Alumni of EMU are sending their children to the school in numbers that far surpass most colleges nationwide. Twenty-three percent of EMU’s first-year students this fall are from families where ... read more about EMU Doubles National Average of Children Going to Alma Mater
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Novelist Payne to Speak at First ‘Writers Read’
Novelist Peggy Payne will kick off the 2007-08 Writers Read dinners at EMU. The language and literature department at EMU will hold its first "Writers Read" program of the new ... read more about Novelist Payne to Speak at First ‘Writers Read’
Students Welcomed to 90th School Year
Happy 90th birthday, EMU! Well, almost. The college will officially turn 90 years old on Oct. 15, 2007. Eastern Mennonite School (as it was called then) began its first classes ... read more about Students Welcomed to 90th School Year
EMU Gearing Up for New School Year
Even as the calendar and the temperatures indicate it’s still summer, EMU is gearing up for the start of the 2007 fall semester. The annual faculty-staff conference, to be held ... read more about EMU Gearing Up for New School Year
See the Top ‘EMUTube’ Videos from San Jose
Check out the top videos from the EMUTube booth at the Mennonite Church USA Youth Convention in San Jose, July 2-7. Rate them and help us choose a winner! Read ... read more about See the Top ‘EMUTube’ Videos from San Jose
‘Simple Way’ Ministry Destroyed by Fire
EMU has supported the ministry of Shane Claiborne and The Simple Way community in Philadelphia for several years through spring break service trips and exchanges of visits and ideas. On ... read more about ‘Simple Way’ Ministry Destroyed by Fire
Board Honors Former President and Announces Science Center Plans
The portrait of EMU’s seventh president, Joseph L. Lapp, who served 1987-03. Photo by Jim Bishop Former EMU president Joseph L. Lapp and his wife, Hannah Mack Lapp, returned to ... read more about Board Honors Former President and Announces Science Center Plans
Festival Keeps People Coming Bach for More
It’s been 15 years of “great music-making” at Eastern Mennonite University with no letup in sight. The Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, with Kenneth J. Nafziger as artistic director and conductor, ... read more about Festival Keeps People Coming Bach for More
Renowned Pianist Recounts Miraculous Recovery
Her physicians told her she’d likely never play two-hand piano again. But two years to the day after being diagnosed with a rare cancerous growth, she was once again playing ... read more about Renowned Pianist Recounts Miraculous Recovery
‘Bach Admirers’ to be Featured at Festival
The 15th annual Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival at Eastern Mennonite University will spotlight composers from many cultures who were strongly influenced by the prolific German composer. The program opens Sunday, ... read more about ‘Bach Admirers’ to be Featured at Festival