Was your cross-cultural a transformative experience? Would you like to travel again in the same way, learning from locals and visiting off-the-beaten-path places? Or have you heard so many stories ... read more about EMU to offer alumni and friends cross-cultural trips during Centennial year
Among the many students recognized at Eastern Mennonite University’s Fall Recognition Chapel Wednesday, Dec. 7, were three standout nursing students recognized by their peers for their unique achievements. Molly Kirby, ... read more about Special chapel celebrates student accomplishments of the fall 2016 semester
Ruth Njika serves as assistant youth pastor, church leader, and assistant praise and worship team leader in a Hyattsville, Maryland, church with 50 members hailing primarily from West Africa. An ... read more about Pastoral leaders STEP up their potential in first Washington D.C. cohort of ministry training program
In a photo taken outside the Women Doing Theology Conference last month, Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) Lancaster student Karyn Nancarvis flexes her muscles and grins. Nancarvis attended the conference in Leesburg, ... read more about Scholars from Harrisonburg and Lancaster campuses attend ‘Women Doing Theology’ conference
Director Zeljko Mirkovic won “Best Cultural Documentary” at the Eugene (Ore.) Film Festival for his 2016 release “The Promise.” Mirkovic is a professor in the Visual and Communication Arts Department ... read more about Mirkovic documentary wins top award at Eugene Film Festival
When Emulate, Eastern Mennonite University’s traveling choral ensemble, was honored with an invitation to sing the prelude for the Evensong service on Sunday, Nov. 20, at the National Cathedral in ... read more about Emulate prelude at National Cathedral pairs with homily calling for Kingdom work on climate change
A new agreement with Temple University’s School of Podiatric Medicine guarantees admission to two qualifying graduates of Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in Biomedicine program. Temple’s Foot & Ankle Institute is ... read more about Temple University podiatry school guarantees two spots annually to qualifying biomedicine students
Senior social work major Elisabeth Wilder spent 12 weeks last summer working for peacebuilding organization Justapaz in Bogota, Colombia. A grant from Eastern Mennonite University’s Peacebuilding and Development Department funded ... read more about Justapaz intern shares hopes for a future Colombian peace billed as ‘impossible’
Congregations must grapple with the contentious times in which we live. Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s 2017 School for Leadership Training (SLT) will speak to divisions of race, power, privilege and ideology—and ... read more about ‘We don’t want differences to keep us apart’: School for Leadership Training focuses on connecting across divisiveness
Representatives from six police departments across the country attended a law enforcement retreat on restorative justice Nov. 11-13 near Harrisonburg, Virginia. The retreat was co-hosted by the Harrisonburg (Virginia) Police ... read more about Restorative justice retreat draws law enforcement practitioners for networking, resources and planning