With help from rallying donors across all 50 states and an impromptu head-shaving challenge, EMU’s fourth annual LovEMU Giving Day on April 8 raised a record $214,683 from 732 gifts. ... read more about LovEMU Day 2020 sets new records!
Alumni
In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Here my goal is to assist students in naming the way God is calling them to help shape the history they are living. To name such a calling is to ... read more about In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Mennonite communities contribute masks with help from Phil Helmuth ’76 and Mennonite Disaster Service
Phil Helmuth ’76, volunteer development coordinator with Mennonite Disaster Services, helped to coordinate production of homemade masks for first responders in Harrisonburg. The masks were donated to the Harrisonburg Fire ... read more about Mennonite communities contribute masks with help from Phil Helmuth ’76 and Mennonite Disaster Service
Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the retirement of Herm, the school’s mascot, effective at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. Known less by his official moniker of Herm the ... read more about Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) announces two Peacebuilder of the Year honorees: Emmanuel Bombande MA ‘02 and Cole Parke MA ‘12. Bombande, a senior mediation adviser ... read more about CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year
Chemistry professor Laurie Yoder ’94 on encouraging women and girls in STEM
Writer, photographer and EMU student Katie Meza manages the EMUSTEM Facebook page, where this article about Professor Laurie Yoder first appeared in honor of International Women and Girls in STEM Day. An ... read more about Chemistry professor Laurie Yoder ’94 on encouraging women and girls in STEM
One EMU family of writers gives an honest take on their quarantine challenges
Michael Whetzel BSN ’17 specializes in marketing of nursing programs at Eastern Mennonite University. He’s currently enrolled in the MA in Organizational Leadership program. His son Joe is a first-year ... read more about One EMU family of writers gives an honest take on their quarantine challenges
EMU publications win advertising honors
EMU picked up honors in the 35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, earning two “Merit” awards for the 2020 viewbook and the fall/winter issue of Crossroads alumni magazine. The viewbook and ... read more about EMU publications win advertising honors
With help from many, Guatemala cross-cultural group arrives home amid pandemic
Enduring two border closures and rapidly changing plans impacted by the expanding COVID-19 outbreak, EMU’s Guatemala/Colombia spring cross-cultural group arrived back in the United States Tuesday on a special U.S. ... read more about With help from many, Guatemala cross-cultural group arrives home amid pandemic
Washington Post VIDEO: Love (and a wedding) goes on
Claudette Monroy-Johnson '10 and her husband are featured in this Washington Post video. She was Outstanding Young Alum in 2018 and now serves on the President's Second Century Advisory Board. ... read more about Washington Post VIDEO: Love (and a wedding) goes on from Washington Post