When Eastern Mennonite University students venture out onto cross-culturals, they do so with the invitation to reflect, discuss, journal and process their experiences. One EMU group this semester is journeying ... read more about Students on semester cross-cultural to Guatemala and Cuba offer glimpses, reflections
From one book (Virgil’s Aeneid) to more than 500,000 items today, the library has always been a source of knowledge, wisdom and social life at first Eastern Mennonite School, then Eastern ... read more about Bibliophiles’ Delight: 100 years of EMU library history
The natural beauty of the Shenandoah Valley will take musical shape in this spring’s premiere of a new four-movement suite composed for and dedicated to the Eastern Mennonite University Chamber ... read more about Composer Gwyneth Walker will attend March 22 premiere of work dedicated to EMU orchestra
Just as “it’s possible to live on bread and water,” Jeff Gundy says, “it’s possible to live without poetry. But life is better with it.” Gundy will present his poetry ... read more about Bluffton prof and poet Jeff Gundy presents at March 15 Writers Read
Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his ... read more about A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services
Teachers Allison Eanes and Austin Mumaw were recently honored by two Harrisonburg City Schools students. Both are alumni of Eastern Mennonite University. The 22nd Annual Robert B. and Gladys Hopkins ... read more about Alumni teaching in Harrisonburg City Schools are honored by grateful students
Karla Martin graduated from Eastern Mennonite University in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in biology and pre-physical therapy and a minor in psychology. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of ... read more about Grad School Q & A: Karla Martin ’13, pursuing a doctorate in physical therapy at Duke University
If there was one thing Appreciation Week planners at Eastern Mennonite University hoped to leave out in the February gray and drear last week, it was this: the winter doldrums. ... read more about Free donuts, coffee and clothespins make Appreciation Week at EMU ‘simple,’ ‘edifying’
Four theatrical performances highlighting multiple perspectives of the Israel/Palestine conflict brought approximately 400 viewers — and one Washington Post theater critic— to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in late February. EMU ... read more about Weekend performances engage EMU audiences in emotions and history of Israel/Palestine conflict
Annette Lantz-Simmons has been named 2018 Peacebuilder of the Year by the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University. The annual award recognizes “alumni who have demonstrated exceptional ... read more about Annette Lantz-Simmons named CJP’s 2018 Peacebuilder of the Year