In Kenya a new social healing and reconciliation program called Kumekucha – Kiswahili for “It’s a new dawn” – is empowering local leaders to create “sacred space” for people dealing ... read more about Trauma healing program ‘Kumekucha’ supports ‘sustainable agents of resilience and community strength’
Professor Felipe Hinojosa offered a message of promise during his keynote address “Another University Is Possible” at Eastern Mennonite University’s annual fall faculty and staff conference: Embrace students as visionaries ... read more about Student activism presents learning opportunities for all, says faculty/staff conference keynote
Ministry Inquiry Program participant Abigail Shelly, a junior education major at Eastern Mennonite University, attended the Aug. 4 Immigration Community Day hosted by Mennonite Central Committee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In ... read more about Abigail Shelly: Living and learning with the Indonesian immigrant community in South Philadelphia
Bluffton University senior Shanon Gallagher started her internship at Carroll Manor in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington D.C. just weeks ago, but she walks through the halls of the multi-story ... read more about Summer WCSC internship confirms career direction in geriatrics
Alumni Matt Tieszen and Blake Rogers, both graduate students in the physician assistant program at James Madison University, recently returned from an elective clinical rotation at Shirati KTM Hospital in ... read more about Alumni physician assistant students complete clinical rotation in Tanzania
Eastern Mennonite University has announced Jenny Logan as the new head women’s basketball coach. Logan recently completed her third season at Old Dominion Athletic Conference rival Hollins University and will start in ... read more about Jenny Logan becomes new EMU women’s basketball coach
Dr. Brianna Oelschlager ’11 Moyer was recently awarded the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Resident Teacher Award for exemplary leadership and teaching excellence in the Lancaster General Family Medicine ... read more about Lancaster doctor honored for leadership and teaching excellence while co-chief resident
This article, written by editor-in-chief Lauren Jefferson, served as the introduction to feature content in the most recent Crossroads (spring/summer 2018). This summer, we’ve been running some of that magazine ... read more about Shyleen Wesley ’99 finds soul-filling work with the Harlem Children’s Zone
Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding was represented at the Caux Forum in Switzerland this summer by six alumni, faculty and staff. The forum, which takes place in ... read more about CJP alumni, faculty and staff present at the 2018 Caux Forum
Elizabeth Witmer, a senior social work major at Eastern Mennonite University, returned to the country of her childhood for a summer practicum experience. “I was a missionary kid in Guatemala ... read more about Senior social work major returns to Guatemala for immigration-related AFSC practicum