By Jeffrey Reinhart of lancasteronline.com Danielle Rittenhouse, who helped Lampeter-Strasburg High School reach the PIAA Triple-A girls’ basketball state championship game this past winter, has committed to EMU. The Royals, ... read more about Rittenhouse commits to basketball at EMU
Student life
From atop the Andes, the finish is in sight
By Andrew Jenner, RocktownWeekly.com The last few weeks have been an exercise in contrasts for Lars Akerson and Jon Spicher, pedaling from barren ground to verdant, from sea level to ... read more about From atop the Andes, the finish is in sight
Women attending SPI help heal their communities in Africa
Hunger. Child soldiers. Orphaned children raising siblings. Such tragedies might readily connote despair – but not to three African women who studied this year at EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute. L. ... read more about Women attending SPI help heal their communities in Africa
Senior takes challenges in stride
Holmes pushes limits in life, school, sports By J.R. Williams, Northern Virginia Daily Clarke County High School senior athlete Sophia Holmes, 18, of Berryville, looks forward to attending EMU this ... read more about Senior takes challenges in stride
Broadway’s Holloran leaves VMI football for EMU hoops
By Mike Barber, Daily News-Record A year ago, Kirby Dean fell in love with Luke Holloran’s basketball abilities. But Holloran spurned Dean’s overtures to play Division I-AA football at Virginia ... read more about Broadway’s Holloran leaves VMI football for EMU hoops
Three faith traditions come together in peace camp in June
Finding common ground in several faith expressions of peace and the phrase, “one tree, many branches,” are the primary focus of a five-day Interfaith Peace Camp program to be held ... read more about Three faith traditions come together in peace camp in June
Grad gets scholarship for theological study
Nicholas L. (Nick) Detweiler-Stoddard, an entering master of divinity student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, has been recognized as a young leader who demonstrates exceptional gifts for ministry by The Fund ... read more about Grad gets scholarship for theological study
EMU in top 20 percent of nation in recycling competition
By Brooke Fansler, EMU class of 2012 (English major) EMU placed 28th in the “waste minimization” category out of 510 colleges and universities in a nationwide recycling challenge called “Recylemania” ... read more about EMU in top 20 percent of nation in recycling competition
EMU students ride bikes from Pennsylvania to Georgia
By Richard Kelly, Independent-Mail EMU students Chris Erb, left, and Heidi Hershberger pass through Donalds, S.C., on their bike trip from Philadelphia to Comer, Ga. Eastern Mennonite University students Chris ... read more about EMU students ride bikes from Pennsylvania to Georgia