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Earthkeepers and Sustainable Food Initiative present at first annual Student Sustainability Summit

April 22, 2022Last updated April 25, 2022 by Kate Szambecki

Eastern Mennonite University’s Earthkeepers club and Sustainable Food Initiative (SFI) presented at the first annual Student Sustainability Summit on April 9 at the Staunton Innovation Hub. Around 15 EMU students

‘Noye’s Fludde’ earns Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival nominations

April 22, 2022Last updated April 25, 2022 by admin

Eastern Mennnonite University’s opera “Noye’s Fludde” has won several Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival accolades. The festival is the preeminent university theater program in the United States. The Benjamin

ACE Festival keynote speaker Reuben Jonathan Miller to address mass incarceration

April 17, 2022Last updated April 21, 2022 by admin

Reuben Jonathan Miller PhD, the author of Halfway Home: Race, Punishment and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration, is the keynote speaker for EMU’s Academic and Creative Excellence (ACE) Festival. Join us Wednesday, April 20,

Summer Peacebuilding Institute back in person with ‘all-star’ line-up of courses, instructors

April 8, 2022Last updated August 24, 2022 by Lauren Jefferson

Though it’s only March, Bill Goldberg is already looking forward to the 2022 Summer Peacebuilding Institute this May and June with anticipation. After two years of online programming, SPI returns

Spring opera ‘Noye’s Fludde’ brings message of grace

April 2, 2022Last updated April 11, 2022 by Florence Barrett

After the tumultuous last few years, Justin Poole and James Richardson felt a need to offer a message of faith and peace. The two Eastern Mennonite University professors knew a

UVA professor to give talk on cervical cancer elimination strategies in low- and middle-income countries

March 31, 2022Last updated April 12, 2022 by EMU Communications

Dr. Emma Mitchell will present the final Suter Science Seminar this semester, “Cervical Cancer as a Cancer of Disparities: Innovative Technology on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua for Health Equity

Return of the International Food Festival draws record crowds

March 29, 2022Last updated April 6, 2022 by Rachel Holderman, photos and Kate Szambecki, story

After a two-year hiatus, the International Food Festival returned on Friday, March 25, 2022. Students, faculty, staff, and community members gathered on Thomas Plaza for an evening of international cuisine,

Keim Lecture to focus on Cheyenne, Mennonite history and intersections

March 18, 2022Last updated March 22, 2022 by EMU Communications

Professor Kimberly D. Schmidt is the 2022 speaker for the Albert N. Keim Lecture Series, sponsored by Eastern Mennonite University’s history and political science programs. She speaks Monday, March 21, at 5 p.m.

‘Cousins’ authors return to Harrisonburg, EMU where their journey of racial reconciliation began

March 3, 2022Last updated May 27, 2022 by Kate Szambecki and Lauren Jefferson

Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby have told their remarkable story of reconciliation and reparation 37 times in seven months across the country, with features in The Baltimore Sun, BBC

EMU Music Faculty Artist Series features trombonist Kyle Remnant

February 18, 2022Last updated February 28, 2022 by EMU Communications

Kyle Remnant, new director of bands at Eastern Mennonite University, presents his first recital for the Music Faculty Artist Series on Saturday, Feb. 26, 7 p.m. in Martin Chapel. His

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