From across Brazil and with diverse professional backgrounds, 25 restorative justice practitioners spent five days in October at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) — visiting area programs, contemplating practices and pedagogies, ... read more about Zehr Institute facilitates five-day workshop for Brazilian judges, prosecutors and other restorative justice practitioners
A variety of holiday-themed events fill out the calendar at Eastern Mennonite University as the fall semester draws to a close. Please join our community for drama, worship and music. ... read more about EMU Centennial Christmas celebration offers concerts, ‘DoveTale’ play, and lessons and carols service
For the seven Eastern Mennonite University biomedicine graduate students conducting projects this fall, master’s thesis research questions will continue to challenge and benefit them long beyond their semester deadlines. Whitney Snider ... read more about Auto-immune disease and health literacy among topics of fall biomedicine research
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at Eastern Mennonite University was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Kumar Anuraj Jha, MA ’07. Jha died in a car ... read more about CJP mourns the loss of UN specialist Kumar Anuraj Jha MA ’07
The ministry model of clay jars can take several twists: Are ministers cracked pots? Crackpots? Broken vessels? Is their work – to use another Biblical metaphor – but the sowing ... read more about Seminary’s School for Leadership Training ‘Broken Vessels, Thriving Pastor’ slated for January
In a widespread, fast-moving field such as restorative justice (RJ), how does a major grant-funding organization discern where to allot funds? One answer: engage with the Zehr Institute for Restorative ... read more about Zehr Institute releases research on best funding opportunities to build sustainable restorative justice projects
Addison Blair Wilner, a 2013 Bible and religion graduate of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in religious studies at the University of Virginia. He ... read more about Grad School Q & A: Blair Wilner ’13, on studying theology at Duke Divinity School and UVa.
During a homestay in the Middle East several decades ago, visiting a friend his son had met at Eastern Mennonite University, Norm Rittenhouse heard a firsthand story that deeply troubled ... read more about EMU benefactor Norm Rittenhouse, 91, reflects on ‘working to give’ and the scholarship honoring his wife
Sophomore engineering student Dirk Oyer received instant acclaim as he waved a small handheld wand in front of Harrisonburg High School students. “Hello, HHS,” flashed the blinking LED lights. “Wow!” ... read more about Campus visit gives Harrisonburg High GEAR UP students a taste of college life
Eastern Mennonite University student leaders have added their names to a growing list of university student government presidents with an anti-hate call for the nation’s leaders. Following Student Government Association ... read more about EMU leaders sign #StudentsAgainstHate statement urging politicians to combat hate