Jim Minick, author of the award-winning The Blueberry Years, A Memoir of Farm and Family, will be at EMU on Monday, Feb. 10, for two events, culminating in the first ... read more about Award-winning, blueberry-growing essayist, poet, feaured at Writers Read event on Monday, Feb. 10
Undergraduate programs
Middle-aged adult-degree-completion grad becomes treasurer of historic city in Virginia
After 20 years in the business and non-profit sector, Jeff Barbour returned to college as a gray-haired student in the late 1990s. Today he is the newly elected treasurer of ... read more about Middle-aged adult-degree-completion grad becomes treasurer of historic city in Virginia
Friend, confidant, of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at EMU – 52 years after first visit in segregated era
When civil rights leader Vincent Harding visited Eastern Mennonite University 52 years ago, he knew that Mennonites had refused to own slaves during the slavery era. But he was surprised ... read more about Friend, confidant, of Martin Luther King Jr. to speak at EMU – 52 years after first visit in segregated era
Pain and stubbornness put Hattie Berg on a now-loved path through EMU
Her back pain began sometime during her sophomore year of high school. It wasn’t too bad at first, nothing out of the ordinary. Aches and pains are part of a ... read more about Pain and stubbornness put Hattie Berg on a now-loved path through EMU
Successful fundraising to modernize science labs sparks effort to upgrade western section of the Suter Science Center
Eastern Mennonite University has exceeded by nearly $600,000 its $7 million goal to modernize the laboratory section of the 1960s-era Suter Science Center, said vice president for advancement Kirk Shisler ... read more about Successful fundraising to modernize science labs sparks effort to upgrade western section of the Suter Science Center
Accounting alumnus, head of InterChange Inc., named local Business Person of the Year
When Devon C. Anders ’88 was finishing his bachelor’s degree at Eastern Mennonite University and heading into a career as a certified public account with a well-established firm, he probably ... read more about Accounting alumnus, head of InterChange Inc., named local Business Person of the Year
Graduating as h.s. valedictorian at 16, Slashcheva ’11 racks up accomplishments on way to being public-service dentist
Lyubov Slashcheva has an awfully long resume of accomplishments for a 21-year-old. Add to this her start in life—in a small mining town in a remote corner of the former ... read more about Graduating as h.s. valedictorian at 16, Slashcheva ’11 racks up accomplishments on way to being public-service dentist
Former Fulbright fellow, nationally known leader in human security, to speak at intercollegiate peace forum
Lisa Schirch, PhD, director of human security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and a former Fulbright fellow in East and West Africa, will give the keynote speech at the 2014 ... read more about Former Fulbright fellow, nationally known leader in human security, to speak at intercollegiate peace forum
Preparatory music program offers traditional and Suzuki lessons
The Shenandoah Valley Preparatory Music Program at Eastern Mennonite University will begin music lessons for individuals hoping to learn a new instrument, or improve skills, starting Jan. 13. A given ... read more about Preparatory music program offers traditional and Suzuki lessons
EMU alum, local stained glass artist, named to Business Journal’s ’10 Under 40′
Zachary Nafziger, owner of and sole craftsman at ZN Stained Glass, is the first to admit business may not be his strongest suit. But the clients who nominated him for ... read more about EMU alum, local stained glass artist, named to Business Journal’s ’10 Under 40′