With help from rallying donors across all 50 states and an impromptu head-shaving challenge, EMU’s fourth annual LovEMU Giving Day on April 8 raised a record $214,683 from 732 gifts. ... read more about LovEMU Day 2020 sets new records!
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EMU’s tutors find fresh purpose in helping fellow students through online shift
Looking back over the last few weeks, Professor Linda Gnagey thinks about one meeting as particularly fortuitous. As director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Academic Success Center, Gnagey recruits, trains and ... read more about EMU’s tutors find fresh purpose in helping fellow students through online shift
In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Here my goal is to assist students in naming the way God is calling them to help shape the history they are living. To name such a calling is to ... read more about In Memoriam: Nate Yoder, professor emeritus of church history and university archivist, helped many ‘put feet on their prayers’
Kiara Kiah takes third, on to national singing competition
Eastern Mennonite University soprano Kiara Kiah recently placed third in her division at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) audition – she now advances on ... read more about Kiara Kiah takes third, on to national singing competition
Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the retirement of Herm, the school’s mascot, effective at the end of the 2019-20 academic year. Known less by his official moniker of Herm the ... read more about Herm ready to ‘pass the torch’ of Royal Pride to next blue lion mascot
CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) announces two Peacebuilder of the Year honorees: Emmanuel Bombande MA ‘02 and Cole Parke MA ‘12. Bombande, a senior mediation adviser ... read more about CJP honors Parke, Bombande as Peacebuilders of the Year
One EMU family of writers gives an honest take on their quarantine challenges
Michael Whetzel BSN ’17 specializes in marketing of nursing programs at Eastern Mennonite University. He’s currently enrolled in the MA in Organizational Leadership program. His son Joe is a first-year ... read more about One EMU family of writers gives an honest take on their quarantine challenges
EMU publications win advertising honors
EMU picked up honors in the 35th Annual Educational Advertising Awards, earning two “Merit” awards for the 2020 viewbook and the fall/winter issue of Crossroads alumni magazine. The viewbook and ... read more about EMU publications win advertising honors
CJP’s 25th Anniversary Celebration postponed to 2021
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, planned for June 5-7, 2020, at Eastern Mennonite University, has been postponed for a year. The new event will be June ... read more about CJP’s 25th Anniversary Celebration postponed to 2021
Students assist rebuilding efforts following hurricane damage in North Carolina
Hurricane Florence poured 30 inches of rain in Pollocksville, North Carolina in 2018 and caused a storm surge on the nearby Atlantic coast, leading to extensive flood damage to homes ... read more about Students assist rebuilding efforts following hurricane damage in North Carolina