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Visiting speaker draws parallels between Christian ‘shalom’ and Native American values of harmony, balance

March 19, 2014Last updated April 3, 2014 by Steve Shenk

The “harmony way” of Native Americans is a lot like the “shalom community” taught by Jesus, according to a seminary professor from Oregon who spoke at Eastern Mennonite University on

At third annual Walk for Hope, EMU alumni to perform and speak in support of depression and suicide awareness

March 18, 2014Last updated March 31, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

The Steel Wheels are cruising into Eastern Mennonite University from a Northeast tour on Saturday, March 29, just in time for a cause close to their hearts. A few years

Leadership tips acquired as the CEO of retirement communities with multi-million-dollar budgets

March 14, 2014Last updated September 26, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Raised on a family farm five miles west of what was then Eastern Mennonite College. Attended Rosedale Bible Institute for a year. Entered EMC to do pre-med. Went to Japan

Well-known psychologist returns to EMU to discuss research on relationships and interdependence

March 14, 2014Last updated June 8, 2015 by Paul Souder

During a recent lecture at Eastern Mennonite University, James Coan, PhD, demonstrated why his work has been widely featured in both the academic and popular presses. Coan, associate professor of

Muslim scholars from Iran offer profound insights, understandings, to Center for Interfaith Engagement

March 13, 2014Last updated April 2, 2014 by Steve Shenk

The Center for Interfaith Engagement at Eastern Mennonite University has been hosting two outstanding Muslim scholars from Iran, who are also a married couple. Their unusual journey, from a country

Writers Read features compelling novelist who taps her Pakistani and Dutch background

March 10, 2014Last updated March 14, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Sorayya Khan – a Pakistani-Dutch-American writer who combines cross-cultural sensibilities with lyrical, haunting prose on war and its impact on humanity – is the last Writers Read guest of the

Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy

March 4, 2014Last updated September 22, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to EMU on Feb. 26 and 27, where he urged packed audiences to

Palestinian Christian tries to bridge divides separating Christian, Jewish and Muslim neighbors

March 3, 2014Last updated March 18, 2014 by Paul Souder

Salim Munayer is a citizen of a small nation that casts a giant shadow on the world stage. Small enough to fit four within the borders of Virginia, the modern

A highlight on Vernon Jantzi

March 2, 2014Last updated September 18, 2014 by

EMU’s cross-cultural program is intentionally different from that of almost every college in America, says Vernon Jantzi ’64, who became a faculty member at EMU after earning his PhD in

EMU leads the way in requiring cross-cultural study

March 2, 2014Last updated July 2, 2014 by

Cross-cultural study. It began as a professor’s dream for undergraduates 30 years ago and has become one of the best parts about being an EMU alumnus. “It seems pretty odd

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