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
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STRAW BALE HOMES: Getting to Zero in Heating Costs
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
Designing for Health
After being exposed to a variety of toxic substances while renovating his home in 1980, Clint Good, class of ’77, developed hypersensitivities to compounds in paints, adhesives and other building ... read more about Designing for Health
IT LOOKS A LITTLE UNUSUAL…
The house isn’t technically round, but with 20 sides, it’s close. And it looks unusual enough that strangers sometimes drop in just to ask about the place Elmer ’64 and ... read more about IT LOOKS A LITTLE UNUSUAL…
Books Show the Way How to Live Simply, with Pleasure
Eating locally and in season wasn’t a fad during Mary Beth Lind’s childhood in rural West Virginia. It was just the way things worked. Her mother grew a large garden, ... read more about Books Show the Way How to Live Simply, with Pleasure
Galen R. Lehman: Contagious Inspiration
HARRISONBURG – Fred Kniss remembers well the Eastern Mennonite University professor who taught him psychology in the mid-1970s. But it probably doesn’t hurt that Kniss, 54, who’s serving as the ... read more about Galen R. Lehman: Contagious Inspiration
Zucconi to Manage EMU News Bureau
Michael J. (Mike) Zucconi will assume the newly-named position of news bureau manager at Eastern Mennonite University on June 23, 2011. Zucconi succeeds Jim Bishop, who served as public information ... read more about Zucconi to Manage EMU News Bureau
Twenty-four ‘Anointed’ for Ministry
Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) graduates Carl and Becky Van Stavern have spent the last three years juggling seminary and eight churches. Carl had five United Methodist congregations and Becky had ... read more about Twenty-four ‘Anointed’ for Ministry
Long-Time Church Historian, Irvin B. Horst, Dies
Irvin B. Horst, a former Eastern Mennonite University professor who devoted most of his life to Anabaptist history, research and thought, died Apr. 23, 2011, at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. ... read more about Long-Time Church Historian, Irvin B. Horst, Dies
Harvard Hosts EMU Funding Strategy Meetings for New Science Facility
BOSTON — Harvard Medical School provided the backdrop for a historic gathering intended to generate lead funding strategies for Eastern Mennonite University’s $30 million capital campaign to create new science ... read more about Harvard Hosts EMU Funding Strategy Meetings for New Science Facility