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Student aims to help country close to her heart with Beats For Mozambique

April 23, 2019Last updated April 26, 2019 by Shelby Mertens/Daily News-Record

Alcinda Brubaker, a 27-year-old student at Eastern Mennonite University, was adopted by an American couple from an orphanage in Maputo, Mozambique, when she was just more than 1 year old.

Salticids hoist the 2019 Quiz Bowl trophy (um, ok, they got t-shirts)

April 18, 2019Last updated November 6, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

The Salticids AKA the Jumping Spiders, comprised of Elliott Bowman, Cameron Byer, Jake Myers and Seth Weaver, were crowned champions of Wednesday evening’s STEM Games Quiz Bowl at Eastern Mennonite University. The

Ten seniors honored with Cords of Distinction

April 8, 2019Last updated May 1, 2019 by EMU communications

Ten graduating seniors will be honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 4, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). They will wear gold and blue cords

Holy Week at EMU: Join in outdoor ‘community alfombra’ creation on Palm Sunday, worship with LSA mid-week

April 4, 2019Last updated April 26, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Two unique Holy Week worship experiences will be hosted at Eastern Mennonite University this Easter season — each rooted in the Central American artistic and spiritual tradition of the alfombra

Staff Spotlight #2: Vanessa Derrow, Health Services

April 1, 2019Last updated April 12, 2019 by EMU communications

This occasional series features Eastern Mennonite University staff members. Vanessa Derrow serves EMU as the health information management coordinator in Health Services. Check out the first staff spotlight on Lynn Veurink. And

The Weather Vane: A formative experience for many … and for you, too?

March 5, 2019Last updated March 5, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Occasionally a former The Weather Vane staffer brings into sharp relief the fact that writing for the student newspaper at a small university isn’t just a fun way to pass

Ubuntu through ‘putting on’ Christ: Divine Unity pastor urges a ‘wardrobe change’

February 28, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Taking Galatians 3:27-28 as his main text, Pastor AJ Mosley’s sermon on the theme of ubuntu Wednesday offered practical advice. “Putting on Christ” is more than just putting on clothes,

EMU professors are selected for a new Lilly Faculty Fellows Program

February 26, 2019Last updated February 26, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Two Eastern Mennonite University professors have been selected as one of eight two-member, cross-discipline teams in a pilot of a new Lilly Fellows Program national initiative. Professors Esther Tian, a

Mini-grant awards support sustainability projects on campus

February 21, 2019Last updated February 26, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Eastern Mennonite University student group Earthkeepers has announced the 2019 winners of its annual mini-grants supporting campus sustainability projects. The mini-grants fund sustainable initiatives on campus “that wouldn’t otherwise

Where You Are Matters

February 6, 2019 by

The fun doesn’t stop at the edge of campus. You can hike in a national park, canoe in a national forest, ski and snowboard on the region’s many mountains –

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