As we head into 2017 (!), it’s time for our traditional look back at our news coverage of the past year, when we chronicle our reader favorites. And there are ... read more about EMU’s top 10 most-read news articles and editor’s picks of 2016
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Campus gears up for MLK Jr. Week celebrations and Black History Month
An abundance of cultural, educational, and interactive events about American black history and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will take place in January and February at Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Campus gears up for MLK Jr. Week celebrations and Black History Month
Eastern Mennonite University Deans List, fall semester 2016
The Dean’s List, compiled at the end of each semester, includes degree-seeking students who achieve a semester GPA of at least 3.75 with no W, I, or F grades for ... read more about Eastern Mennonite University Deans List, fall semester 2016
Student-volunteers mingle with top conservation photographers at international awards ceremony
Eastern Mennonite University photography students brushed shoulders this fall with some of the most acclaimed nature and conservation photographers in the world at the 21st annual Nature’s Best Photography Windland ... read more about Student-volunteers mingle with top conservation photographers at international awards ceremony
‘Let Your Life Speak’: Fall/Winter 2016 Crossroads features alumni empowering neighbors in multicultural U.S.
The fall/winter 2016 issue of Crossroads focuses on Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have made conscious choices, whether vocational or avocational, to work in multicultural settings as advocates for social ... read more about ‘Let Your Life Speak’: Fall/Winter 2016 Crossroads features alumni empowering neighbors in multicultural U.S.
Young black girls show effects of racism, sexism and historical trauma, writes social work professor Melody M. Pannell
Professor Melody M. Pannell shares experiences in researching the effects of racism and sexism, as well as historical trauma, on the mental health of young black girls in this article for the magazine of Mennonite Women USA. ... read more about Young black girls show effects of racism, sexism and historical trauma, writes social work professor Melody M. Pannell from Timbrel
How Kimberly Schmidt was drawn into the Cheyenne history surrounding her novel ‘Magpie’s Blanket’
You can’t refuse a peace chief. That’s the tantalizing start of an article about Professor Kimberly Schmidt and how she was drawn into the research behind her recently published young ... read more about How Kimberly Schmidt was drawn into the Cheyenne history surrounding her novel ‘Magpie’s Blanket’
Artists use varied media to reflect on EMU past, present and future for Centennial installation
In selecting artists for Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial art installation, curator Ashley Sauder Miller ’03 and the Centennial Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee sought a range of media, styles and ... read more about Artists use varied media to reflect on EMU past, present and future for Centennial installation
EMU’s long-lived Peace Fellowship advocates for the presence of justice on and off campus
Rarely does a week go by without some invitation from the Peace Fellowship to join other students, faculty and the Eastern Mennonite University campus community in a vigil or other ... read more about EMU’s long-lived Peace Fellowship advocates for the presence of justice on and off campus
‘Homesteading’ students can veggies, chicken-tend, garden, bake — and share it all
Students used to leave farming behind when they came to academia, so the stories go. Today, though, there is a resurgence in back-to-the-land skill-building among Millennials, as noted by Michaela ... read more about ‘Homesteading’ students can veggies, chicken-tend, garden, bake — and share it all