Bshara Nassar, a 2104 alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, has been named as an awardee of The Arab America Foundation’s “40 Under 40” Class of ... read more about Bshara Nassar MA ’14 among The Arab American Foundation’s ’40 Under 40′
This summer, students are shooting films, nursing human and wildlife patients back to health, and providing Spanish language translation throughout the city of Washington DC. These internships and more are ... read more about WCSC Summer 2021 hosts full house with wide-ranging internships
A city divided, Washington D.C. is at once violent and magnificent. Its political and cultural institutions attract politicians, academicians, artists, and immigrants. Rhythm and color from around the globe embellish ... read more about Washington Community Scholars’ Center director to retire after 22 years of shaping, invigorating DC cross-cultural program
Francis Johnson, a 2007 alumnus of Eastern Mennonite University and the Washington Community Scholars’ Center program, has been named a Nonprofit Technology Fellow for the Okta for Good Nonprofit Technology ... read more about Francis Johnson ‘07 named fellow by the Okta for Good Nonprofit Technology Initiative
“Community organizing is fundamentally a project of power-building within and among groups of people marginalized from existing power structures,” says Professor Ryan Good, co-director of the Washington Community Scholars’ Center ... read more about EMU announces community organizing and development minor
The 2021 LovEMU Giving Day theme of “Forward Together” is a rallying cry. Whether the picture that springs to mind in your head for LovEMU Day is the good friends ... read more about Show up together April 7 for LovEMU Giving Day!
This semester, students are mapping racially restrictive deeds, nursing and caring for the most vulnerable patients, improving food access in food apartheid areas, and monitoring zoo animals – all through the ... read more about WCSC interns work in food access, end-of-life care, zoos and more
Though Eastern Mennonite University classes were not yet in session last week, a range of communications appeared in inboxes and on social media feeds as university administrators and program leaders ... read more about EMU responds to Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol
Melissa Jantzi ’16, a nurse at Christ House in Washington D.C., was profiled this month by Mennonite Mission Network. She participated in two programs that helped to define her current ... read more about Mennonite service programs helped this nurse alumna find her calling
From web work at the world-renowned Smithsonian Institute to digital media production for a thriving creative agency, ten students are gaining professional experience this semester at Washington Community Scholars’ Center ... read more about WCSC hosts student-interns for fall semester