Special programs

Award-winning poet opens 2014-15 Writers Read series with performance of the new black poems and others

by Mike Zucconi

Evie Shockley, an award-winning poet who embraces both free-verse and traditional styles of writing, will open up the 2014-15 Writers Read series on Wednesday, September 24, at 8 p.m. in Eastern Mennonite
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In Rotary talk, Swartzendruber explains why EMU began sending its students on ‘cross-culturals’ decades ago

by Bonnie Price Lofton

For more than 30 years, undergraduates at Eastern Mennonite University have been required to immerse themselves in a culture different from their own before graduation. This unusual requirement was the
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EMU leaders offer appreciation and wise words regarding the increased diversity of incoming students

by Bonnie Price Lofton

In their kick-off convocation remarks for the 2014-15 school year, two of Eastern Mennonite University’s leaders highlighted the increasing diversity among EMU’s student population. “The class of 2018 is the
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