner grad earns Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship to finish her final clinical rotation in India

June 14, 2016Last updated June 20, 2016 by Brenna Cowardin

Carrie Schlabach is the first family nurse practitioner graduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University’s School of Nursing to be sponsored by the Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship’s Student Elective Term. With the

Twenty Winchester Medical Center nurses graduate from on-site RN-BSN program with more cohorts on the way

June 6, 2016Last updated July 8, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Year after year, Keith McNeely watched his fellow nurses at Winchester Medical Center make the weekly 65-plus mile drive to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) as they worked towards their bachelor

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