It was bitterly cold the week in February 1994, when Terry Whitmore ’70, MBA – then teaching business classes as an adjunct instructor – and a few others traveled from ... read more about Classes tap into life experiences for vibrant, relevant lessons
Eastern Mennonite field hockey alumnus Janelle Hurst-Mazariegos (’92) is starting up a league to help introduce local people to the sport. The Massanutten Field Hockey League will start with practices ... read more about EMU Alum Starts Massanutten Field Hockey League
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) experienced a growth of 15 percent over last year in total contributions for the 2011 fiscal year ending June 30. Total contributions were $5,627,312, up $744,555 from fiscal ... read more about EMU sees increase in total contributions for 2011
SALUNGA, Pa. – Nelson Okanya, a 2003 Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) graduate, has been appointed as the next President of Eastern Mennonite Missions (EMM), beginning October 1, 2011. In a ... read more about EMS Grad Appointed Mission Organization President
Dr. Debra (Boese) Horst, a 2007 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), received the highest honor a dental student can achieve at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) of Virginia ... read more about Dentist-Alum Honored at MCV
Beginning July 1, 2011, Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) annual Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) gained two new directors, both of whom hold graduate degrees in conflict transformation – William (Bill) Goldberg, ... read more about Goldberg, Helbert Named Co-Directors of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Alex Ivanitsky ’02 and A. Neal Lewis, class of ’01, started a construction company in Harrisonburg, Virginia, soon after their college years. A few years later, after Lewis took coursework ... read more about BEYOND WEATHERIZING: Environmentally Friendly Homes
At the Landis Homes community in Lititz, Pennsylvania, Dr. Richard ’60 and Ruth Slabaugh ’63 Weaver were the first couple to move into one of nearly two dozen cottage homes ... read more about CIVILIZED WAY TO LIVE
Lester ’71 and Mary Beth ’72 Lind were undergraduates at EMU when the environmental movement was taking off. They were on campus when the first Earth Day was celebrated. They ... read more about THE ROAD LESS TRAVELED
The house taking shape on the property of Kim and Mike Martin, both ’94 grads, in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was largely inspired by the couple’s service term with Mennonite Central Committee ... read more about STRAW BALE HOMES: Getting to Zero in Heating Costs