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 ... read more about Be a risk-taker and a change-maker, Nobel Peace Prize winner tells class of 2014
Under a postcard-perfect blue sky at Eastern Mennonite University, 467 members of the graduating class of 2014 heard Nobel Peace Laureate Leymah Gbowee call them to “take action in the ... read more about Nobel Laureate Gbowee helps EMU graduates to appreciate taking action – and dancing – in the present
Enjoying one of the spring’s first balmy Saturday afternoons, an enthusiastic crowd gathered April 5 on Eastern Mennonite University’s Thomas Plaza for a student-led auction to benefit the Suter Science ... read more about Student-led auction raises $21,000 for science center renovations
When envoys from Iran and the world’s six major powers gather in Vienna today for a third round of talks about Iran’s nuclear program, you can safely bet that no ... read more about Time to rebuild good relations with Iran, CJP Director argues in Richmond newspaper op-ed
When the Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at Eastern Mennonite University brings people of different religions together to talk, what’s the point? Should everyone water down their beliefs in order ... read more about Scholars of religion and theology debate purpose and outcomes of interfaith dialogue
Ask any student to locate the most tangible indicators of Eastern Mennonite’s commitment to sustainability and they might point towards the three LEED gold-certified residential halls, the massive solar array ... read more about EMU earns ‘Silver’ in STARS ranking of sustainability efforts by universities around the world
The world is a laboratory for study. It provides alternatives, new possibilities and challenges…it is learning for life. –Al Keim EMU’s cross-cultural program may never have come to be, had ... read more about Albert Keim: cross-cultural visionary
Long ago, when the grounds of the Suter Science Center were just a cornfield on the east side of campus, and John Spicher ’58 was a biology major taking science classes ... read more about Tales from the Suter Science Center
VaCA professor Steve Johnson is a man consumed by love for all manner of frogs, salamanders, toads, and newts. In his colloquium talk on Tuesday afternoon, Johnson spoke on his ... read more about Johnson’s colloquium highlights Oregon wildlife, land
Christian formation curriculum, an integral part of studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will be overseen by an ordained Methodist minister, Emily Peck-McClain, beginning in January 2015. After a thorough search ... read more about Duke U. scholar, Methodist minister, to join Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty