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Author Emmi Itäranta to speak about her novel ‘Memory of Water,’ EMU’s Common Read

April 13, 2017Last updated April 20, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

Emmi Itäranta, author of Memory of Water (Teos, 2012), will visit campus on Wednesday, April 19. The book is Eastern Mennonite University’s 2016-17 Common Read. Itäranta will speak at 4

The Snack Shoppe Part II: Longtime manager Helen Ours talks about the favorite campus gathering place

April 13, 2017Last updated June 21, 2017 by Andrea Wenger

Part I recalls the first snack shop, thanks to information provided by Janet Weaver Yoder whose father launched the enterprise. Now Helen Ours takes up the story. Say “snack shop

Jasmine Wilson: Joining a village to become family to vulnerable children

April 12, 2017 by Emily Will

As the proverb goes, “It takes a village to raise a child.” This semester, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) sophomore Jasmine Wilson is learning that maxim’s truth. She’s helping fix firmer

New museum outreach program brings hands-on natural history and science lessons into area classrooms

April 11, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

The D. Ralph Hostetter Natural History Museum at Eastern Mennonite University, which has entranced thousands of schoolchildren since the 1960s, has launched a new outreach program that brings their collection

Campus festivities highlight President Susan Schultz Huxman’s Inauguration Week

April 10, 2017Last updated May 2, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Five days of celebration from April 3-8 kicked off the ninth chapter in the life of Eastern Mennonite University, as the community welcomed new president Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman. In

EMU celebrates the inauguration of its ninth president, Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman

April 7, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Some 500 voices joined in the litany of investiture today to welcome and bless Eastern Mennonite University’s ninth president, Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, during the inaugural ceremony at Yoder Arena.

Revitalized Royals jazz band grooves to new rhythm and tunes, from funk to Latin

April 6, 2017Last updated April 26, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

The drummer taps out an energetic pace on the high hat. The piano comes in, low and funky, with an ascending chord pattern. Then the horns: trombones elaborating on

EMU community shows the love, raises $106,500 during LovEMU Giving Day

April 5, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

The final gift of LovEMU Giving Day came in at 11:57 p.m. Tuesday evening, capping an exciting day of fundraising at Eastern Mennonite University. For a first-time event, the participation

Seeing real impact of advocacy work, intern returns for second stint with D.C. housing developer MANNA

April 4, 2017Last updated April 11, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Editor’s note: Within minutes of publishing this article, we were informed that Jonathan Nisly has been offered, and accepted, a job with MANNA. So maybe he really has found his

All-American Hannah Nichols ‘dances with’ the challenges of college

April 4, 2017Last updated April 4, 2017 by Elizabeth Nisly

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) first-year Hannah Nichols did not find running; running found her. One day the athletic director at Chancellor High School in Fredericksburg pulled her out of chemistry

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