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EMU grad at Yale earns scholarship for recyclable materials research

January 12, 2018Last updated January 12, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

An Eastern Mennonite University alumnus studying at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies has been awarded a scholarship to support his research on automated systems to reduce the

Check out EMU’s ‘Top Photos of 2017’

January 5, 2018Last updated January 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

From our newest president watching her father give an address at her inauguration to a young butterfly taken its first wingbeats from a safe perch near Roselawn, enjoy a collection

VACA professor appears on Serbian news talk show

December 20, 2017Last updated December 20, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University professor Jerry Holsopple made seven appearances, including one on a television talk show, when he traveled to Serbia earlier this month to be a featured international lecturer

Campus visit gives Harrisonburg High GEAR UP students a taste of college life

November 27, 2017Last updated December 4, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Sophomore engineering student Dirk Oyer received instant acclaim as he waved a small handheld wand in front of Harrisonburg High School students. “Hello, HHS,” flashed the blinking LED lights. “Wow!”

10x10x100 Centennial artists offer 500 new perspectives on EMU

October 16, 2017Last updated October 23, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The five artists who contributed to Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial art installation offered new perspectives — 500 of them — on the theme “Serving, Leading, Transforming.” Exhibited in the Margaret

Fall ’17 Washington Community Scholars find insight, wisdom, inspiration

October 6, 2017Last updated October 9, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eight students this fall are exploring life in Washington D.C. and gaining experience through internships in fields ranging from music therapy to journalism to immigration law as part of studies

Senior photography exhibit juxtaposes ‘effortless beauty’ and Hawaii’s homelessness ‘crisis’

October 3, 2017Last updated March 1, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Lila Marks describes Hawaii’s landscapes as “effortlessly beautiful,” but when the Eastern Mennonite University photography major traveled there this summer for her senior project, she had something else on her

100 Years of the Arts at EMU

September 25, 2017Last updated October 17, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi and Lauren Jefferson

Students entering Eastern Mennonite University today may not realize that in their grandparents’ generations, this institution offered one music option: Singing, usually in four-part harmony, a cappella hymns only. For

‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture

September 19, 2017Last updated October 8, 2017 by EMU communications staff

The Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery at Eastern Mennonite University opens the 2017-18 academic year with a show by Anna Westfall, assistant professor of visual and communication arts. Westfall’s statement for

Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read

September 11, 2017Last updated September 15, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Writers Read series begins Thursday, Sept. 14, with Sofia Samatar, assistant professor of English at James Madison University. She is the recipient of various writing awards including

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