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New Center for Interfaith Engagement director wins dissertation award

November 9, 2017Last updated November 10, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

He may be a newly-minted PhD, but a recently-named program director at Eastern Mennonite University is no newcomer to distinguished scholarship. This fall Professor Timothy Seidel received the 2017 Dissertation

Congregate Charlottesville co-founders to be honored by National Council of Churches

October 31, 2017Last updated November 1, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

An Eastern Mennonite Seminary graduate and two other organizers of the clergy protest against the August “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will be honored by the National Council

EMU preps multi-talented Chilean alumni for doctoral religious studies, peacebuilding dialogue in the Jewish community

October 6, 2017Last updated October 9, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

When Channah Fonseca-Quezada and David Quezada talk about their personal journeys that have merged and taken them from their native Chile to the United States and now to Canada, one

‘Heaven on Earth’ experience: Interfaith Peace Camp builds bridges, builds peace

August 24, 2017Last updated August 28, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

At times the scene may have looked like typical summer camp fun with crafts and art, singing and playing rhythm instruments, and sharing meals, but for 33 campers ages 7-12

Syrian-Lebanese pastor and interfaith peacebuilder still has ‘hope for new Syria’

March 23, 2017Last updated March 23, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

Riad Jarjour is a Syrian-Lebanese scholar, pastor and peacebuilder whose work has focused on Muslim-Christian relationships since the 1970s. On March 15 and 16, he visited Eastern Mennonite University to

Center for Interfaith Engagement joins Anabaptist agencies in best practices discussion

March 9, 2017Last updated March 11, 2017 by Emily Jones/Eastern Mennonite Missions

“I think religious minorities in this country, no matter who they are, are feeling under threat,” said Trina Trotter Nussbaum, interim director for Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement.

EMU joins #YouAreWelcomeHere campaign with record-setting video

February 13, 2017Last updated February 17, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“You are welcome here” is the emphatic message offered by Eastern Mennonite University students, faculty and staff in a new “blockbuster” video released just after President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

‘Let Your Life Speak’: Fall/Winter 2016 Crossroads features alumni empowering neighbors in multicultural U.S.

December 22, 2016Last updated June 20, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

The fall/winter 2016 issue of Crossroads focuses on Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have made conscious choices, whether vocational or avocational, to work in multicultural settings as advocates for social

Communications director for National Council of Churches shares his interfaith journey

November 9, 2016Last updated November 18, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

After Sept. 11, The Rev. Steven D. Martin found himself the subject of much interest. Suddenly every public television station was scrambling for material on Muslims, and his first major

Tres leches cake and cross-cultural theme wins big at annual International Education Week food fest

September 25, 2016Last updated October 17, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

International Education Week’s annual incarnation, planned by Multicultural and International Student Services, brought a host of educational and indeed, delicious, events to Eastern Mennonite University Sept. 12-16. With the theme

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