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Homecoming concert to feature a cappella ensembles – and jazz with the Bubble Sisters

September 17, 2018Last updated October 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Four a cappella ensembles, a jazz blast from the past, and hymn singing will all be part of the Eastern Mennonite University Homecoming concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct.

Join us for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018!

September 10, 2018Last updated October 15, 2018 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018 offers everything from athletics events to music and theater performances, receptions, class reunions and more. Events are Friday, Oct. 12, through Sunday,

September Writers Read features alumna Allison K. Garcia and her novel ‘Vivir el Dream’

September 4, 2018Last updated September 17, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

A September Writers Read event at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will feature alumna Allison K. Garcia, a licensed professional counselor and “Latina at heart.” Garcia will read from her novel

Fall convocation highlights diversity’s opportunities

August 29, 2018Last updated September 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In the annual fall “coming together” of convocation at Eastern Mennonite University, President Susan Schultz Huxman invited community members, both the newly arrived and those returning to Harrisonburg and off

EMU’s Steven David Johnson teaches macro photography in the Smokies

August 23, 2018Last updated August 24, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Salamanders and rainbows over sublime landscapes were among the celebrated natural wonders of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during a five-day photography program this summer, said Eastern Mennonite University

Tributes by faculty and staff for 2018 Cords of Distinction honorees

May 9, 2018Last updated May 9, 2018 by Compiled by Bernadette Griffith

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 5, 2018, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the

Music professor Joan Griffing leaves her indelible mark on EMU and area youth programs

May 3, 2018Last updated March 15, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Joan Griffing became department chair of the Eastern Mennonite University music department not long after she joined the faculty. Twenty-two years later, she has left an indelible mark on the

EMU’s Yoder Arena hosts Mennonite high school choral festival

April 10, 2018Last updated April 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Thirteen Mennonite School Council (MSC) high school choirs from around the United States and Canada converged on Eastern Mennonite School and Eastern Mennonite University for the annual MSC Choral Festival

Centennial Histories Symposium taps into Mennonite higher ed’s ‘commonality and unity’ to face challenging times

April 9, 2018Last updated April 24, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Students and seasoned scholars alike gathered March 24 at Eastern Mennonite University for the Centennial Histories Symposium, a day-long intellectual gathering featuring the authors of five histories of Mennonite higher

EMU’s spring musical, ‘The Spitfire Grill,’ tells the story of second chances in a Midwest town

April 3, 2018Last updated April 23, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Its wide acclaim – The New York Times called it “soul-satisfying” and “freeing” – isn’t the only reason The Spitfire Grill musical is Eastern Mennonite University’s spring theater production: It

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