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Public invited to join a prayer vigil for Hesston community Thursday evening on campus

March 1, 2016Last updated March 4, 2016 by admin

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will host a prayer vigil for victims of the Hesston, Kansas shootings and for the Hesston community on Thursday, March 3, at 6:30 p.m. Hesston College,

With ‘7×7 Laments,’ artist explores revelations of sexual abuse within the church, evokes discord with ‘rays of hope’

February 19, 2016Last updated February 7, 2017 by Walt Wiltschek

When Jerry Holsopple entered his sabbatical at Wesley Theological Seminary’s Luce Center for Art and Religion last year, he wasn’t sure where it would take him. It ended up being

Regional peacebuilders learn and practice new skills at one-day event modeled after Summer Peacebuilding Institute

February 11, 2016Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

In the opening ceremony at this month’s SPI Community Day, each participant made an introduction and shared hopes and dreams. One military veteran came to Eastern Mennonite University to “learn

Artist-activist connects communities in and out of prison with bold public art projects

February 9, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As an undergraduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Mark Strandquist began the “Windows from Prison” project that continues today. He asks incarcerated men, women, and teens to respond to

EMU leadership conference to create a new paradigm of “Leading into the Common Good”

February 5, 2016Last updated April 10, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Author and speaker Peter Block headlines a list of notable speakers for “Leading into the Common Good: An Anabaptist Perspective,” a conference for practitioners, scholars and students April 7-9, 2016,

Summer’s a’comin’: Annual Camp Placement Day targets prospective staffers

February 4, 2016Last updated February 8, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

With a virtual campfire flickering on a screen, camp songs ringing through the Campus Center at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) and display tables from 27 camps circling the space, Camp

EMU’s Center for Interfaith Engagement presents free film series featuring social justice leaders from around the world

January 5, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

The Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at Eastern Mennonite University presents the film series “Across Cultures: Profiles in Courage and Resilience,” featuring 12 films of various genres, including fiction and

Dr. Abraham Davis, first director of multi-cultural services at EMU, honored for his groundbreaking work

December 14, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

As befits a scholar of language and oral interpretation, Dr. Abraham Davis Jr. began a late November chapel service held in his honor at Eastern Mennonite University with a few

Counseling Center hosts seminar on the communicative expressions and languages of loss and grief

October 13, 2015Last updated October 23, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Based on the success of a similar 2013 seminar, Eastern Mennonite University’s Counseling Center is again hosting a grief, loss and trauma-oriented seminar. “Gathering: The Language of Loss and Grief”

Join international students in celebrating women around the world at the third annual International Education Week

October 8, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

October 12-16 marks a time of education and celebration at Eastern Mennonite University of “how women around the world have influenced us in one way or another,” says International Education

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