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Anabaptist World: ‘Drawing on Jesuit and Anabaptist values, EMU’s first DEI director seeks to break down barriers’

September 16, 2021Last updated September 17, 2021 by Moderator

Jacqueline N. Font-Guzmán, executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion, offers a first-person perspective of why she was drawn to Eastern Mennonite University in the September education-themed issue of Anabaptist

Royals move in!

August 30, 2021Last updated September 5, 2021 by Photos by Rachel Holderman

Once again, EMU is enlivened with the chatter of voices in the hallways, activity on the Quad, meals on Thomas Plaza, cyclists flying by on campus paths and the disc

EMU welcomes new faculty for 2021-22 academic year

August 23, 2021Last updated August 30, 2021 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University welcomes several new faculty for the 2021-22 academic year. (This article features only full-time faculty). Tarek Maassarani JD, visiting professor of restorative justice, Center for Justice and

‘Here Together’ Week Photo Album (with a little commentary)

August 23, 2021Last updated August 30, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

EMU’s “Here Together” Week began Monday with a rainstorm for the Waterman/Northwest neighborhood trash pick-up and ended with blazing sun and blue skies for the ice cream giveaway and concert

EMU’s ‘Here Together’ week highlights community connections, service and fun

August 14, 2021Last updated August 23, 2021 by EMU Communications

Next week, Eastern Mennonite University goes out into the community with “Here Together,” a six-day celebration to kick off the 2021-22 academic year. The week’s events were organized by faculty

EMU joins national College Vaccine Challenge

June 28, 2021Last updated June 29, 2021 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University has joined more than 650 colleges and universities, including 18 Virginia institutions, in the COVID-19 College Vaccine Challenge. The initiative, created in a partnership of the White

Herm on parade! EMU’s mascot makes debut appearance

June 8, 2021Last updated June 14, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Herm made his first public appearance in his new costume during a May parade at Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community. He was escorted by Lauren Jefferson, Jessica Hostetler ’08 and her son Toby, all

EMU recycling team notches historic scrap metal run

June 2, 2021Last updated June 2, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

“Sometimes it’s hard to tell if a metal is non-ferrous. Jack and I carry a small magnet on our persons for just these instances,” said Matthew Freed, the recycling crew

Highlights of EMU’s 2021 Commencement

May 10, 2021Last updated May 14, 2021 by EMU communications

EMU’s Commencement ceremonies spanned nearly two weeks, beginning April 24 with the Donning of the Kente ceremony and concluding yesterday with virtual Commencements. And there still one to go: EMU’s

The call to CJP’s 2021 grads: ‘The world needs each and every one of you and everything you learned’

May 10, 2021Last updated May 11, 2021 by EMU communications

At the end of one journey and the beginning of another, Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding hosted its annual Celebration of Blessings for the 2021 graduates on

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