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Junior wins multi-cultural innovation award for Internet Hospital website

April 16, 2023Last updated August 8, 2023 by Kate Szambecki

Hebron Mekuria, junior engineering and computer science double major, and her team of three other college women in tech from the U.S. and Canada won Best Hack for Multi-Cultural Innovation

EMU announces 2023 Cords of Distinction honorees

April 15, 2023Last updated April 17, 2023 by EMU Communications

Ten graduating seniors are Eastern Mennonite University’s 2023 Cords of Distinction recipients. They will wear blue and gold cords signifying their achievement during the 2023 Commencement. Faculty, staff and fellow

EMU launches STEM Mentorship Program, senior engineers prepare to enter workforce

February 23, 2023Last updated February 27, 2023 by EMU Communications

Fall 2022 marked the beginning of Eastern Mennonite University’s STEM Mentorship Program, which pairs EMU students with community-based, professional mentors in their fields. The program currently has 10 student-mentor pairs,

EMU Engineers in Action joins bridge projects in West Virginia, Bolivia

October 26, 2022Last updated November 2, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Seven Eastern Mennonite University engineering students put their brains and muscles to work this summer with Engineers in Action, contributing to bridge building projects that increased access and safety for

From the supermileage car project to Tesla: Senior enjoys fast-paced process engineering internship

October 11, 2022Last updated October 19, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

Senior Ben Bontrager-Singer believes that landing a summer engineering internship at Tesla was mostly due to his leadership of EMU’s Eco Shell Marathon team. The team built a fuel-efficient, or

Senior participates in summer mathematics research at Carnegie Mellon

October 5, 2022Last updated October 12, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

Senior Caleb Hostetler already has an extensive list of accomplishments – in April 2022, he and two other students from Eastern Mennonite University won the 2022 international Kryptos Codebreaking Competition

Meet this year’s Yoder and Webb Scholars

September 16, 2022Last updated September 19, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has announced the 2022 Yoder and Webb Scholars. The scholarships cover full tuition and include admission into EMU’s Honors Program. The Yoder Scholars program was founded

Isaac Alderfer earns ODAC’s Jopson Award as top male scholar-athlete

June 7, 2022Last updated July 1, 2022 by Justin McIlwee

Tuesday, the ODAC announced its recipients of the Marjorie T. Berkley and Harry G. “Doc” Jopson Awards, awarded to the conference’s top female and male scholar-athletes. A familiar name was seen

Tributes by faculty and staff for 2022 Cords of Distinction honorees

May 17, 2022Last updated May 18, 2022 by EMU Communications

Ten graduating seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, April 30, 2022, at Eastern Mennonite University. Faculty, staff and fellow students nominated the recipients, who were

Athletics Awards highlight six for special recognition

May 11, 2022Last updated May 11, 2022 by Justin McIlwee

Six student-athletes were recognized with special awards at the April’s athletics awards banquet. Allison Shelly and Isaac Alderfer were recognized as Male and Female President’s Award honorees. The President’s Award

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