Raised on a family farm five miles west of what was then Eastern Mennonite College. Attended Rosedale Bible Institute for a year. Entered EMC to do pre-med. Went to Japan ... read more about Leadership tips acquired as the CEO of retirement communities with multi-million-dollar budgets
During a recent lecture at Eastern Mennonite University, James Coan, PhD, demonstrated why his work has been widely featured in both the academic and popular presses. Coan, associate professor of ... read more about Well-known psychologist returns to EMU to discuss research on relationships and interdependence
The Center for Interfaith Engagement at Eastern Mennonite University has been hosting two outstanding Muslim scholars from Iran, who are also a married couple. Their unusual journey, from a country ... read more about Muslim scholars from Iran offer profound insights, understandings, to Center for Interfaith Engagement
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
Sorayya Khan – a Pakistani-Dutch-American writer who combines cross-cultural sensibilities with lyrical, haunting prose on war and its impact on humanity – is the last Writers Read guest of the ... read more about Writers Read features compelling novelist who taps her Pakistani and Dutch background
When she woke up on May 1, 2008, Denise Martin ’08 was one of the many cyclists who “just kind of rode” without giving much thought to the complicated politics ... read more about Bike advocate, by accident
In 2010, a new class made its first appearance in EMU’s course catalog: bicycle maintenance, taught by Ben Wyse ’99. That was the same year that the university cooperated with ... read more about Bike capital, where riders are gearing up to lead the way
It’s been nearly five years since Ben Wyse ’99 launched Wyse Cycles, based on a simple, and unprecedented, premise: opening a bike shop with no shop. Instead, Wyse makes house ... read more about Ben Wyse ’99: bicycle lifestyle, bicycle livelihood
Clover Hill Volunteer Fire Company rescue captain Blake Rogers [a senior who is double majoring in biology and environmental science at Eastern Mennonite University] reflects on what he considers the ... read more about EMU senior, volunteer EMT, shows dedication beyond his years
More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to EMU on Feb. 26 and 27, where he urged packed audiences to ... read more about Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy