Just days after the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report detailing the anticipated impacts of global warming, Jim Shultz visited Eastern Mennonite University with a very
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Zacharías Martínez, Sibonokuhle Ncube and Durga Sunchiuri never met before this month. Each is from a different continent, but they share a common grief: their nations are experiencing the effects
... read more about Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions hosts ‘Global South Voices’ tour on climate change
IRIS DE LEÓN-HARTSHORN MA ’05 has served Mennonite Central Committee (1996-2007) and Mennonite Church USA (2007-present) in various leadership roles. Previously the church’s director of transformative peacemaking, the Portland, Oregon,
... read more about Iris de León-Hartshorn MA ’05 talks about transformation and hope for ‘real change’ in Mennonite Church USA
Nathan Hershberger was recently named Eastern Mennonite High School’s Alumnus of the Year. He is a 2008 graduate of EMHS and a 2012 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University. His wife,
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Three community development experts from El Salvador, Nepal and Zimbabwe will speak at Eastern Mennonite University Oct. 1-3 as part of the Global South Voices program, an initiative of the
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Second-year master’s degree candidates in the conflict transformation and restorative justice programs at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) recently completed practicums engaging with peace education, historical
... read more about CJP degree candidates experience practicums in peace education, historical memory, restorative justice and more
Leigh-Anne Krometis, associate professor in biological systems engineering at Virginia Tech., will present a Suter Science Seminar at Eastern Mennonite University Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 4 p.m. Krometis will discuss
... read more about Water and sanitation challenges in Appalachia the subject of Wednesday’s Suter Science Seminar
Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate on location, employing the analysis and peacebuilding tools learned while studying
... read more about Annual Peacebuilder magazine highlights work in peace, justice and resilience by CJP and its alumni
The winner of the spring 2018 C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest at Eastern Mennonite University has placed second at the contest’s final, bi-national level. Caleb Schrock Hurst, currently in Vietnam
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Lynette Mast '88 helps Eastern Mennonite Elementary students take part in an annual tradition, with each student adding their name to their classroom’s pledge of nonviolence poster, and then washing one another’s hands. ... read more about EMS elementary school students sign pledge of nonviolence from Eastern Mennonite School