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Fearing that the kids are not all right with high-stakes testing

June 24, 2014Last updated July 25, 2014 by Beth M. Lehman

The kids are not all right. Another high-stakes testing season is winding down, and the school year is finishing with a clap of silence and emptied boxes of No. 2

EMU delays formal action on hiring policy after listening process

June 21, 2014Last updated July 11, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

After a six-month listening process that engaged a broad range of stakeholders, including Mennonite Church USA, the board of trustees of Eastern Mennonite University has delayed formal action regarding the

Mediations guided by Hizkias Assefa yield comprehensive peace accord for a broad swath of South Sudan

June 17, 2014Last updated July 3, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Professor Hizkias Assefa responds here to questions about his successful efforts as a mediator to bring peace in early May 2014 to one large swath of South Sudan. Assefa’s key

Desire to address, heal, traumatic legacy of U.S. slavery sparks growth in Coming to the Table group

June 5, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by David Yoder

Sessions at Coming to the Table are rarely easy. Despite the time separating current Americans from the era of legal slavery in the United States, the wounds of racial injustice

After leaving a large state school as a Division I athlete, Dan Nafziger found his niche athletically and academically at EMU

May 30, 2014Last updated August 18, 2014 by David Yoder

A decade ago, Dan Nafziger never imagined he would be trying to convince anybody to come to Eastern Mennonite University as an enthusiastic admissions counselor. When Nafziger graduated from Harrisonburg

Luke Hartman: Faithful living as a Christian responsibility, part III

May 19, 2014Last updated May 26, 2016 by Luke Hartman

Luke A. Hartman is Vice President for Enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University, and a member of the Communities of Hope Team for Mennonite Church USA. In August 2012 he presented a paper

Luke Hartman: Down with diversity or diversity as gift? Part II

May 19, 2014Last updated May 26, 2016 by Luke Hartman

Luke A. Hartman is vice president for enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University, and a member of the Communities of Hope Team for Mennonite Church USA. In August 2012 he presented a paper

Luke Hartman: Diversity is not a choice, part I

May 19, 2014Last updated May 26, 2016 by Luke Hartman

Luke A. Hartman is vice president for enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University, and a member of the Communities of Hope Team for Mennonite Church USA. In August 2012 he presented a paper

Hostetter to chair steering committee for EMU’s 100th anniversary celebration

May 2, 2014Last updated October 14, 2017 by Steve Shenk

The steering committee for the 100th anniversary celebration of Eastern Mennonite University in 2017-18 will be chaired by Louise Otto Hostetter, a 1979 graduate who has served on many boards

Be a risk-taker and a change-maker, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells class of 2014

April 28, 2014Last updated March 17, 2015 by Caleb Soptelean

Courtesy of Caleb Soptelean, Daily News Record, April 28, 2014 “Dare to be laughed at, mocked and scorned.” A Nobel Peace Prize winner gave those words of advice to Eastern

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