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Since 1996, Latino Student Alliance celebrates cultural pride and offers a welcoming space to all

March 10, 2017Last updated September 22, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi with Lauren Jefferson

“Pastel!” Student Sara Shenk-Moreno whispers dramatically in Spanish, pantomiming eating. Members of the Eastern Mennonite University Latino Student Alliance (LSA) retrieve a decadent cake and sing “Happy Birthday” with extra

Burundi peace activist Jean Claude Nkundwa to receive the CJP Peacebuilder of the Year Award

March 7, 2017Last updated March 13, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Jean Claude Nkundwa, a 2014 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), has been selected for the center’s Peacebuilder of the Year Award. Nkundwa has devoted

Eastern Mennonite University to celebrate Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman’s inauguration April 7, 2017

March 6, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Andrea Wenger

The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) campus community, alumni and friends are invited to join the inauguration ceremony of Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman on Friday, April 7, at 1 p.m. in

Election documentary ‘Hope Was Not On The Ballot’ explores the promise of Christian witness in tumultuous times

March 6, 2017Last updated March 9, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Three days before the 2016 presidential election, two Mennonites arrived in Washington D.C. from Ontario, Canada, on a kind of exploratory mission, a self-described “pilgrimage” to the American capital. Their

EMU’s oldest, most influential student organization YPCA, now Y-Serve, continues its ministry

March 2, 2017Last updated September 19, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson and Caleb Schrock-Hurst

From March 6-10, 2017, Eastern Mennonite University Y-Serve sends four student groups on service learning trips. A special chapel Friday, March 3, at 10 a.m. in Lehman Auditorium, will offer

Red Cross disaster program manager earns excellence award for promoting fire safety in at-risk communities

March 1, 2017Last updated March 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Patrick Campbell ’12, MA ’14 (conflict transformation) was honored with the Governor’s Fire Services Award for Civilian Excellence in Virginia Fire Service Support. He accepted the award Saturday, Feb. 25,

CJP executive director begins forty-day ‘Fast for Healing Justice’

March 1, 2017Last updated June 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

In preparation for his 40-day fast, which begins today, Ash Wednesday, Daryl Byler has made a few changes to his recreational reading. This lawyer, ordained minister and executive director of

Maria Swartzentruber ’11, MA ’16 wins Virginia math educator of the year award

February 27, 2017 by Erin Flynn/Daily News-Record

Maria Swartzentruber, a fifth-grade teacher at Linville-Edom Elementary School, has made it her mission to get students excited about math. [Swartzentruber graduated in 2011 with a degree in education and

Christine Baer ’14 helps Lancaster community members learn how to welcome refugees

February 21, 2017Last updated February 21, 2017 by Emily Jones/Eastern Mennonite Missions

It had been two and a half weeks since President Trump’s executive order banning people from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for three months, suspending the U.S. Refugee

Got conflict? Growing SPI Community Day reflects citizens’ need for peacebuilding skills

February 21, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi and Lauren Jefferson

Najeeha Khan came to Friday’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute Community Day at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) to gain organizing skills and learn about facilitating dialogue. The senior international affairs and religion

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