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Kenyan environmental sustainability student returns home to help turn barren ground into fertile forest

January 10, 2019Last updated January 10, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

An Eastern Mennonite University senior returned home to Kenya last summer to complete an environmental sustainability practicum planting trees in impoverished communities near Nairobi’s city center. Arnold Muthoki, an environmental

EMU’s MLK Day Celebration honors civil rights leader with worship, learning opportunities and service

January 8, 2019Last updated January 14, 2019 by EMU communications

EMU celebrates the life and legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with several days of events around the theme “A Time to Break Silence.” Service, learning and

Top EMU News and Editor’s Picks of 2018

January 7, 2019Last updated January 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

[CUE MUSIC] [Sound of throat clearing] Me me me … [then HUMMING to lyrics] Should auld acquaintance be forgot,/ And never brought to mind? Your EMU editorial staff didn’t actually sing

Bikes & Recycling at EMU

January 5, 2019Last updated December 20, 2018 by EMU Photography and Video

EMU Recycling Coordinator Matthew Freed and student Jack Hummel discuss the bicycles and trailers used to support the recycling and compost program at Eastern Mennonite University. Bikes are a big

Fall concerts at EMU

December 20, 2018Last updated December 20, 2018 by EMU Photography and Video

EMU’s music department put on several concerts at the conclusion of the fall 2018 semester.Enjoy performance highlights from the Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Emulate choral group, Wind Ensemble, and the Lessons

Get involved! Serve, learn, celebrate during EMU’s MLK Day

December 18, 2018Last updated January 8, 2019 by EMU communications

Mark your calendar and clear the day! The excitement is building for a full day of service, learning and celebration on and off campus Monday, January 21, in honor of

On cross-cultural to vast China, students make personal connections

December 17, 2018Last updated December 21, 2018 by EMU communications

Students on the fall-cross-cultural, led by Professor Mary Sprunger and Myrrl Byler, experienced the vastness and diversity of China, from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Buddhist temples and the Great Wall

Royals Athlete Of The Week: Sammy Thomas

November 26, 2018 by Elizabeth Nisly

Sammy Thomas (Owings, Md./Northern) is enjoying a great start to his senior season of basketball. He walked away from EMU’s game against nationally-ranked New Jersey City with his first double double

Take Back the Night creates space to connect and be heard, believed and supported

November 9, 2018Last updated November 12, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The t-shirts made for Take Back the Night (TBTN) events at Eastern Mennonite University Oct. 31-Nov. 2 may have been seen as a humorous twist on a milk ad campaign,

First student-pilot in EMU at Lancaster’s new aviation program completes solo flight

October 29, 2018Last updated October 29, 2018 by EMU communications

Ethan Sommers became the first pilot to solo in the history of Eastern Mennonite University at Lancaster’s aviation program. A Lancaster, Pennsylvania resident, Sommers is a first-year student in the

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