In 2011, Lynchburg Beacon of Hope set out to improve the number of students who pursue higher education in the city of Lynchburg, Virginia. The nonprofit was formed as one
... read more about A Model For Others: Beacon of Hope Scholar Azariah Cox ’17 is the first graduate aided by Lynchburg nonprofit
Elisabeth Wilder '17, a self-described "liberal lady," writes about her friendship with classmate and "conservative chic" Lorraine Armstrong '17 that developed during a semester at the Washington Community Scholars Center. ... read more about Bipartisan friendships bloom, fittingly, during Washington D.C. cross-cultural from The Mennonite
Eastern Mennonite University student Amanda Williams has spent her spring semester supporting the “modest” effort of the Smithsonian Institute Museum of Natural History to catalog its collection of 4.5 million
... read more about Smithsonian museum internship seeds student’s ultimate dream of space exploration
Two Bluffton University students are accumulating a precious resource in Washington D.C. this semester: social capital. Sophomore Jason Summers is an operations assistant intern at Wacif (Washington Area Community Investment
... read more about Business administration majors head to D.C. to gain experience in human resources and operations management
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
... read more about Jasmine Wilson: Joining a village to become family to vulnerable children
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
... read more about Seeing real impact of advocacy work, intern returns for second stint with D.C. housing developer MANNA
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
... read more about EMU’s oldest, most influential student organization YPCA, now Y-Serve, continues its ministry
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
... read more about From NOAA to the USDA: fourteen students make Washington D.C. their home for the spring semester
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,
... read more about Stay tuned to spring semester cross-culturals traveling in Guatemala/Colombia, the Middle East and Washington D.C.
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
... read more about Soccer dreams do come true: Coerver United coach Jake Lind talks about the work he loves