Senior Alexa Weeks talks about the challenges and rewards of student-teaching, including one small change that led to deeper relationships with her students. Alexa taught third grade at Smithland Elementary ... read more about Becoming a teacher at EMU: Alexa Weeks ’18 shares challenges and rewards
For many hosting organizations in the Washington DC region, the work of student-interns from Eastern Mennonite University’s Washington Community Scholars’ Center (WCSC) is invaluable. “Without interns and volunteers,” said one ... read more about WCSC matchmakers connect student-interns with D.C.-area mentors and organizations
Though surely all professors at Eastern Mennonite University were excited by the inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival on campus last week, new faculty member Sonia Balasch Rodriguez was ... read more about Inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival builds intellectual buzz
Eastern Mennonite University is among those signatories of the Climate Leadership Network that earned an “On Track” Mark of Distinction. The initiative recognizes institutions that “set high-performance goals, demonstrate and ... read more about EMU earns Climate Leadership Network ‘Mark of Distinction’
“The question is, what have you learned, and what traditions has Eastern Mennonite University imprinted on you?” asked Professor David Owusu-Ansah of soon-to-be-graduates at Eastern Mennonite University’s third annual Donning ... read more about Donning of the Kente ceremony kicks off EMU’s 100th Commencement celebration
Amber Shank says she’s always had a clinical interest in how the body functions — and more specifically, in how and why it stops working. Her interest led her to ... read more about ‘Do I really want to be a doctor?’ EMU’s semester-long practicum may help you decide
Henry Richardson stopped by the Harrisonburg Farmers Market Saturday morning with the intent of purchasing a few treats. But as the 22-year-old James Madison University student was browsing, he spied ... read more about Earth Keepers pitch in during Blacks Run and Downtown Clean-Up Day
Timothy Seidel, assistant professor of international development at Eastern Mennonite University, has been selected from a competitive, national pool of nominees to participate in a faculty seminar on the teaching ... read more about Professor Timothy Seidel to participate in summer seminar on teaching interfaith understanding
Beginning this fall, Eastern Mennonite University will offer five new majors – and as many new minors. “As the professional marketplace evolves, so do educational priorities,” said Deirdre L. Smeltzer, ... read more about EMU to offer five new majors, five new minors
Since losing two childhood friends in the 1963 Sunday School bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, Fania Davis has dedicated her life to social justice advocacy, becoming a civil rights attorney and ... read more about Fania Davis to keynote inaugural Academic and Creative Excellence Festival at EMU