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 ... read more about CJP Professor Johonna Turner named co-director of Zehr Institute
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 ... read more about Fall convocation highlights diversity’s opportunities
Normally, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) President Susan Schultz Huxman says she would have been upset to find out that head women’s basketball coach Kevin Griffin had resigned after 13 years. ... read more about Before heading to the ministry, basketball coach Kevin Griffin is honored by colleagues
Salamanders and rainbows over sublime landscapes were among the celebrated natural wonders of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park during a five-day photography program this summer, said Eastern Mennonite University ... read more about EMU’s Steven David Johnson teaches macro photography in the Smokies
Carol Hurst, EMU associate professor and social work program director, was a speaker at the July 26-27 conference “Empowering Women: Claiming Healthy Personal Boundaries,” a collaboration of Mennonite Women USA and Dove’s Nest, in Omaha, Nebraska. ... read more about Social work professor talks boundaries at women’s empowerment conference from The Mennonite
Professor Felipe Hinojosa offered a message of promise during his keynote address “Another University Is Possible” at Eastern Mennonite University’s annual fall faculty and staff conference: Embrace students as visionaries ... read more about Student activism presents learning opportunities for all, says faculty/staff conference keynote
The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) U.S. Washington Office celebrated its 50th anniversary with an open house and reception at The Hill Center in Washington D.C. on July 17. In attendance were ... read more about MCC U.S. Washington Office reflects on 50 years of advocacy
Ji Eun Kim, professor of political science at Eastern Mennonite University, will present at the Jeju Forum June 27 on Jeju Island, South Korea. The Jeju Forum is a program ... read more about Political science professor to present at peace-studies-focused Jeju Forum in South Korea
Ray Gingerich, a professor of theology and ethics who inspired generations of students to think in new ways about their callings and helped to shape Eastern Mennonite University’s strong ethos ... read more about EMU community mourns death of professor who helped to shape the university’s peace and justice ethos
When Sandy Brownscombe arrived on the Eastern Mennonite College campus in 1978 for a job interview, she had no idea she would help to shape the physical education, teacher education ... read more about ‘Longtime ambassador of all things EMU’ Sandy Brownscombe retires after 40 years as coach, mentor, professor