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Award-winning poet opens 2014-15 Writers Read series with performance of the new black poems and others

September 11, 2014Last updated September 23, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Evie Shockley, an award-winning poet who embraces both free-verse and traditional styles of writing, will open up the 2014-15 Writers Read series on Wednesday, September 24, at 8 p.m. in Eastern Mennonite

President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

August 7, 2014Last updated August 29, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed

Biomedicine graduate program names first ‘scholar-in-residence’ – Joseph Longacher, MD

August 4, 2014Last updated August 28, 2014 by Steve Shenk

The graduate program in biomedicine at Eastern Mennonite University has appointed its first “scholar-in-residence.” He is Joseph Longacher, a physician who spent most of his career in Richmond, Virginia. Since

Virginia Senator honored by Sierra Club in ceremony near EMU’s array of solar panels

July 24, 2014Last updated August 15, 2014 by Bryan Gilkerson

A local Republican state senator has received an award from what some may see as an unlikely source. Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, was awarded a Legislative Leadership Award by

All-time top U.S. runner, Jim Ryun, embraces EMU as the East Coast site for an annual summer camp

July 21, 2014Last updated August 14, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

One of the all-time top athletes in the United States, mile-record-setter Jim Ryun, has settled into making Eastern Mennonite University the site of one of his three annual running camps.

Mediations guided by Hizkias Assefa yield comprehensive peace accord for a broad swath of South Sudan

June 17, 2014Last updated July 3, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Professor Hizkias Assefa responds here to questions about his successful efforts as a mediator to bring peace in early May 2014 to one large swath of South Sudan. Assefa’s key

Bach Festival pairs seasoned performers with youthful, rising stars like 14-year-old Emma Resmini

June 11, 2014Last updated June 17, 2014 by Paul Souder

Flutist Emma Resmini’s YouTube channel, loaded with 83 classical performances from her recital repertoire since age six, has garnered 2.63 million views from around the world. If each view represents

Acclaimed artists and musical diversity characterize 22nd Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival

June 4, 2014Last updated September 17, 2014 by David Yoder

Ludwig van Beethoven said that his fellow German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was “the immortal god of harmony.” It has now been over two centuries since Bach’s death, but as

Kenyan group begins Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at EMU

June 4, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Among the 200 people studying at the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) are eight Kenyan women in the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23 to 51,

Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

June 2, 2014Last updated June 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each

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