The world is a laboratory for study. It provides alternatives, new possibilities and challenges…it is learning for life. –Al Keim EMU’s cross-cultural program may never have come to be, had ... read more about Albert Keim: cross-cultural visionary
Alumni
An essay on the advent of the accounting major at EMU
No more than 25 feet north of my home (I live almost adjacent to EMU) resides one of the best neighbors a person could have, Mildred Heacock Hostetter. She graduated ... read more about An essay on the advent of the accounting major at EMU
Tales from the Suter Science Center
Long ago, when the grounds of the Suter Science Center were just a cornfield on the east side of campus, and John Spicher ’58 was a biology major taking science classes ... read more about Tales from the Suter Science Center
Money does matter–so let’s talk about it
Our numbers-focused alumni consider how to invest pension funds, what benefits employers can afford, whether a financial institution should offer a particular service, how much life insurance to recommend, and how ... read more about Money does matter–so let’s talk about it
Novel-writing surgeon Harry Kraus ’82 resettles in Virginia after years of practicing medicine in Africa
When Dr. Harry Kraus decided to take a mission trip, he had no idea he was about to change his family’s life forever. He called Samaritan’s Purse, an organization run ... read more about Novel-writing surgeon Harry Kraus ’82 resettles in Virginia after years of practicing medicine in Africa
Alumnus at helm of Martin Stone Quarries recognized as national leader in the aggregates industry
If you’re going to extract stone from a 350-acre hole adjacent to a borough of 950 residents, Rod Martin has learned that it helps to live in a house beside ... read more about Alumnus at helm of Martin Stone Quarries recognized as national leader in the aggregates industry
First graduates of EMU’s Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program recognized in Somaliland ceremony
As she boarded the first flight of her globe-circling journey, Jayne Docherty, PhD, program director at EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), carried a clutch of certificates she would ... read more about First graduates of EMU’s Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program recognized in Somaliland ceremony
Middle-aged adult-degree-completion grad becomes treasurer of historic city in Virginia
After 20 years in the business and non-profit sector, Jeff Barbour returned to college as a gray-haired student in the late 1990s. Today he is the newly elected treasurer of ... read more about Middle-aged adult-degree-completion grad becomes treasurer of historic city in Virginia
Meet the drone-toting Riehls – radicals in their 80s?
“He needs me to go with him when he has the drone,” Marie Riehl says, referring to her husband, Daniel. It takes both Riehls to load this drone into their ... read more about Meet the drone-toting Riehls – radicals in their 80s?
Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63
One foggy morning in late summer of 1962, a 17-year-old native of Washington D.C. arrived on the campus of what was then Eastern Mennonite College not knowing a soul. Grandison ... read more about Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63