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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

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Gbowee to give commencement address, receive inaugural honorary doctorate of justice

April 5, 2018Last updated May 8, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

On the occasion of its 100th commencement ceremony, Eastern Mennonite University announces that the 2018 address will be given by alumna and 2011 Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee. In recognition

Spring gala to benefit UNICEF/USA’s work in the Democratic Republic of Congo

April 4, 2018Last updated April 9, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The International Student Organization (ISO) at Eastern Mennonite University has announced the guest speaker for its 2018 Spring Gala, which will benefit UNICEF/USA’s work with vulnerable children and women affected

Faith and climate change: experts give input at BOR meeting for Center for Sustainable Climate Change

March 27, 2018Last updated April 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

With a series of new programs taking shape, The Center for Climate Change Solutions hosted its first board of reference meeting March 9-10 at Eastern Mennonite University. The nine-member board

EMU hosts Shenandoah Valley Autism Partnership’s 11th annual Run/Walk for Autism

March 22, 2018Last updated April 23, 2018 by EMU communications

The Shenandoah Valley Autism Partnership (SVAP) will hold its 11th annual 5K Run/Walk for Autism Saturday, April 21, at Eastern Mennonite University. The event is sponsored by community organizations around the

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

Senior photography exhibit juxtaposes ‘effortless beauty’ and Hawaii’s homelessness ‘crisis’

October 3, 2017Last updated March 1, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

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

Rotary International welcomes new EMU chapter of Rotaract

October 2, 2017Last updated October 4, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Following its inaugural reception and ceremonial launch last week, a club at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is now poised to offer students new opportunities for service, leadership training, and making

Sawin, Pannell explore EMU’s history of increasing diversity

August 17, 2017Last updated August 25, 2020 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

As deep racial tensions continued to play out on the national stage, Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff explored elements of their university’s own history and diversity in a breakout

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