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EMU earns ‘Silver’ in STARS ranking of sustainability efforts by universities around the world

March 11, 2014Last updated November 20, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Ask any student to locate the most tangible indicators of Eastern Mennonite’s commitment to sustainability and they might point towards the three LEED gold-certified residential halls, the massive solar array

Bike capital, where riders are gearing up to lead the way

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

In 2010, a new class made its first appearance in EMU’s course catalog: bicycle maintenance, taught by Ben Wyse ’99. That was the same year that the university cooperated with

Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy

March 4, 2014Last updated September 22, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to EMU on Feb. 26 and 27, where he urged packed audiences to

Rachel Held Evans is coming! Expect surprising insights, maybe shocking ones, from this popular Christian blogger

February 21, 2014Last updated March 21, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

A writer known for her philosophical explorations of faith and doubt, punctuated by down-to-earth self-revelation, humor, and truthfulness, is coming to campus. Rachel Held Evans has attracted attention for her

CJP prof Lisa Schirch points way to better relationships, roles, for military, government and civil society

February 10, 2014Last updated February 26, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

On the Wikipedia page for “Security Sector Reform,” you’ll read some nice-sounding stuff about helping police and military forces become more accountable to democratically elected governments and to hold human

Successful fundraising to modernize science labs sparks effort to upgrade western section of the Suter Science Center

January 21, 2014Last updated January 6, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Eastern Mennonite University has exceeded by nearly $600,000 its $7 million goal to modernize the laboratory section of the 1960s-era Suter Science Center, said vice president for advancement Kirk Shisler

Forum scheduled on proposed Park View water tank

January 3, 2014Last updated January 3, 2014 by Preston Knight

The city will hold a public information session Tuesday, Jan. 7 on a new water tank proposed for the Park View area. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. at

EMU trustees recommend six-month “listening process” regarding same-sex relationships and employment at EMU

November 18, 2013Last updated December 12, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In its regularly scheduled meeting Nov. 15 and 16, the Eastern Mennonite University board of trustees heard upbeat reports on the status of a multi-year fundraising campaign to renovate the

EMU nearing completion of Science Campaign; join the final push

November 15, 2013Last updated January 6, 2016 by Andrea Schrock Wenger, Laura Daily

Over $6.5 million of the $7 million needed in gifts and pledges to renovate the Suter Science Center is now in place. The Campaign for the Suter Science Center will

Drafty, old, beloved Martin House yields place for future lovely, traffic-smart entrance to EMU

September 30, 2013Last updated December 20, 2016 by Steve Shenk

Facebook lit up with nostalgic comments when Eastern Mennonite University posted a photo of Martin House being torn down in August 2013. Hundreds of students had lived there since the

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