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EMU’s tutors find fresh purpose in helping fellow students through online shift

April 9, 2020Last updated May 5, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Looking back over the last few weeks, Professor Linda Gnagey thinks about one meeting as particularly fortuitous. As director of Eastern Mennonite University’s Academic Success Center, Gnagey recruits, trains and

Kiara Kiah takes third, on to national singing competition

April 3, 2020Last updated April 9, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Eastern Mennonite University soprano Kiara Kiah recently placed third in her division at the 2020 Mid-Atlantic Region National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) audition – she now advances on

Students assist rebuilding efforts following hurricane damage in North Carolina

March 20, 2020Last updated March 30, 2020 by EMU Communications

Hurricane Florence poured 30 inches of rain in Pollocksville, North Carolina in 2018 and caused a storm surge on the nearby Atlantic coast, leading to extensive flood damage to homes

EMU soprano advances to regional singing competition

March 13, 2020Last updated March 16, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

As of February, Kiara Kiah is the first student from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in over 20 years to audition in the Virginia National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS)

Recreation and sports management intern helps local seniors regain mobility

March 10, 2020Last updated March 11, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

On Wednesday mornings, you can find Evangeline Lupanov in the Wellness Center at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community, helping those diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease learn non-contact boxing. Lupanov, a senior at

EMU vocalist studies opera in Berlin masterclass

February 28, 2020Last updated March 2, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Berlin has been one of Europe’s musical centers for hundreds of years. Members of the Bach family composed there, Shoenberg lived and taught there, and the city boasts an orchestra

WCSC internship in immigration builds on senior’s border cross-cultural experience

February 27, 2020Last updated February 27, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

It was on her cross-cultural semester, in the spring of 2018, in the jagged, rocky hills of the Sonoran desert, when Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) Spanish and writing studies double-major

Life coach Letitia Bates ‘16 finds purpose guiding others

January 29, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Several floors above Main Street in downtown Harrisonburg, Letitia Bates sits with virtual and in-person clients and taps. It’s called the Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT for short, and it’s

First solo flights with EMU Lancaster’s student-pilots: Meet Mina Sous

December 10, 2019 by EMU Communications

To read more profiles of student-pilots, visit https://emu.edu/now/news/category/academics/emu-at-lancaster/ Mina Sous is a student in EMU Lancaster’s leadership and organizational management (LOM) bachelor’s degree program with a concentration in aviation. He

First solo flights with EMU Lancaster’s student-pilots: Meet Edwards Daacke

December 5, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by EMU Communications

To read more profiles of student-pilots, visit https://emu.edu/now/news/category/academics/emu-at-lancaster/ Edwards Daacke is a student in EMU Lancaster’s leadership and organizational management (LOM) bachelor’s degree program with a concentration in aviation. He

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