One positive step towards preventing sexual violence on college campuses is overcoming the traditional silent treatment associated with the topic. As April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, this spring has ... read more about New student-led Coalition on Sexual Violence Prevention wants less ‘hush-hush’ discussion of healthy sexuality
On Tuesday, Rebekah York stood in Thomas Plaza – sometimes alone, sometimes with a crowd – surrounded by ghostly chalked outlines of feet that marked those who had stood, even ... read more about Inspired by Romanian survivors of sexual trafficking, Rebekah York takes the lead and stands for #Stand4Freedom
Over the past three years, the graduation rate for EMU honors students was 100 percent, with a third completing double or triple majors. These students, representing diverse cultural, racial and ... read more about Newest Yoder Scholars bring artistic, athletic and academic talent to EMU
On a bleak and bitterly cold February afternoon, Ryan Gehman leaves campus for a run, heading south toward one of Harrisonburg’s city parks. Dirty snowbanks line the streets and a ... read more about Working hard to put in hard work: Ryan Gehman and why he runs
About a hundred people gathered at a candlelight vigil this week on the Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) campus to show their support for Mennonite pastor Max Villatoro. In the center ... read more about Student-organized vigil shows solidarity with deported pastor Max Villatoro and his family
Eastern Mennonite University head baseball coach Ben Spotts has a simple recruiting philosophy: Do not lose local athletes to other Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) schools. That’s a tough goal, ... read more about Safe at home: Royals baseball coach Ben Spotts makes local recruiting a key contributor to success
In the semi-finals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball tournament, junior Alicia Ygarza and her teammates had an extra special fan in the stands among friends and family. ... read more about In choosing EMU, Ygarza sisters share a friendship of on-court memories and off-court successes
Participants in the fourth annual Walk for Hope on Saturday, March 28, will wear, for the first time, the same t-shirt. For the past three years, walkers who joined the trek to ... read more about Comedian and mental health activist Kevin Breel highlights fourth annual Walk for Hope, March 28
For Huimin “Winifred” Yu, the Intensive English Program at Eastern Mennonite University served as a bridge between life in China and as a massage therapist and life as a budding ... read more about Intensive English Program proves to be Huimin Yu’s bridge from old life in China to new life as tutor and future teacher
Updated February 26, 2015 Winter 2015 held some uncertain moments for the Eastern Mennonite men’s and women’s basketball teams, but both squads are expected to be a force in the upcoming Old ... read more about Men and women’s basketball teams gear up for 2014-15 ODAC tourney