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Jasmine Wilson: Joining a village to become family to vulnerable children

April 12, 2017 by Emily Will

As the proverb goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” This semester, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) sophomore Jasmine Wilson is learning that maxim’s truth. She’s helping fix firmer

Seeing real impact of advocacy work, intern returns for second stint with D.C. housing developer MANNA

April 4, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Editor’s note: Within minutes of publishing this article, we were informed that Jonathan Nisly has been offered, and accepted, a job with MANNA. So maybe he really has found his

EMU’s oldest, most influential student organization YPCA, now Y-Serve, continues its ministry

March 2, 2017Last updated March 23, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Caleb Schrock-Hurst

From March 6-10, 2017, Eastern Mennonite University Y-Serve sends four student groups on service learning trips. A special chapel Friday, March 3, at 10 a.m. in Lehman Auditorium, will offer

From NOAA to the USDA: fourteen students make Washington D.C. their home for the spring semester

February 27, 2017Last updated March 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Fourteen new residents to Washington D.C. moved in along with the new president of the United States in January. The students, from two universities, are in residence this semester at

Stay tuned to spring semester cross-culturals traveling in Guatemala/Colombia, the Middle East and Washington D.C.

February 23, 2017Last updated February 23, 2017 by Robert Propst

Student Robert Propst invites readers into the world of Guatemala, where he and other members of the spring Guatemala and Colombia trip led by Professor Ann Hershberger and her husband,

Soccer dreams do come true: Coerver United coach Jake Lind talks about the work he loves

January 3, 2017Last updated January 3, 2017 by Justine Nolt and Lauren Jefferson

A desk job with a regular routine certainly isn’t for everyone, and Jake Lind ’16 knew it wasn’t for him after graduation from Eastern Mennonite University. Lind describes himself as

How Kimberly Schmidt was drawn into the Cheyenne history surrounding her novel ‘Magpie’s Blanket’

December 20, 2016Last updated December 20, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

You can’t refuse a peace chief. That’s the tantalizing start of an article about Professor Kimberly Schmidt and how she was drawn into the research behind her recently published young

Justapaz intern shares hopes for a future Colombian peace billed as ‘impossible’

November 28, 2016Last updated November 29, 2016 by EMU communications staff/Elisabeth Wilder

Senior social work major Elisabeth Wilder spent 12 weeks last summer working for peacebuilding organization Justapaz in Bogota, Colombia. A grant from Eastern Mennonite University’s Peacebuilding and Development Department funded

Cross-cultural medical service provides biomed students with important skills

November 15, 2016Last updated November 20, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

With cross-cultural medical service trips becoming increasingly common, one graduate student in Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in Biomedicine program is sharing his own experience working in Nicaragua. Graduate student Milan

Forty years of service and learning celebrated at WCSC’s Nelson Good House

November 8, 2016Last updated December 1, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Fellowship, Greek food and a walking tour brought together more than 50 people to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Washington Community Scholars’ Center, known for many years as the