Six student-athletes were recognized with special awards at the April’s athletics awards banquet. Allison Shelly and Isaac Alderfer were recognized as Male and Female President’s Award honorees. The President’s Award ... read more about Athletics Awards highlight six for special recognition
Eastern Mennnonite University’s opera “Noye’s Fludde” has won several Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival accolades. The festival is the preeminent university theater program in the United States. The Benjamin ... read more about ‘Noye’s Fludde’ earns Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival nominations
The Daily News-Record covers "Bonhoeffer: Cell 92," co-written and produced by professors Jerry Holsopple and Justin Poole. The play explores tensions Bonhoeffer faced as a pacifist who was entwined with the Nazi regime and dissident movements. ... read more about DNR: EMU professors’ play on Nazi dissident to hit stages in Harrisonburg, Vienna from Daily News-Record
Theater-goers in the Shenandoah Valley will get the first look this winter at an Eastern Mennonite University production that will embark on a European tour in 2022. Bonhoeffer: Cell 92 ... read more about ‘Bonhoeffer: Cell 92’ opens at EMU, slated for spring tour in Austria
Nicole Litwiller graduated from Eastern Mennonite University with a degree in global development in 2019 and a master’s degree in conflict transformation in 2020. She has worked as a Equity ... read more about PXD Blog: ‘From Herm to Ranger Rick’ with Nicole Litwiller ’19, MA ’20
This fall, students are working in schools, theaters, research labs and medical clinics as part of the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC). The center, located in D.C. since 1976, is ... read more about WCSC fall 2021 interns work in DC-area clinics, labs, orgs and more
Fabrice Guerrier MA ‘15 was named this month to The Root’s 100 List. He is included among 100 of the most influential African American innovators, public figures, community leaders, change ... read more about Fabrice Guerrier MA ‘15 named to The Root’s 100 List
Tune in to this podcast episode of Wild Virginia Virtual Coffee Talk, where conservation photographer Steven David Johnson talks about his work photographing vernal pools, salamanders, jumping spiders, and other fun projects he’s working on. ... read more about Wild Virginia podcast features Professor Steven David Johnson from Wild Virginia
EMU's fall musical production inspired by the songs of U2 and the poetry of Shakespeare "takes an unfiltered look into some of the terrible suffering and pain that is in the world. Instead of shying away from it, it says life doesn’t have to be like this,” said student Andrew Stoltzfus said, starring as Romeo. This version, co-created by Justin Poole, program director of theater at EMU, and Jerry Holsopple, professor of visual and communication arts, features U2’s music and visuals created by Holsopple and students in the Visual and Communication Arts Department. The show opened Saturday at 7 p.m., will have 2 p.m. public performances on Sunday and Oct. 30, and public performances at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 to 30. ... read more about DN-R: ‘Romeo And Juliet’ musical echoes U2’s call For world peace, reconciliation from DN-R
Editor’s Note 12/20/2021: This production earned multiple awards from the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival: Certificates of Merit for co-creators Justin Poole and Jerry Holsopple and fight choreographer Wolf ... read more about EMU’s original rock musical ‘U2 Romeo & Juliet’ is a gritty, rapturous tale of love in chaos