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Virginia relief sale sets new record

October 9, 2019Last updated October 14, 2019 by Jim Bishop ‘67

Roving reporter and retired EMU public information officer Jim Bishop ‘67 graciously contributed this article and the accompanying photos. Right on the heels of record-setting temperatures the first several days

Community criminal justice conference set for Oct. 17-18

October 9, 2019Last updated October 23, 2019 by admin

A free two-day conference Oct. 17-18 at Eastern Mennonite University will bring together community stakeholders for discussions and planning around reducing incarceration and recidivism in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, Virginia.

CJP’s 2019 Peacebuilder magazine kicks off 25th anniversary celebration

October 6, 2019Last updated October 29, 2019 by EMU communications

Name any current major conflict in the world, domestic or international, and there is likely at least one graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) on

Surgeon Dr. Carolyn Weaver Swenson ‘03 to give Homecoming Suter lecture

October 1, 2019Last updated October 14, 2019 by EMU communications

Dr. Carolyn Weaver Swenson ‘03, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, will give a Suter Science Seminar during Eastern Mennonite University’s Homecoming

CPE celebrates 20 years: Landis Homes chaplain Anne Kaufman Weaver MDiv ’16

October 1, 2019Last updated November 6, 2019 by admin

The Clinical Pastoral Education program at Eastern Mennonite Seminary celebrates its 20th anniversary this academic year. Since 1999, 290 people have been trained through the seminary’s program. They serve and

Writers Read at EMU Homecoming to feature Faith Eidse ’79

September 27, 2019Last updated October 14, 2019 by admin

Faith Eidse ’79 will read from her bestselling novel, Healing Falls (Faitheyes Press, 2018), during an Eastern Mennonite University Writers Read event at 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12. She will

Poet Todd Davis returns to EMU for Writers Read

September 24, 2019Last updated September 27, 2019 by EMU communications

Poet and professor Todd Davis returns to Eastern Mennonite University for a Sept. 26 Writers Read event. He will read at 6:30 p.m. in Common Grounds Coffeehouse in the University

CJP grad’s ‘Ghana, remember me’ performance connects different identities

September 12, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Kathleen Shaw/Daily News-Record

Pain can be a bridge to peace, vulnerability a path to strength — at least that is the message Talibah Aquil hopes audience members take with them after her performance

Getting ‘under the hood’: Linux workshop at EMU features expert input and hands-on practice

September 6, 2019Last updated September 9, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University students curious about one of the most advanced computer operating systems had a unique opportunity recently: a practical workshop with presentations by experts in Linux. Open to

CJP at 25: Three peacebuilders to speak at October Homecoming TenTalks event

September 1, 2019Last updated October 14, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University welcomes three peacebuilders for its annual “TenTalks. Impact. Influence. Inspire.” The free event begins at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 12, in the MainStage Theater, University Commons.

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