“We’re with you” was the main message college and university presidents had for Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce members during an annual breakfast Wednesday [Aug. 7, 2013]. From tailoring or creating ... read more about Swartzendruber and Higher-Ed Peers Emphasize Community at Chamber Breakfast
Provost Fred Kniss ’79 encouraged an international cross-section of academics hearing his keynote address to the Association for the Sociology of Religion (ASR) to consider the religious “tributaries, eddies and ... read more about Provost Argues for Valuing “Tributaries” Beyond the Religious Mainstream
When the group in charge of the Community Supported Agriculture program at Eastern Mennonite University sent out a mass email offering shares, the response was swift and overwhelming. “Within the ... read more about CSA Program Takes Root at EMU
When violinist Mark Hartman was invited to join the first Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival orchestra 21 years ago, he never thought he’d come back every single year. In fact there ... read more about Bach Festival Drew 63 Professional Musicians From 12 States
A group of elementary schoolers, grades first through sixth, planted a Gold Star magnolia in front of the city’s mosque June 12. It will grow next to another tree planted ... read more about Interfaith Camp Plants Seeds of Understanding, Friendship in Youth
How did a poor farm boy, longtime pediatrician, and master gardener get to be the No. 1 cheerleader for the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival? “It’s simple,” says Ed Comer, MD. ... read more about Farmer-Doctor Is Bach Festival’s No. 1 Cheerleader
The music of Johann Sebastian Bach never dies, as will be obvious to those experiencing his music at the 21st Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. For more than two decades, the ... read more about Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, June 9-16, Shows Bach – and Verdi and Britten – Live On
Five Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students are learning through direct experience this summer with congregations and organizations throughout the United States as part of Mennonite Church USA’s Ministry Inquiry Program. ... read more about Ministry Inquiry Program Gives Students Hands-On Experience
An annual dinner benefiting efforts to cure and treat multiple sclerosis raised more than $100,000 by Tuesday evening with money still on the way. The Blue Ridge Chapter of the ... read more about EMU President Honored by National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Jean Claude Nkundwa came to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University with a desire to help his country address its history of violence. Most people in ... read more about Genocide Survivor Teaches Trauma Healing at Summer Peacebuilding Institute