Recent Virginia Commonwealth University dental school graduate Lyubov Slashcheva '11, who immigrated from Kazakhstan at age 5 to Virginia, graduated from high school at age 16, and then finished her undergraduate degree at EMU in 2 1/2 years, talks about her life and service. ... read more about Dentist Lyubov Slashcheva ’11 talks faith, floss and family with Richmond Magazine from Richmond Magazine
Pre-professional health sciences
Outreach chamber quartet brings together biology, religion, education majors and yes, one future professional musician, to give the gift of music in unusual venues
Isaac Dahl is a religious and intercultural studies major. Quinn Kathrineberg plans on a career as an English teacher. Maria Yoder wants to be a doctor. Among the members of ... read more about Outreach chamber quartet brings together biology, religion, education majors and yes, one future professional musician, to give the gift of music in unusual venues
Lyubov Slashcheva ’11 graduates from VCU dental school, earns excellence award
[Reprinted with permission from VCU] Lyubov Slashcheva arrived in the United States when she was 5 years old not knowing a word of English, but already determined to make an ... read more about Lyubov Slashcheva ’11 graduates from VCU dental school, earns excellence award
Spring STEM Celebration showcases forty individual and group research projects
Senior Derek Harnish and sophomore Braden Herman were upperclass and underclass division winners, respectively, at last week’s Spring STEM Celebration poster show. Harnish, who performed research under the supervision of ... read more about Spring STEM Celebration showcases forty individual and group research projects
A mentor to future doctors and health professionals, biology professor Roman Miller retires after 31 years at EMU
All those years ago, the trajectory of Roman Miller’s young career had seemed so clear. He’d finished undergraduate and master’s degrees in biology and earned a PhD from Kent State ... read more about A mentor to future doctors and health professionals, biology professor Roman Miller retires after 31 years at EMU
Veterans Administration psychologist and chaplain program director presents ‘Reevaluating the Invisible Wounds of War’
Clinical psychologist Jason Nieuwsma presents a Suter Science Seminar on the invisible wounds of war at 4 p.m., Friday, April 8, in Suter Science 106 at Eastern Mennonite University. Nieuwsma ... read more about Veterans Administration psychologist and chaplain program director presents ‘Reevaluating the Invisible Wounds of War’
Peacebuilder draws attention to power of local networks to respond to humanitarian and public health crises
Libby Hoffman returns to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), where she attended the Summer Peacebuilding Institute in 1996 and 2000, to talk about humanitarian aid and crisis response. Hoffman is co-founder ... read more about Peacebuilder draws attention to power of local networks to respond to humanitarian and public health crises
‘Conversations on Sexual Violence’ symposium aims to nurture community-building and resilience
A multi-year research project on domestic violence, under the direction of professor Carolyn Stauffer, will be highlighted in a community education symposium at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) this spring. The ... read more about ‘Conversations on Sexual Violence’ symposium aims to nurture community-building and resilience
Four senior leaders leave behind a thriving and visible Latino Student Alliance on campus
This month saw a symbolic “passing of the torch” in the Latino Student Alliance at Eastern Mennonite University, as four comadres, their friendship forged by a common love of heritage ... read more about Four senior leaders leave behind a thriving and visible Latino Student Alliance on campus
Artist-activist connects communities in and out of prison with bold public art projects
As an undergraduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Mark Strandquist began the “Windows from Prison” project that continues today. He asks incarcerated men, women, and teens to respond to ... read more about Artist-activist connects communities in and out of prison with bold public art projects