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Versatile violin performance graduate Jacinda Stahly gains experience in teaching, arts administration

January 15, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Jacinda Stahly is a newly graduated violin performance major, and among her options for what’s next is pursuing a master’s degree in performance. Yet she prefers behind-the-scenes work over “being

Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’

January 15, 2018Last updated January 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call

Editor’s picks and top reads of 2017

January 9, 2018Last updated January 9, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

January brings the traditional review of the most-read news stories of 2017, many of which echoed themes of broader national interest. Our EMU News site is one of the most-visited on the

Check out EMU’s ‘Top Photos of 2017’

January 5, 2018Last updated January 11, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

From our newest president watching her father give an address at her inauguration to a young butterfly taken its first wingbeats from a safe perch near Roselawn, enjoy a collection

Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance

January 2, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,

EMU Centennial Spring 2018 Arts and Lectures Calendar

January 2, 2018Last updated May 4, 2018 by admin

This listing includes events for the spring semester at Eastern Mennonite University. To see most current details, additional events and further information, please visit the events calendar at www.emu.edu/events. EMU

‘The 39 Steps’ hosts three benefit performances before heading to Kennedy Center theater festival

January 1, 2018Last updated January 8, 2018 by admin

In late November 2017, Professor Justin Poole learned that Eastern Mennonite University’s spring theater production of “The 39 Steps” had been invited to perform at the Region II Kennedy Center American

Inside Out playback theater group awarded Catalyst Initiative, Justpax grants

December 23, 2017Last updated April 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Inside Out playback theater group is the recent recipient of two grants to expand their work with racial healing and marginalized populations. [Editor’s note 4/3/2018: Inside Out

VACA professor appears on Serbian news talk show

December 20, 2017Last updated December 20, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University professor Jerry Holsopple made seven appearances, including one on a television talk show, when he traveled to Serbia earlier this month to be a featured international lecturer

FIT4MOM franchise owner and ‘40 Under Forty’ honoree helps moms find their voices, community

December 14, 2017Last updated December 18, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

An Eastern Mennonite University graduate is one of this year’s “40 Under Forty” honorees recognized by the Tacoma, Washington-based Business Examiner. Kristy King, who owns a FIT4MOM franchise in Olympia,

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