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Digital media majors find challenging internships in multicultural Washington D.C.

August 31, 2018Last updated September 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Ricardo O. Villalba runs a successful film and video production company, Washington Digital Media, based in the Brightwood Park neighborhood of Washington D.C. The 44-year-old bilingual producer collaborates with young,

Fall convocation highlights diversity’s opportunities

August 29, 2018Last updated September 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In the annual fall “coming together” of convocation at Eastern Mennonite University, President Susan Schultz Huxman invited community members, both the newly arrived and those returning to Harrisonburg and off

Common Read to explore vocation in StoryCorps’ ‘Callings’

August 28, 2018Last updated September 26, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Eastern Mennonite University Common Read for the 2018-19 academic year is Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work by StoryCorps founder Dave Isay with Maya Millett (Penguin, 2017). In

Student activism presents learning opportunities for all, says faculty/staff conference keynote

August 17, 2018Last updated August 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Felipe Hinojosa offered a message of promise during his keynote address “Another University Is Possible” at Eastern Mennonite University’s annual fall faculty and staff conference: Embrace students as visionaries

Summer WCSC internship confirms career direction in geriatrics

August 17, 2018Last updated June 12, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Bluffton University senior Shanon Gallagher started her internship at Carroll Manor in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington D.C. just weeks ago, but she walks through the halls of the multi-story

EMU professors visit D.C. to experience WCSC internship sites

June 20, 2018Last updated June 20, 2018 by Karlyn Gehring

What influences students to come to the Washington Community Scholars’ Center? Professor recommendations. In May, nine faculty representing the business and leadership, chemistry and biology departments at Eastern Mennonite University

Thirteen living and working in D.C. for WCSC summer term

June 11, 2018Last updated June 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

A semester at the Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) in Washington D.C. brings students into the thriving life of the nation’s capital. Thirteen students with WCSC this summer recently took an

WCSC matchmakers connect student-interns with D.C.-area mentors and organizations

April 25, 2018Last updated January 16, 2019 by Karlyn Gehring

For many hosting organizations in the Washington DC region, the work of student-interns from Eastern Mennonite University’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) is invaluable. “Without interns and volunteers,” said one

Show the love on LovEMU Giving Day

April 2, 2018Last updated April 11, 2018 by admin

LovEMU Giving Day on April 10 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will allow supporters to “show the love” with those who otherwise could not afford the quality academics and transformational

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