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Alderfer named Top Athlete And Scholar, Johnson to First Team

May 12, 2021Last updated May 17, 2021 by James DeBoer

A semester of awards continued for EMU runners Isaac Alderfer (Broadway, Va./Broadway) and Alijah Johnson (Upper Marlboro, Md./Frederick Douglass), as both earned some heavy medals from the Old Dominion Athletic Conference today. The league

Student-built ‘supermileage car’ makes maiden voyage

May 1, 2021Last updated May 4, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

On a bright and windy April day, against a gorgeous mountain backdrop, a little blue wedge zipped around the Shenandoah Speedway in Shenandoah, Va. It averaged a conservative speed in

EMU honors students for academic, leadership achievements

April 28, 2021Last updated May 5, 2021 by EMU communications

Ninety Eastern Mennonite University students were recognized for accomplishments and achievements during the 2020-21 academic year during a special recognition ceremony today. View the livestream recording Academics Academic Success Center

EMU programmers advance to North American championships

April 27, 2021Last updated April 30, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

A cadre of talented programmers from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) have advanced to the North America Division Championships of the International Collegiate Programming Contest, which will be held later this

Sixth annual Donning of the Kente ceremony honors grads, their heritage and valued mentors

April 26, 2021Last updated May 4, 2021 by EMU communications

Last weekend, the Eastern Mennonite University community honored approximately 30 students at the sixth annual Donning of the Kente Ceremony. The ceremony, always the first of the Commencement events, recognizes

EMU After the Verdict: Where We Go From Here

April 23, 2021Last updated April 28, 2021 by President Susan Schultz Huxman and contributors

On Tuesday evening, just a short time after the verdict was announced, I sent a message to our campus community. I named the value of a cathartic, collective exhale on

Students donate hundreds of books for eager Waterman Elementary readers

April 14, 2021Last updated April 22, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

If you listen hard enough, you might hear the sound of pages turning. Just down the road from Eastern Mennonite University, Waterman Elementary School is immersed in a reading challenge

CJP volunteers connect with state prisons for COVID-19 Compassion Release Project

April 13, 2021Last updated April 19, 2021 by Gabrielle Bradshaw

Four graduate students from Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding played a role in the release of two incarcerated individuals from Virginia state prisons in February 2021. Conner

EMU honors ten seniors with Cords of Distinction

April 5, 2021Last updated May 4, 2021 by EMU communications

Ten graduating seniors are the 2021 Cords of Distinction recipients. They will receive blue and gold cords signifying their achievement to wear with other academic regalia to the Cords of

WCSC interns work in food access, end-of-life care, zoos and more

March 24, 2021Last updated April 1, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

This semester, students are mapping racially restrictive deeds, nursing and caring for the most vulnerable patients, improving food access in food apartheid areas, and monitoring zoo animals – all through the

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