Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 13 new faculty to the ranks for the 2016-17 academic year. [See photo album here and at the end of this article.] The new faculty, ... read more about EMU welcomes 13 new faculty for 2016-2017 academic year
When David McCormick was five years old, his mother took him to the opera “La Bohéme.” He fell asleep. Unlike most 5-year-olds, though, he was upset when he woke up ... read more about Charlottesville-based musician and educator David McCormick leads Bach Festival into 25th year
Suddenly, it was no longer about softball, recruiting or winning games. It was about her. The softball player who was always smiling, always outgoing and always giving the coach recruiting ... read more about Golf tournament helps raise funds to memorialize EMU teammate through softball stadium improvements
In 2014, the Frazier family planted a field of sunflowers along well-traveled Va. 33. They didn’t quite anticipate the impact of the flowers on passers-by, who stopped cars, gawked, took ... read more about Sunflower field east of Harrisonburg opens for Walk for Hope fundraiser
“The last will be first and the first will be the last: This is what equality looks like, this is what justice is about.” Dr. Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist ... read more about ‘The last will be the first’: social psychologist Christena Cleveland shares a new paradigm of privilege at faculty/staff conference
Eastern Mennonite University announces the awarding of sabbaticals for the 2016-17 academic year. Six sabbaticals are granted per year. Proposals from tenured faculty are selected by the Faculty Status Committee, ... read more about EMU faculty on sabbaticals for the 2016-17 academic year plan a variety of scholarly pursuits
Kelly Wiedemann, a music teacher in the preparatory music department at Eastern Mennonite University, was at her grandmother’s bedside at a hospice center with a violin in hand. She played ... read more about Music with a purpose: prep music instructor Kelly Wiedemann trains as therapeutic musician
Aubrey Bauman, marking manager and sustainability lead at AMERIgreen Energy, enrolled in the Collaborative MBA program for “the opportunity to learn with professors and classmates from across the country and ... read more about Collaborative MBA program’s global classroom meets for week-long residency
An American military pilot and the Serbian officer who ordered him shot down are featured in a 2012 documentary by new VACA professor Zeljko Mirkovic. Their story appears on the National Geographic Channel. ... read more about Zeljko Mirkovic’s documentary provides the basis for National Geographic Channel episode from National Geographic Channel