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Rotary International welcomes new EMU chapter of Rotaract

October 2, 2017Last updated October 4, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Following its inaugural reception and ceremonial launch last week, a club at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is now poised to offer students new opportunities for service, leadership training, and making

Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale sets record pace

October 2, 2017Last updated October 12, 2017 by Jim Bishop/special to the Daily News-Record

The central Shenandoah Valley landscape may be parched for lack of rain in September, but at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds a flood of volunteers, donors and buyers joined together to

Hurricane relief efforts unite concerned EMU students

September 28, 2017Last updated September 29, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Surrounded by boxes of supplies and volunteers packing blue and gray buckets to create relief kits, Eastern Mennonite University senior Ryan Faraci still wanted to do more. His efforts, and

Counseling Center expands offerings in new location

September 27, 2017Last updated September 29, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Now located in Suter House at 1115 College Avenue — look for the blue door — and under the new direction of Tempest Anderson, the Eastern Mennonite University Counseling Center

100 Years of the Arts at EMU

September 25, 2017Last updated October 17, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi and Lauren Jefferson

Students entering Eastern Mennonite University today may not realize that in their grandparents’ generations, this institution offered one music option: Singing, usually in four-part harmony, a cappella hymns only. For

Donde caben dos, caben tres: Always ‘room for one more’ in EMU’s Latino Student Alliance

September 21, 2017Last updated September 22, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University’s Latino Student Alliance hosted a Sept. 15 chapel to begin Latino Heritage Month. Guest speaker Don Clymer, an EMU language professor who has led several cross-cultural trips

New counseling center director to oversee expanded services to EMU campus community

September 14, 2017Last updated September 27, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Tempest Anderson describes her time as a graduate student in the master’s in counseling program at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) as “amazing and life-changing,” and now as director of the

Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation

September 1, 2017Last updated September 7, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, 2015) is the 2017-18 Common Read selection for Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Each year since 2013, faculty, staff, and students

‘Their cups are completely overflowing’: Residence life staff foster community for student advisors

August 28, 2017Last updated October 6, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Living in a residence hall at Eastern Mennonite University is not just about having a place to stay. Rather, it’s about being part of a caring community. In August, 37

From the Atlantic to the Pacific: Summer bike ride both ‘grueling’ and ‘exhilarating’

August 10, 2017Last updated August 14, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The trip began with the traditional dipping of back tires in the Atlantic Ocean at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. It ended 59 days later in the Pacific at Lincoln City,

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