One late night in early August, Kate Baer ’07 received the email that every writer hopes for. This one was from an editor at the Huffington Post, asking for permission ... read more about Alumna Kate Baer’s blog on motherhood goes viral, garnering 216,000 likes on Facebook
As one of the top “study abroad” colleges in the U.S, EMU is well-known for its emphasis on cross-cultural understanding and real-world experience. Students in our program travel with veteran faculty ... read more about Seven fantastic reasons to go on an EMU cross-cultural
Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed ... read more about President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute
The Eastern Mennonite University women’s track & field team and sophomore Hannah Chappell-Dick (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) picked up one final honor from the 2013-14 athletic year, as each was awarded for academic work ... read more about Chappell-Dick and EMU women earn all-academic awards again
From a headlining act to the bike-powered recycling effort, from a group of staff and volunteers to the tent distributing Menno Tea to hundreds of friends and alumni, EMU and ... read more about Thousands throng to new music festival made possible by many folks with ties to EMU
EMU’s internal emails this summer were unusual – yet oddly heartening. The combined hubbub of construction projects and thousands of summer guests made for feelings of excitement – and of ... read more about Building on Solid Footing
Twenty-three-year-old Tessa Gerberich from Myerstown, Pa., hoped to have the opportunity to help deliver at least one baby during her year-long service term in Jos, Nigeria. To date, she’s helped ... read more about EMU alumna’s SALT term gives birth to new career
Their neighborhoods in Nairobi, Kenya, were only 30 minutes apart. Yet these two students traveled more than 7,500 miles to meet for the first time at Eastern Mennonite University, where ... read more about Inspired by their peacebuilding mothers, two undergrads come alone from Kenya and meet each other at EMU
The kids are not all right. Another high-stakes testing season is winding down, and the school year is finishing with a clap of silence and emptied boxes of No. 2 ... read more about Fearing that the kids are not all right with high-stakes testing
This is a storyline you’ve heard before: after countless hours of practice on the playground, an athlete reaches the glorious pinnacle of his or her sport. Except this is a ... read more about An EMU history grad has become the preeminent four square player of our time