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EMU announces 2021 Yoder and Webb Scholars

August 16, 2021Last updated August 18, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Eastern Mennonite University has announced the 2021 Yoder Scholars and Webb Scholars. The scholarships cover full tuition and include admission into EMU’s Honors Program. The Yoder Scholars program was founded

EMU’s ‘Here Together’ week highlights community connections, service and fun

August 14, 2021Last updated August 23, 2021 by EMU Communications

Next week, Eastern Mennonite University goes out into the community with “Here Together,” a six-day celebration to kick off the 2021-22 academic year. The week’s events were organized by faculty

Huxman joins Valley university presidents at annual Chamber event

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Presidents from four of the Valley’s colleges gave an update Tuesday [Aug. 10] on how their institutions are handling COVID-19 and their plans for the fall semester during the annual Presidential Address breakfast hosted by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. Read DNR coverage and watch WHSV TV-3 coverage. Speakers included (from left) Susan Schultz Huxman of Eastern Mennonite University, Jonathan Alger of James Madison University, David Bushman of Bridgewater College, the chamber's president and CEO Christopher Quinn, and John Downey of Blue Ridge Community College. (Photo courtesy of Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce.) ... read more about Huxman joins Valley university presidents at annual Chamber event from WSHV-3

In Memoriam: Herbert L. Swartz, emeritus professor of Biblical studies

August 4, 2021Last updated August 13, 2021 by EMU Communications

Herbert L. Swartz, who taught Biblical studies at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) for two and a half decades, died on July 31, 2021 at age 89. EMU’s academic dean once

Students, professor conduct entomology research in Hawai’i

August 3, 2021Last updated August 9, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

On the eastern coast of the island of Hawai’i sits the Daniel K. Inouye U.S. Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center, where two students from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) spent part

Music professor earns grant to develop free course content

July 21, 2021Last updated July 29, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Professor Benjamin Bergey has been awarded $5,000 to develop music theory content that will be accessible to students free of charge. Bergey is one of eight college professors out of

New Crossroads mag features 2021 alumni honorees

July 19, 2021Last updated July 27, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

The latest Crossroads alumni magazine should be in your mailboxes — a little later than planned, but we did it (thanks to staff writer and illustrator Randi B. Hagi and

MDS in Shenandoah Valley celebrates creativity of volunteers during pandemic

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Dozens of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Harrisonburg, Virginia, gathered for a picnic in May to celebrate the creative ways they had responded to community needs during the pandemic, from sewing masks and helping create patterns for Tyvek PPE gowns to parking cars at vaccine clinics, passing out information on clinic dates, and helping distribute food to quarantining EMU students. ... read more about MDS in Shenandoah Valley celebrates creativity of volunteers during pandemic from Canadian Mennonite

Eads named as mentor in Lilly Graduate Fellows Program

July 15, 2021Last updated July 26, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Professor Martha Greene Eads has been appointed as a mentor in the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program. Eads, who teaches English at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is the first faculty member

EMU @ MennoCon21

July 12, 2021Last updated July 27, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

After months of planning and a series of unique pandemic-related challenges, Mennonite Church USA hosted MennoCon21 July 6-10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eastern Mennonite University is traditionally represented in strength and

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