NOTE: The Sunday 1/16 performance of “Anne and Emmett” is cancelled due to weather. Eastern Mennonite University will host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration of Legacy, Service and ... read more about EMU hosts MLK Day Celebration 2022
Center for Interfaith Engagement
CJP welcomes new faculty and staff for 2021-22 academic year
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University welcomes several new faculty and staff for the 2021-22 academic year. “CJP is blessed to have highly qualified faculty members ... read more about CJP welcomes new faculty and staff for 2021-22 academic year
Locals march for Palestinians
After 10 days of fighting and hundreds killed, Israel and Hamas are observing a cease fire. In Harrisonburg, protesters rallied in solidarity with Palestinians on Saturday. Tim Seidel, professor and director of EMU's Center for Interfaith Engagment, spoke at the rally. ... read more about Locals march for Palestinians from WMRA/NPR
EMU honors students for academic, leadership achievements
Ninety Eastern Mennonite University students were recognized for accomplishments and achievements during the 2020-21 academic year during a special recognition ceremony today. View the livestream recording Academics Academic Success Center ... read more about EMU honors students for academic, leadership achievements
Hot topics: Five spring semester discussion groups focus on faith, race, and gender
EMU’s campus community entered into a wave of critical discussions about faith, race, and gender this semester. Three book clubs emerged independently, while yet another reading group and a film ... read more about Hot topics: Five spring semester discussion groups focus on faith, race, and gender
ACE Festival to welcome Rabbi Niles Goldstein for keynote
Rabbi Niles Goldstein, a former visiting scholar with the Center for Interfaith Engagement, returns to Eastern Mennonite University as the keynote speaker for the 2021 Academic and Creative Excellence (ACE) ... read more about ACE Festival to welcome Rabbi Niles Goldstein for keynote
Center for Interfaith Engagement brings expert on anti-Muslim racism for March colloquium
Eastern Mennonite University’s next colloquium will be given by Saher Selod, PhD, on her book Forever Suspect: Racialized Surveillance of Muslim Americans in the War on Terror (Rutgers University Press, ... read more about Center for Interfaith Engagement brings expert on anti-Muslim racism for March colloquium
All-virtual Homecoming and Family Weekend features new Herm, fun run/ride, TenTalks and much more
Newsflash! Wondering how the Great Herm Search of 2020 was going? Mark Oct. 16 on your calendar. Eastern Mennonite University’s new blue lion mascot will meet his fans during the ... read more about All-virtual Homecoming and Family Weekend features new Herm, fun run/ride, TenTalks and much more
Poet, theologian and peacemaker Pádraig Ó Tuama to make a virtual visit to EMU Sept. 14-18
Pádraig Ó Tuama speaks softly, soothingly, with just a touch of grit in his gentle Irish accent. Next month, you can hear the voice of this poet, theologian, and mediator on ... read more about Poet, theologian and peacemaker Pádraig Ó Tuama to make a virtual visit to EMU Sept. 14-18
President’s Statement on the Death of George Floyd
Dear beloved EMU community, Like you, I am overwhelmed with revulsion and sadness by the reprehensible death of George Floyd. That the death occurred in the midst of a pandemic ... read more about President’s Statement on the Death of George Floyd