The stage is empty, but as calliope music plays softly in the background, you take your seat … and then, all at once, or maybe after 100 years, a voice ... read more about Royal fanfare: A last Homecoming and Centennial weekend “Come one, come all!”
Arts
EMU preps multi-talented Chilean alumni for doctoral religious studies, peacebuilding dialogue in the Jewish community
When Channah Fonseca-Quezada and David Quezada talk about their personal journeys that have merged and taken them from their native Chile to the United States and now to Canada, one ... read more about EMU preps multi-talented Chilean alumni for doctoral religious studies, peacebuilding dialogue in the Jewish community
Senior photography exhibit juxtaposes ‘effortless beauty’ and Hawaii’s homelessness ‘crisis’
Lila Marks describes Hawaii’s landscapes as “effortlessly beautiful,” but when the Eastern Mennonite University photography major traveled there this summer for her senior project, she had something else on her ... read more about Senior photography exhibit juxtaposes ‘effortless beauty’ and Hawaii’s homelessness ‘crisis’
100 Years of the Arts at EMU
Students entering Eastern Mennonite University today may not realize that in their grandparents’ generations, this institution offered one music option: Singing, usually in four-part harmony, a cappella hymns only. For ... read more about 100 Years of the Arts at EMU
‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture
The Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery at Eastern Mennonite University opens the 2017-18 academic year with a show by Anna Westfall, assistant professor of visual and communication arts. Westfall’s statement for ... read more about ‘Searching the Unseen’: Gehman Gallery hosts Professor Anna Westfall’s exhibit of light, sound and sculpture
Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
Musica Harmonia, a chamber group including Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) music professor Joan Griffing, is slated to perform at EMU and as part of the Forbes Center for the Performing ... read more about Musica Harmonia to perform at EMU and in the Forbes Center Masterpiece Season
Saudi graduate student asks non-Muslim women – and portrait viewers – to move past the veil
Editor’s note: Nourah Alhasawi’s exhibit titled “The Oppression of (Not) Being Seen” can be viewed Jan. 19-Feb. 28, 2018, in the Prism Gallery, bottom floor of Festival Hall, at James ... read more about Saudi graduate student asks non-Muslim women – and portrait viewers – to move past the veil
Lifelong Learning course highlights Eastern Mennonite University’s first century
Eastern Mennonite University’s first century of “Serving, Leading, Transforming” is the focus of two 5-week courses offered through James Madison University’s Lifelong Learning Institute. The classes will meet from 9:30-11:30 ... read more about Lifelong Learning course highlights Eastern Mennonite University’s first century
Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read
Eastern Mennonite University’s Writers Read series begins Thursday, Sept. 14, with Sofia Samatar, assistant professor of English at James Madison University. She is the recipient of various writing awards including ... read more about Sofia Samatar, JMU professor, shares fantastical fiction at Thursday’s Writers Read
‘An Experiment Like No Other’: Centennial historian Donald B. Kraybill reflects on six years of research
In 2011, esteemed author Donald B. Kraybill ’67 was commissioned to write a fresh history of Eastern Mennonite University. “We couldn’t imagine a better person to undertake this project,” said ... read more about ‘An Experiment Like No Other’: Centennial historian Donald B. Kraybill reflects on six years of research