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EMU’s MLK Day Celebration honors civil rights leader with worship, learning opportunities and service

January 8, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by EMU communications

EMU celebrates the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with several days of events around the theme “A Time to Break Silence.” Service, learning and

Top CJP News of 2018

January 7, 2019Last updated January 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

This year’s top news stories from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding honor treasured professors and alumni, celebrate impactful work, and connect us to the challenging issues of the day. The

Scholars respond to Ta-Nehisi Coates in new book edited by EMU professors David Evans and Peter Dula

January 2, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

A new book edited by Eastern Mennonite University professors David Evans and Peter Dula engages with author Ta-Nehisi Coates from a Christian perspective. Between the world of Ta-Nehisi Coates and

Green Dot is coming: EMU group to attend initial instructor training

December 14, 2018Last updated April 8, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University is gearing up for implementation of Green Dot, a proactive bystander training. Five staff will attend a multi-day instructor training this month. The phased roll-out will begin

The story of an ‘exquisite’ new discrete math textbook by EMU’s Owen Byer and Deirdre L. Smeltzer

December 6, 2018Last updated December 6, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Sometimes the thrill of mathematics doesn’t come from the question, but from a beautiful solution. Consider the approach Eastern Mennonite University math professor Owen Byer took when deciding which problems

Committee on Diversity and Inclusion begins ‘groundwatering’ for racial equity work on campus

November 20, 2018Last updated July 24, 2023 by EMU communications

The 17-member Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (CODI) at Eastern Mennonite University has a broad mission – and specific plans for implementing its vision. CODI hosts a racial equity leadership institute introductory forum in

Hershberger set to revisit, update EMU nursing’s ‘Sacred Covenant’

November 2, 2018Last updated November 3, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Eastern Mennonite University nursing program’s signature “Sacred Covenant” is getting an update – by its originator and with the help of those who live it. Since 1994, the ethics

EMU welcomes four faculty members for 2018-2019 academic year

October 16, 2018Last updated October 19, 2018 by EMU communications

This fall, four new faculty members were welcomed to Eastern Mennonite University. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, dean of the School of Graduate and Professional

CJP Professor Johonna Turner named co-director of Zehr Institute

October 11, 2018Last updated October 11, 2018 by Andrew Jenner

As it enters its seventh year, the Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice has named a new leader. Johonna Turner, a professor at EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, began serving

Fall convocation highlights diversity’s opportunities

August 29, 2018Last updated September 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

In the annual fall “coming together” of convocation at Eastern Mennonite University, President Susan Schultz Huxman invited community members, both the newly arrived and those returning to Harrisonburg and off

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