Jeff Heie MA '00 (conflict transformation), project coordinator for the Harrisonburg Gift & Thrift solar project, helps connect Mennonite values to solar energy in this article. The “Thrifty Solar Barn Raising” team was among 170 teams nationwide selected to compete in the US Department of Energy’s Solar In Your Community Challenge , a $5 million contest that supports “innovative and replicable community-based solar business models and programs that will bring solar to underserved communities.” ... read more about How solar energy helps Mennonites with their mission of global relief from Energy News
To put Eastern Mennonite University's leadership on solar power in context, you need to understand just how much things have changed in Virginia, and nationwide, in the eight years since the university put up its solar array. ... read more about VIDEO: EMU’s groundbreaking solar array shows exemplary alt-energy leadership from Secure Futures
On a spring weekend not long ago, Mary Ellen Kennel ‘84, her parents-in-law and her daughters, ages 4 and 8, huddled in the playroom at her home, putting together a jigsaw ... read more about Digital forensics expert combines love of puzzles with computer savvy
Why Restorative Justice is About More Than Reducing Suspensions: The Hechinger Report , a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education, taps Professor Kathy Evans to comment on the restorative justice in education movement.
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Eastern Mennonite University put 105 men and women on the Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, which set a new high mark of honorees for the Royals. The 2017-18 list ... read more about EMU breaks record for ODAC All-Academic Team honorees
Excitement, danger, and transformation through the gospel: the stories of missionaries throughout the past century still hold inspiration for people today. In the new book “Surviving, Thriving, and Multiplying: Three ... read more about Book shares an inside look at the history of the Mennonite Church in Honduras
Rebekah Maldonado-Nofziger ‘12, a Doctor of Nursing Practice candidate at the University of Washington, is serving for nine months in Ethiopia as a fellow with Strengthening Care Opportunities through Partnership ... read more about DNP candidate works in Ethiopia to improve maternal and newborn mortality rates
Eastern Mennonite University’s track & field women have been named as an All-Academic Team by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). In order to be named ... read more about USTFCCCA names EMU women as All-Academic Team
The nearly dozen years Michael Stauffer ‘06 has spent in New York have revealed a constant beauty in the city’s energy: optimism. “Every single day, something can and may happen ... read more about Big city sibs: EMU grads feel the pull of NYC’s energy, complexity and opportunities
It’s easy, Danny Yoder ’06 says, to let New York City be your entire world. Just traveling a few blocks can land you in what feels like a whole different city ... read more about People mover: project manager Danny Yoder ’06 works on efficient public transit in New York City
