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After thirty years with the campus physical plant, director Eldon Kurtz leaves behind a changed landscape

March 2, 2016Last updated March 10, 2016 by Harrison Horst

This profile of Eldon Kurtz was originally published in the Feb. 18, 2016, edition of The Weather Vane. We’re grateful for the contributed copy, as we can’t possibly profile each

Family-owned dairy works towards eliminating electricity bill with largest private solar power installation in Virginia

November 10, 2015Last updated December 11, 2015 by Vic Bradshaw/Daily News-Record

For more than five decades, the Yutzy family has produced milk, corn and small grains at Windcrest Holsteins. Next week, the dairy farm will start producing a new commodity —

Environmental educator Blake Rogers helps residents learn and practice stewardship of Shenandoah Valley resources

October 16, 2015Last updated October 28, 2015 by Brenna Cowardin

Blake Rogers has been involved with the Shenandoah Valley Soil and Water Conservation District (SVSWCD) since his days representing Turner Ashby High School in Envirothon, an academic contest focused on

New director, a Colombian native and EMU alumnus, now at the helm of popular Harrisonburg International Festival

September 8, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Randi B. Hagi

Boris Ozuna, the new director of Harrisonburg’s International Festival, got his first taste of community organizing as a child in Sincelejo, Colombia. His mother was involved in justice work with

Not quite the ‘Green Monster’ but close: new irrigation on baseball field improves playing surface, water usage

August 26, 2015Last updated January 6, 2016 by Andrew Goodstein

This fall, the Eastern Mennonite University baseball field should be a little greener — and in more than one sense of the word. A new irrigation system uses sustainable technology

Jordan Hollinger, now working in the solar industry, sees his undergraduate research published in SolarToday magazine

August 3, 2015Last updated November 10, 2016 by Kara Lofton

Recent graduate Jordan Hollinger landed his dream job in energy and environmental policy, after an undergraduate internship that included professor-mentored research on the local economic impacts of Eastern Mennonite University’s

Sustainable Food Initiative partners with Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community farm to grow, harvest vegetables

July 31, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by David Brennan

When Tyler Eshleman took the helm of Eastern Mennonite University’s sputtering student-led Sustainable Food Initiative (SFI) last year, his goals were modest: to return the weed-choked campus gardens to their

EMU hosts solar conference and tour, as Virginia private colleges move forward with plans for campus installations

June 2, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Virginia’s private colleges are taking the lead in growing the capacity of solar energy in the state. That was the message during last week’s Council of Independent Colleges in Virginia

EMU places in the top ten of Campus Conservation Nationals competition to reduce electricity consumption

May 27, 2015Last updated June 9, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

In its rookie debut, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) was a top finisher in the Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), landing within the top ten schools among 125 campus participants in North

After two years as Recyclemania runner-up, EMU wins the top state ranking in campus community recycling contest

May 5, 2015Last updated May 21, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

For the last four years, Eastern Mennonite University has finished as runner-up in the state rankings of colleges and universities participating in the national Recyclemania contest. But not in 2015.

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