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EMU students, staff inspired by summer Interfaith Leadership Institute

October 10, 2019Last updated October 21, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) sent two students and two staff to the August 2019 Interfaith Leadership Institute in Chicago, Illinois. The event is hosted by Interfaith

Community criminal justice conference set for Oct. 17-18

October 9, 2019Last updated October 23, 2019 by admin

A free two-day conference Oct. 17-18 at Eastern Mennonite University will bring together community stakeholders for discussions and planning around reducing incarceration and recidivism in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia.

CJP’s 2019 Peacebuilder magazine kicks off 25th anniversary celebration

October 6, 2019Last updated October 29, 2019 by EMU communications

Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) on

Writers Read at EMU Homecoming to feature Faith Eidse ’79

September 27, 2019Last updated October 14, 2019 by admin

Faith Eidse ’79 will read from her bestselling novel, Healing Falls (Faitheyes Press, 2018), during an Eastern Mennonite University Writers Read event at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12. She will

WCSC students enter professional internships in Washington D.C.

September 26, 2019Last updated September 27, 2019 by EMU communications

Twelve students from Eastern Mennonite, Bethel College and Bluffton University are gaining professional, community and cultural experiences in EMU’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) this semester. The program, in Washington

Mel Lehman ’71 and Common Humanity bring contemporary Syrian art exhibit to EMU

September 20, 2019Last updated July 22, 2021 by EMU communications

Alumnus Mel Lehman ’71 brings a traveling exhibit featuring the work of contemporary Syrian artists to Eastern Mennonite University. The exhibit opens Friday, Sept. 20, in the Hartzler Library Gallery

EMU ranked among Sierra Club’s ‘Cool Schools’

September 16, 2019Last updated September 19, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

The Sierra Club recently recognized Eastern Mennonite University’s strong commitment to environmentalism and sustainability with a “Cool Schools” ranking. The results of the 13th annual ranking was announced earlier this

University of Richmond RJ symposium to feature Zehr Institute co-director, two CJP alums

September 9, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by EMU communications

Professor Johonna Turner will give the keynote address and two alumnae of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding will contribute to an October 4 symposium on restorative justice

Community in Camden: Finding purpose, growing opportunity

September 4, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by With Lauren Jefferson

AFTER GRADUATING IN 2007, Timothy and Cheryl Heatwole Shenk moved to Camden, New Jersey, to be part of an intentional Christian community, which includes 12 adults and five children living

MCC’s voluntary service program SALT places four from EMU

September 3, 2019Last updated September 6, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Three Eastern Mennonite University graduates and a rising sophomore have begun terms with the Serving and Learning Together (SALT) program. As participants in the year-long Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) cross-cultural

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