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 ... read more about EMU hosts historic first Lavender Graduation and other LGBTQ+ events
EMU Athletics has named Carrie S. Bert as interim director of athletics. She will provide a smooth transition between the mid-summer departure of retiring director Dave King and the anticipated ... read more about EMU names Carrie Bert as interim director of athletics
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 ... read more about EMU aviation graduates make surprise helicopter flight to graduation
. When Professor Peter Dula shared memories of his colleague Nancy Heisey, he remarked about how, as president of Mennonite World Conference, she took time to lead the children of ... read more about Professor Nancy Heisey retires after 23 years at EMU and EMS
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 ... read more about EMU confers 408 degrees, as Bryan Stevenson is awarded university’s second honorary doctorate
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 ... read more about CJP’s 29 peacebuilding graduates from the Class of ‘22 are ‘already changing the world’
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 ... read more about Donning of the Kente ceremony honors grads, their heritage and valued mentors
Eastern Mennonite University landed in the top rankings of AcademicInfluence.com’s 2022 Best Colleges and Universities by Academic Stewardship. EMU ranked 34th out of the 50 universities and colleges to make ... read more about EMU earns top ranking for academic stewardship
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 ... read more about EMU announces 2022 Cords of Distinction honorees
LovEMU Giving Day 2022 was another record-setting event — with $295,173 raised from 1,363 gifts. That’s a gain in more than $14,500 and 346 new gifts over last year’s totals. ... read more about New records set at 2022 LovEMU Giving Day