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LovEMU Day 2020 sets new records!

April 9, 2020Last updated April 8, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

With help from rallying donors across all 50 states and an impromptu head-shaving challenge, EMU’s fourth annual LovEMU Giving Day on April 8 raised a record $214,683 from 732 gifts.

CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year

April 1, 2020Last updated April 2, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) announces two Peacebuilder of the Year honorees: Emmanuel Bombande MA ‘02 and Cole Parke MA ‘12. Bombande, a senior mediation adviser

CJP’s 25th Anniversary Celebration postponed to 2021

March 25, 2020Last updated March 31, 2020 by EMU communications

The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, planned for June 5-7, 2020, at Eastern Mennonite University, has been postponed for a year. The new event will be June

Big Green Fun: EMU Theater presents ‘Shrek the Musical’

March 11, 2020Last updated March 17, 2020 by Florence Barrett

In response to concerns about COVID-19, all performances of “Shrek the Musical” have been rescheduled. If you have already purchased tickets, your tickets will be valid for the corresponding rescheduled

EMU hosts Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship

March 7, 2020Last updated April 29, 2020 by Tim Seidel

EMU hosted the 2020 Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship February 7-9. The Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship (ICPF) is an annual student-led conference for students exploring peace and justice from a faith perspective. The

‘March Piano Madness’ comes to EMU

March 3, 2020Last updated March 13, 2020 by EMU communications

Effective immediately, EMU has cancelled all public events through April 3 in response to concerns about COVID-19. This event may be rescheduled. For more information about EMU’s COVID-19 action plan,

Mayor Deanna Reed will be EMU’s commencement speaker

March 2, 2020Last updated March 3, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

The Honorable Deanna Reed, mayor of Harrisonburg and pioneering leader in Virginia, will deliver the commencement address at Eastern Mennonite University. The university’s 102nd Commencement will be Sunday, May 3,

Disc golfers earn trip to nationals

March 1, 2020Last updated March 2, 2020 by James De Boer

The EMU disc golf team made a clean sweep at the EMU Royals Qualifier and earned a trip to the College Disc Golf National Championship. This was the team’s second

Former NAACP president preaches Black history, past and present, is God’s movement among us and touches us all

February 26, 2020Last updated March 1, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

It took a few years of persistence and many phone calls on the part of Eastern Mennonite University’s Director of Multicultural Services Celeste Thomas to bring The Rev. Dr. Cornell

SPI Community Day 2020 highlights racial justice advocates

February 25, 2020Last updated February 28, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

“Family means everything to Monacan people,” said the tribe’s chief, Kenneth Branham, during Eastern Mennonite University’s Community Day on Feb. 14. During a noon plenary session, Branham interspersed the history

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