Eastern Mennonite University alumni Ingrid De Sanctis ‘88 and Ted Swartz ’89, MACL ’92, have collaborated as professional playwrights, actors and directors for more than 20 years. The friends and ... read more about Centennial celebration theater production team asks alumni and EMU community to share memories, unforgettable moments
Pastor Ben Risser ’85, MACL ’04 was interviewed by Hannah Heinzekehr, executive director of The Mennonite, about his call to Ridgeway Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Ridgeway was started by ... read more about Ridgeway Mennonite Church, started by the college’s YPCA chapter in 1948, continues under Pastor Ben Risser and alumni leaders
From the first “Purple Press” issue printed as a mimeographed, letter-sized paper in 1939 to the Weather Vane online, the EMU student newspaper has been a vessel of student expression ... read more about From ditto to digital, Weather Vane and loyal staffers still ‘let readers know how the winds are blowing on campus’
While preparing exhibit items in the D. Ralph Hostetter Natural History Museum at Eastern Mennonite University for upcoming renovations, senior biochemistry major Eli Wenger found something that “made my hair ... read more about A museum treasure comes to light: Professor D. Ralph Hostetter’s love of ‘God in nature’ and the Carolina Junco
Former EMU All-American Hannah Chappell-Dick (Bluffton, Ohio/Bluffton) has been named one of the top 30 honorees for the 2016 NCAA Woman of the Year Award. She is the first-ever woman ... read more about Chappell-Dick named Top 30 For NCAA Woman Of The Year
Eastern Mennonite University’s cross country and track and field teams have grown to include more than 50 students on both teams during the 2015-16 academic year. To support the success ... read more about Support EMU’s Track and Field renovation!
“Would you like to hear about how the first snack shop was started?” That question was posed by Janet Weaver Yoder, who had read about efforts to collect dining hall ... read more about First snack shop, owned by the Weaver family, was a gathering place for hungry college students
This preview, published Aug. 24, 2016, in the Daily News-Record, profiles Ted Swartz ’89, MDiv ’92, and “Laughter is Sacred Space,” his performance about depression and mental illness that tells ... read more about Ted Swartz’s one-man play teaches the importance of laughter in a celebration of life lost
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 13 new faculty to the ranks for the 2016-17 academic year. [See photo album here and at the end of this article.] The new faculty, ... read more about EMU welcomes 13 new faculty for 2016-2017 academic year
Stephen Kriss is associate director of pastoral studies at EMU Lancaster's seminary. He lives in Philadelphia. ... read more about Ministry Inquiry Program began the road to ministry for Mennonite pastor Stephen Kriss from Mennonite World Review