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‘Are you ready to be about what you talk about?’: MLK Day 2023 and the making of a ‘Beloved Community’

January 17, 2023Last updated May 3, 2023 by EMU Communications

Will we ever realize being in “beloved community”? What does that look like and where are we on that journey of hope? Eastern Mennonite University’s annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Advent greetings, Christmas tidings and back by popular demand, ‘Sarah’s Facilities Management Team Claymation Christmas II’

December 13, 2022Last updated December 20, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Last year, Sarah Regan ‘18 singlehandedly inspired two new traditions at EMU. The assistant director of auxiliary services created a holiday diorama complete with detailed clay figurines depicting each of

Concerts, Lighting of the Green to brighten campus for the holidays

November 28, 2022Last updated December 6, 2022 by EMU Communications

Eastern Mennonite University will host several holiday events in December, including the Lighting of the Green Monday, Dec. 5, at 4:30 p.m. on Thomas Plaza. This event gathers the campus

Seminary’s School for Leadership Training to explore disability-oriented inclusion and connection in church communities

November 26, 2022Last updated November 28, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite Seminary’s 2023 School for Leadership Training is themed “Creating Communities of Belonging: Appreciating EveryBODY.” The emphasis on the word body is deliberate, says Veva Mumaw, SLT director. “1

World-renowned balafon master Balla Kouyaté and MLK-inspired choral masterwork headline EMU’s 2022 Gala Concert

November 2, 2022Last updated November 18, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Renowned balafon virtuoso Balla Kouyaté has toured extensively in Africa and Europe, performed in front of 27 African presidents, and been a featured artist in more than 45 albums. Now

Music program named premier artist partner of Any Given Child-Shenandoah Valley

October 17, 2022Last updated October 24, 2022 by EMU Communications

Thousands of students from Harrisonburg City Public Schools (HCPS) and Rockingham County Public Schools (RCPS) in Virginia will have the opportunity to enjoy live arts experiences thanks to a new

Homecoming and Family Weekend 2022: A ‘Roaring’ Success (we love you, Herm!)

October 10, 2022Last updated October 25, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

EMU students, faculty, staff, family, friends and alumni gathered for the annual three-day celebration of all things Royal — and all the things that make EMU such a special place!

Common Grounds Coffeehouse and new student union celebrates grand opening

October 7, 2022Last updated October 12, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Just in time for Homecoming and Family Weekend, EMU’s renovated Common Grounds Coffeehouse is open for business. Approximately 200 EMU students, faculty and staff attended the Grand Reopening and ribbon-cutting

Inaugural Royals Go Downtown event connects students, H’burg businesses

September 23, 2022Last updated September 24, 2022 by EMU Communications

More than 200 Royals headed to downtown Harrisonburg Thursday evening for the first, and hopefully annual, Royals Go Downtown event. Following the EMU Pep Band, the group started at Magpie

National bestselling graphic novel ‘The Best We Could Do’ is ’22-23 Common Read

September 15, 2022Last updated October 10, 2022 by EMU Communications

Since 2013, Eastern Mennonite University has selected a Common Read. Last year, that announcement concluded with some excitement: Just Mercy author and civil rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson gave the Commencement

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