Baking bread, canning food, creation care, and growing your own food in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way are some of the topics to be covered during the annual Food ... read more about Creation Care Evident During Food and Farming Week
Special programs
Farm Evolution: Innovation Important for Large and Small
Posted with permission from Daily News Record, Sept. 13, 2011 HARRISONBURG – When Matt Lohr, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, decided to open a corn ... read more about Farm Evolution: Innovation Important for Large and Small
Holsopple, Swartz Highlight Anabaptist Communicators Conference
HARRISONBURG, Va. – How do Anabaptists communicate about their values in a visual age? Jerry Holsopple, PhD, will explore this question as plenary speaker at the 2011 Anabaptist Communicators Conference, ... read more about Holsopple, Swartz Highlight Anabaptist Communicators Conference
Poet Waldrep to Speak at First Writers Read
The language and literature department at EMU will hold its first “Writers Read” program of the new school year Thursday, Sept. 22. Renown poet and author, G.C. Waldrep, will read ... read more about Poet Waldrep to Speak at First Writers Read
WVPT to Broadcast “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Center for Justice & Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) and WVPT-TV are co-sponsoring a special public screening of the documentary “Pray the Devil Back to ... read more about WVPT to Broadcast “Pray the Devil Back to Hell”
Six Things to Grieve on 9/11 Anniversary
In the days after 9/11, my colleague and I wrote a short article outlining A Long Term Strategy for American Security detailing ways the U.S. could respond to this crisis. ... read more about Six Things to Grieve on 9/11 Anniversary
EMU Plans 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Commemoration
HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) community will pause and reflect this week, along with the rest of the world, on the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. Sept. 11 ... read more about EMU Plans 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Commemoration
Civil Rights trip awakens history for students
HARRISONBURG, VA. – Dee Gully and Destinee Karim, both 17, said they had little interest in history or the civil rights movement before being chosen for an unprecedented tour of ... read more about Civil Rights trip awakens history for students
Ongoing Conversation Seeks to Tear Down Walls, Build Relationships
A 10-year-old interfaith dialogue between Mennonite and Muslim scholars – held in Canada and Iran over the years – continued in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) in early June. The dialogue, hosted ... read more about Ongoing Conversation Seeks to Tear Down Walls, Build Relationships
Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America Meeting at EMU
The 26th annual Baptist Peace Fellowship Summer Conference will be held on the campus of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) July 4-9. “The Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America’s (BPFNA) annual ... read more about Baptist Peace Fellowship of North America Meeting at EMU