When Donald Oswald graduated with a major in psychology in 1975, he got a job working at the Grafton School in Berryville, Virginia, which was then (and remains) an organization ... read more about Pioneer in Autism care
Psychology
From missionary doctor to mother of five to psychiatrist
Every inch of tabletop space in Dorcas Stoltzfus Morrow’s apartment is covered with loose papers and three-ring binders, spillover from the crammed bookshelves that surround her living room at Landis ... read more about From missionary doctor to mother of five to psychiatrist
Mennonite healthcare institutions search for a better way
Since the very beginning, the conviction that “there has to be a better way” has been a guiding principle for the Mennonite mental healthcare institutions that were established as a ... read more about Mennonite healthcare institutions search for a better way
EMU Welcomes 12 Faculty Members for 2013-14
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 12 new faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year. The new faculty, announced by provost Fred Kniss, are: Amy Gillespie, EdD, assistant professor of the ... read more about EMU Welcomes 12 Faculty Members for 2013-14
Liberian Med Student Honored in Africa
Samfee Kamayanoh Doe ’11 has been selected as one of 28 Milead Fellows from among 2,120 candidates from 44 countries. For this highly prestigious award conferred on African women, Doe ... read more about Liberian Med Student Honored in Africa
PTSD Not Just From Combat, Researcher Says
Courtesy Daily News Record, April 3, 2012 Nearly 100 students, faculty and sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder gathered at Eastern Mennonite University on Friday to hear an alumnus discuss his ... read more about PTSD Not Just From Combat, Researcher Says
Pastor Pairs Love of Church, People with Disabilities
Courtesy Bluffton University Having an adopted brother with tubular meningitis has made a huge mark on the Rev. Paula Snyder Belousek’s life. “Early on, I became interested in what role ... read more about Pastor Pairs Love of Church, People with Disabilities
Galen R. Lehman: Contagious Inspiration
HARRISONBURG – Fred Kniss remembers well the Eastern Mennonite University professor who taught him psychology in the mid-1970s. But it probably doesn’t hurt that Kniss, 54, who’s serving as the ... read more about Galen R. Lehman: Contagious Inspiration
Harvard Hosts EMU Funding Strategy Meetings for New Science Facility
BOSTON — Harvard Medical School provided the backdrop for a historic gathering intended to generate lead funding strategies for Eastern Mennonite University’s $30 million capital campaign to create new science ... read more about Harvard Hosts EMU Funding Strategy Meetings for New Science Facility
Unprecedented Conference on ‘Attachment’ Coming to EMU
What are healthy attachments, why do we need them, and how can we form them? In answering these questions, we can discover how to be fully human. So say the ... read more about Unprecedented Conference on ‘Attachment’ Coming to EMU