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PHOTO GALLERY: EMU celebrates MLK Day

January 16, 2024Last updated January 17, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

Despite a hefty snowfall on Monday, the weather did little to dampen spirits and deter EMU students, faculty, staff and community members from showing up to the university’s annual Martin

MLK Jr. Celebration returns to EMU on Jan. 13-15

January 4, 2024Last updated January 15, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

A gospel choir concert, a one-man show and a pair of movie screenings will headline a three-day slate of events for EMU’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration this month.

‘A celebration of hope in a weary world’: Concert, parade, lighting kick off Advent season

December 21, 2023Last updated December 20, 2023 by Ryan Cornell

Cups of cocoa, crates of cookies, a Christmas concert of carols and Claus on campus! The EMU community welcomed the Advent season all December long with events that spread holiday

Save the date for Homecoming and Family Weekend 2023

September 16, 2023Last updated September 18, 2023 by EMU Communications

Alumni, parents and students and invited to celebrate Eastern Mennonite University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend Oct. 13-16, 2023. This year’s event includes a conversation with three-time New York Times bestselling

In the News: 31st Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival set to launch ‘The Next Opus’

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EMU’s 31st Annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival runs June 11–18, 2023. Check out the exciting lineup of both free and ticketed events! ... read more about In the News: 31st Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival set to launch ‘The Next Opus’ from The Daily News Record

EMU’s 105th Commencement celebrates 348 graduates

May 14, 2023Last updated May 15, 2023 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University awarded 348 total degrees at its 105th Annual Commencement on Sunday, May 7, 2023. The total included 203 undergraduate degrees, 144 master’s degrees, 78 graduate certificates, and

Pioneering nursing professor and scholar Dr. John Lowe ’81 to deliver EMU’s 2023 Commencement address

April 30, 2023Last updated May 1, 2023 by Jen Kulju

Dr. John Lowe, a trailblazing teacher and researcher in health equity for Native American and Indigenous people, will deliver the keynote address during Eastern Mennonite University’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday,

EMU to host 3rd Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival

April 29, 2023Last updated May 3, 2023 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University will host the 3rd Global Mennonite Peacebuilding (GMP) Conference and Festival from June 15–18, 2023. The GMP Conference brings together Mennonite practitioners, artists and theologians from around

Five EMU students recognized as Teachers of Promise

April 23, 2023Last updated April 25, 2023 by EMU Communications

Five education students from Eastern Mennonite University were selected to attend the 2023 Teachers of Promise Institute, which was held March 24-25 in Midlothian, Va. The annual event brings together

ACE Festival welcomes 20th Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa A. Igloria as keynote speaker

April 22, 2023Last updated April 25, 2023 by EMU Communications

Virginia Poet Laureate Emerita Luisa A. Igloria (2020–2022), author of Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Co-winner, 2019 Crab Orchard Open Poetry Prize) and The Buddha Wonders If She Is Having

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