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Return of the International Food Festival draws record crowds

March 29, 2022Last updated April 6, 2022 by Rachel Holderman, photos and Kate Szambecki, story

After a two-year hiatus, the International Food Festival returned on Friday, March 25, 2022. Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered on Thomas Plaza for an evening of international cuisine,

Royal Awards recognize exemplary EMU staff members Diane Farrar, Luke Litwiller, Stephanie Mason and Julie Siegfried

March 29, 2022Last updated April 1, 2022 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University presented four Royal Awards for Staff Performance during fall semester 2021. The awardees are selected from nominations of staff or administrators who have shown exceptional performance, and/or

Students shadowing healthcare practitioners see into the future

March 27, 2022Last updated December 20, 2023 by Lauren Jefferson

Every Tuesday for four hours, Julie Weaver gets a glimpse of her future. She’s shadowing physical therapists at Sentara RMH Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center. The setting is exactly where

Decolonial theories and theologies researcher to give Augsburger Lecture Series

March 26, 2022Last updated March 30, 2022 by EMU Communications

Nancy Elizabeth Bedford – author, professor, and global feminist and decolonial theories and theologies researcher – will visit Eastern Mennonite University March 29-30 as part of the annual Augsburger Lecture

Two juniors awarded accounting scholarships

March 23, 2022Last updated April 1, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

La’akea Fujita and Anna Filipkowski, junior accounting and business administration majors at Eastern Mennonite University, have both received scholarships from the Virginia Skyline Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Keim Lecture to focus on Cheyenne, Mennonite history and intersections

March 18, 2022Last updated March 22, 2022 by EMU Communications

Professor Kimberly D. Schmidt is the 2022 speaker for the Albert N. Keim Lecture Series, sponsored by Eastern Mennonite University’s history and political science programs. She speaks Monday, March 21, at 5 p.m.

EMU announces transitions at Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and executive leadership team

March 17, 2022Last updated March 22, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University announces two leadership transitions that highlight and strengthen the university’s core values of commitments to peacebuilding and diversity, equity and inclusion. Jayne Docherty, executive director and professor

EMU Director of Athletics Dave King announces his retirement

March 15, 2022Last updated March 21, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University Director of Athletics Dave King announced today that he will retire June 30, 2022. EMU’s second and longest-serving director of athletics, King has led the Royals program

Join David Berry and friends at March 18 concert

March 3, 2022Last updated March 19, 2022 by EMU Communications

Professor of Music David Berry and friends perform in the final concert of the EMU Music Faculty Artist Series. The free concert is at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 18,

‘Cousins’ authors return to Harrisonburg, EMU where their journey of racial reconciliation began

March 3, 2022Last updated May 27, 2022 by Kate Szambecki and Lauren Jefferson

Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby have told their remarkable story of reconciliation and reparation 37 times in seven months across the country, with features in The Baltimore Sun, BBC

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