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 ... read more about Sixth annual Donning of the Kente ceremony honors grads, their heritage and valued mentors
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 ... read more about EMU After the Verdict: Where We Go From Here
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 ... read more about Students donate hundreds of books for eager Waterman Elementary readers
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 ... read more about CJP volunteers connect with state prisons for COVID-19 Compassion Release Project
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 ... read more about EMU honors ten seniors with Cords of Distinction
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 ... read more about WCSC interns work in food access, end-of-life care, zoos and more
Chewie lives with four humans in the Seidel family, as well as a cat, bearded dragon and a ball python. Last week, he made the trip to less exotic, but ... read more about K-9 visitors make ‘Paws Day’ a hit
As we enter The Year of the Ox, Eastern Mennonite University’s newest club – the Asian Pacific Islander Student Association, or APISA – invited the campus community to a Lunar ... read more about EMU’s newest club, the Asian Pacific Islander Student Association, celebrates Lunar New Year
With EMU Athletics back in action this semester, so too is the Royals Athlete of the Week award. So far three of the five honorees are seniors, and their Q ... read more about Royals Athlete of the Week honorees talk senior seasons and future plans
Environmental science major Isaac Alderfer photographed his peers and professors as they studied tiny owls at Highland Retreat in nearby Bergton, Va., last fall. He shares about the experience below. ... read more about Enviro science major documents bird banding in stunning photo essay