Baseball fans, EMU families and friends pack ballpark for third annual EMU Night with the Turks Seventeen days after retiring from a 34-year career at EMU, Bonnie Bowser was out ... read more about Take us out to the ballgame
Conferences and events
EMU Night with the Turks returns to Harrisonburg for third consecutive year
Eastern Mennonite University is teaming up with the Harrisonburg Turks for EMU Night with Turks on Thursday, July 17 @ 7 p.m. at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The collegiate ... read more about EMU Night with the Turks returns to Harrisonburg for third consecutive year
EMU honors retirees and employees for milestones of service
Their combined service to EMU spans more than 4½ centuries EMU honored this year’s retirees and employees who have reached milestone years of service at its annual recognition luncheon on ... read more about EMU honors retirees and employees for milestones of service
Highlights from EMU’s 2025 Commencement
Eastern Mennonite University awarded 320 degrees at its 107th Commencement on Sunday, May 4. The total included 188 undergraduate degrees, 70 master’s degrees, and 62 graduate certificates. The 316 members ... read more about Highlights from EMU’s 2025 Commencement
EMU hosts track and field championships for first time in 20 years
EMU welcomed an estimated 400 student-athletes from 13 schools in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and 700 spectators for the 2025 ODAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships on Friday and ... read more about EMU hosts track and field championships for first time in 20 years
EMU professor shares comedic memoir on Mennonite life
The Daily News-Record spilled some ink on EMU Professor Kirsten Eve Beachy '02 and her new collection of essays, Martyrs and Chickens: Confessions of a Granola Mennonite, in a Thursday, April 24, article. Beachy, reading excerpts from the book at a Writers Read on Tuesday, delivered “frequent moments of sarcastic and dark humor (that) made the audience at the event laugh,” the reporter wrote. Watch a recording of the event here. ... read more about EMU professor shares comedic memoir on Mennonite life from Daily News-Record
RJE Conference celebrates 10 years at EMU
Theme of this year’s event is ‘Language Matters’ Restorative Justice in Education ConferenceDate: Tuesday-Wednesday, June 24-25, 2025Location: Campus Center at EMU, 1200 Park Rd, Harrisonburg, VirginiaCost: $350 for full-program registration. ... read more about RJE Conference celebrates 10 years at EMU
Festival showcases academic and creative excellence at EMU
Despite the bright and sunny skies outside, visitors in the Discovery Room at the Suter Science Center on Thursday morning watched thousands of stars fill the night sky above their ... read more about Festival showcases academic and creative excellence at EMU
Social work students form connections, share ideas at Rally in the Valley
This year’s conference featured EMU students on the planning committee along with Deanna Durham, Social Work Program Director Just before wrapping up her speech at the annual Rally in the ... read more about Social work students form connections, share ideas at Rally in the Valley
EMU celebrates its phenomenal women leaders
Special ‘Mornings with the Mayor’ Convocation pays tribute to President Huxman and other women shaping our campus There’s a new morning talk show host in town, and she’s here to ... read more about EMU celebrates its phenomenal women leaders