Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Ellen-Ashton (E.A.) Jackson as the school’s new head field hockey coach. Jackson becomes the 13th head coach entering the 45th season of ... read more about EA Jackson named new field hockey coach
Loren E. Swartzendruber, president of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), announced to the university community today that he plans to retire next year, on June 30, 2016, marking 13 years of ... read more about EMU President Loren E. Swartzendruber announces plans for retirement
In an address to Eastern Mennonite University’s graduating class of 2015 Sunday, commencement speaker E.J. Dionne Jr. pulled inspiration from a rather unlikely source: former comedy talk show host Stephen ... read more about Author and Washington Post columnist EJ Dionne urges EMU’s Class of 2015 to ‘never stop learning’
Counselor, professor and administrator Mary Jensen was recently named associate provost of Eastern Mennonite University’s Lancaster site, which serves approximately 1,000 students in nursing, pastoral studies and graduate education programs. ... read more about Experienced administrators provide leadership in new associate provost and director of operations positions at EMU Lancaster
About 10 years ago, Gordon Shantz, director of maintenance at Highland Retreat in Bergton, Virginia, faced a problem. The first permanent structure ever built on the property – a bathhouse with ... read more about Mennonite Camping Association maintenance teams visit EMU to learn sustainable models for renovation of historic facilities
Jeffrey A. Shank ‘94 has been announced as the new director of alumni and parent relations and annual giving at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Shank brings a wealth of fundraising ... read more about Veteran Mennonite educator Jeffrey Shank is named the new director of alumni and parent relations and annual giving
A recent symposium on restorative justice at Harvard University gave Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) professor Carl Stauffer an opportunity to speak on lessons learned from the South Africa Truth and ... read more about Professor Carl Stauffer joins former MA students at restorative justice symposium at Harvard Law School
If one particular young man in Harrisonburg had stolen from his employer a few months earlier, he might have found himself standing before a judge, facing a possible jail sentence. ... read more about Harrisonburg police and community members join hands in offering restorative justice option
Eastern Mennonite University is spotlighting restorative justice pioneer Howard Zehr on May 23, 2015, a date chosen to coincide with the 25th anniversary of his groundbreaking work, Changing Lenses: A ... read more about Everyone invited to celebrate Howard Zehr by attending his May 23 “roast”
It was the first Mennonite cookbook ever published by anything more than a local congregation or a small regional printer. People have referred to this cookbook as the “mother” or ... read more about New edition of classic ‘Mennonite Community Cookbook’ continues legacy of Mary Emma Showalter Eby