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EMU’s 105th Commencement celebrates 348 graduates

May 14, 2023Last updated May 15, 2023 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University awarded 348 total degrees at its 105th Annual Commencement on Sunday, May 7, 2023. The total included 203 undergraduate degrees, 144 master’s degrees, 78 graduate certificates, and

Learning, hope central themes of 2023 CJP Graduation

May 13, 2023Last updated May 15, 2023 by EMU Communications

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) students danced and blessed the journeys of their 16 classmates earning master’s degrees or graduate certificates at its Celebration of Blessings on May 7,

Pioneering nursing professor and scholar Dr. John Lowe ’81 to deliver EMU’s 2023 Commencement address

April 30, 2023Last updated May 1, 2023 by Jen Kulju

Dr. John Lowe, a trailblazing teacher and researcher in health equity for Native American and Indigenous people, will deliver the keynote address during Eastern Mennonite University’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday,

EMU’s Top News of 2022

January 10, 2023Last updated January 17, 2023 by Lauren Jefferson

Our news site is one of the most powerful and engaging ways that we tell the EMU story to a global audience. It’s the most-visited page on the EMU website.

EMU hosts historic first Lavender Graduation and other LGBTQ+ events

May 25, 2022Last updated May 30, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

This spring, Eastern Mennonite University hosted its first Lavender Graduation to honor LGBTQ+ graduates and alumni. The event recognizes LGBTQ students of all races and ethnicities and acknowledges their achievement

EMU aviation graduates make surprise helicopter flight to graduation

May 16, 2022Last updated May 17, 2022 by EMU Communications

Three Eastern Mennonite University graduates made a surprise flight to their Commencement ceremony on Friday evening. They arrived by helicopter – a symbol of their distinction as the first graduates

EMU confers 408 degrees, as Bryan Stevenson is awarded university’s second honorary doctorate

May 9, 2022Last updated May 26, 2022 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s 104th Commencement ceremony was marked by the conferring of only its second honorary doctorate in its history — to human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder of the

CJP’s 29 peacebuilding graduates from the Class of ‘22 are ‘already changing the world’

May 8, 2022Last updated June 13, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

The day before acclaimed human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson gave the Commencement address at Eastern Mennonite University, 29 graduates of the university’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding gathered virtually for

Donning of the Kente ceremony honors grads, their heritage and valued mentors

May 3, 2022Last updated May 4, 2022 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s seventh annual Donning of the Kente Ceremony held plenty of moments that tugged the heart. “Each time we do this, and this is the seventh time,” said

EMU announces 2022 Cords of Distinction honorees

April 14, 2022Last updated December 15, 2022 by EMU Communications

READ the tributes for EMU’s Class of ’22 Cords recipients. Ten graduating seniors are the 2022 Cords of Distinction recipients. They will wear blue and gold cords signifying their achievement

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