Peace building experiments at West Point and the grocery store By Lisa Schirch for The Mennonite Lisa Schirch is a professor of peacebuilding and program director of the 3D Security ... read more about Redeeming the Power, Redeeming Ourselves
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Orchestra, Children’s Choir to Perform
Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir participants (L. to r.) Grace Lyman Barner, Lizzie Doughty, and Alexander Doughty The Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir will present ... read more about Orchestra, Children’s Choir to Perform
Insect Pests is Subject of Science Seminar
Matthew Siderhurst, assistant professor of chemistry at EMU How non-native insects can be introduced into habitats and sometimes become serious pests is the subject of the next Suter Science Center ... read more about Insect Pests is Subject of Science Seminar
Mennonite Delegation to Vatican Includes EMU Professor
When Mennonites from 10 countries spent five days with Catholic Church leaders in Vatican City, each group was interested in learning to know the other better. The Pontifical Council for ... read more about Mennonite Delegation to Vatican Includes EMU Professor
Music Department Sets Festive Concert
EMU Chamber Singers during an outdoor performance last year. The music department will spread some early yuletide cheer in a concert 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17, in Lehman Auditorium. The ... read more about Music Department Sets Festive Concert
Bach Festival Hosts Young Artists’ Recital
Six local musicians will display their talents in a “Young Artists” recital 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, at Park View Mennonite Church, N. College Avenue in Harrisonburg. The program, sponsored ... read more about Bach Festival Hosts Young Artists’ Recital
EMU Acquires Rare 16th Century Book
Elwood Yoder shows the 1539 book printed on the Beck Press in Strasbourg, Germany, to Menno Simons Historical librarian Lois Bowman. Looking on is EMU senior Rachael L. Penman. Photo ... read more about EMU Acquires Rare 16th Century Book
Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict
James O. Lehman, librarian emeritus at EMU and archivist for Virginia Mennonite Conference Two experts in Anabaptist studies have collaborated on the first scholarly examination of pacifism during the Civil ... read more about Historians Examine Amish, Mennonite Response to Civil War Conflict
Alum Asks, ‘Lordy, Lordy, How Can It Be 40?’
“The line it is drawn The curse it is cast The slow one now Will later be fast As the present now Will later be past The order is Rapidly ... read more about Alum Asks, ‘Lordy, Lordy, How Can It Be 40?’
Students Promote AIDS Awareness
EMU students (l. to r.) Nathan Kauffman, Ingrid Vendrely, Sarah Kalichman and Grace Schrock-Hurst display the t-shirts that students wore as part of AIDS/HIV Awareness Week on campus. Photo by ... read more about Students Promote AIDS Awareness