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Fearing that the kids are not all right with high-stakes testing

June 24, 2014Last updated July 25, 2014 by Beth M. Lehman

The kids are not all right. Another high-stakes testing season is winding down, and the school year is finishing with a clap of silence and emptied boxes of No. 2 ... read more about Fearing that the kids are not all right with high-stakes testing

June 22, 2014Last updated July 9, 2014 by Candace Sipos

Randy Seitz, founder and president of Blue Ridge Architects [EMU class of ’87], still has a drawing board in his office, a source of much playful chiding from his colleagues. ... read more about EMU-connected architecture firm recognized as one of top in Shenandoah Valley

June 21, 2014Last updated July 11, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

After a six-month listening process that engaged a broad range of stakeholders, including Mennonite Church USA, the board of trustees of Eastern Mennonite University has delayed formal action regarding the ... read more about EMU delays formal action on hiring policy after listening process

June 17, 2014Last updated July 3, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Professor Hizkias Assefa responds here to questions about his successful efforts as a mediator to bring peace in early May 2014 to one large swath of South Sudan. Assefa’s key ... read more about Mediations guided by Hizkias Assefa yield comprehensive peace accord for a broad swath of South Sudan

June 11, 2014Last updated June 17, 2014 by Paul Souder

Flutist Emma Resmini’s YouTube channel, loaded with 83 classical performances from her recital repertoire since age six, has garnered 2.63 million views from around the world. If each view represents ... read more about Bach Festival pairs seasoned performers with youthful, rising stars like 14-year-old Emma Resmini

June 5, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by David Yoder

Sessions at Coming to the Table are rarely easy. Despite the time separating current Americans from the era of legal slavery in the United States, the wounds of racial injustice ... read more about Desire to address, heal, traumatic legacy of U.S. slavery sparks growth in Coming to the Table group

June 4, 2014Last updated September 17, 2014 by David Yoder

Ludwig van Beethoven said that his fellow German composer Johann Sebastian Bach was “the immortal god of harmony.” It has now been over two centuries since Bach’s death, but as ... read more about Acclaimed artists and musical diversity characterize 22nd Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival

June 4, 2014Last updated June 25, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

Among the 200 people studying at the 2014 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) are eight Kenyan women in the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP). Ranging in age from 23 to 51, ... read more about Kenyan group begins Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at EMU

June 2, 2014Last updated June 20, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each ... read more about Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

May 30, 2014Last updated August 18, 2014 by David Yoder

A decade ago, Dan Nafziger never imagined he would be trying to convince anybody to come to Eastern Mennonite University as an enthusiastic admissions counselor. When Nafziger graduated from Harrisonburg ... read more about After leaving a large state school as a Division I athlete, Dan Nafziger found his niche athletically and academically at EMU