In honor of National Pastoral Care / Spiritual Care Week Oct. 24-30, Penny Driediger was asked to share a reflection about her work as chaplain at Sentara RMH Medical Center. ... read more about Honoring chaplains during National Pastoral Care Week: CPE Director Penny Driediger on walking with patients and families amidst COVID challenges
Several EMU faculty and alumni have contributed to a new resource published by MennoMedia. Covering subjects from faith formation to sustaining leaders, “What Now? Leading Churches through COVID” resources have ... read more about Professors and alumni contribute to Mennomedia’s “What Now?” resources for pastors and congregations
How has CJP changed in the year 2020-21? How do we do justice and peacebuilding education in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, sustained racism and oppression, poverty and inequality, ... read more about CJP IMPACT REPORT 2020-21 profiles year of change, innovation
Wenger, a PhD candidate at Baylor University, offers Part I of a two-part series on Bridgewater College and EMU. She'll be bringing the topic to a presentation next year at the American Society of Church History on a panel titled “Competing Identities: Denominational Higher Education in the American South.” ... read more about Regina Wenger ’09 on ‘Southern Anabaptist Colleges and Civil War Memory’ from Anabaptist Historians
Summer 2022 will mark the retirement of Ken Nafziger as artistic director and conductor of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. Nafziger founded the festival 30 years ago. He will be ... read more about Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival announces artistic director transition
While interning with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage during a fall semester with Washington Community Scholars' Center, Gwen Mallow researched and wrote about the Mothman of West Virginia. Her writing was published this month on the Smithsonian's magazine blog. Congrats, Gwen! ... read more about WCSC intern publishes in Smithsonian Magazine from Smithsonian Magazine
Dr. Ben Ruth '09, who recently joined the Cardiology Department at Sentara RMH, talks about the education he received at EMU and his Harrisonburg connections in this introductory video. ... read more about Dr. Ben Ruth ’09 on EMU from Sentara RMH
Already in 2021, The String Queens headlined the presidential and vice-presidential inauguration celebration, were featured artists on the PBS “Great Performances: Arts Interrupted” series, and partnered with ESPN for a ... read more about The String Queens bring their dynamic, electric music to EMU’s 2021 Gala Concert
Since opening in 1968, the Suter Science Center has been an important site of learning, research and inspiration for hundreds of Eastern Mennonite University’s alumni working in the STEM fields. ... read more about Suter West ceremony dedicates renovated Swartzendruber Hall, natural history collection, and classroom/lab spaces
A "climate emergency choir," including several EMU students, performed in Richmond on Monday to ask Governor Northam to put an end to the Mountain Valley Pipeline and demand solutions to climate change. ... read more about NPR covers climate singers from NPR-WMRA