A 2016 alumna of Eastern Mennonite University has been named a winner of the Kansas Horizon Award for top new teachers by the Kansas Commissioner of Education. Courtney Unruh is ... read more about Alumna a ‘top new teacher,’ receives Kansas Horizon Award
Last year in South Korea, middle school teachers Yongseung Roh and Kyungyun Hwang read Howard Zehr’s seminal text Changing Lenses with a study group. This year, they were part of ... read more about Exploring a paradigm: South Koreans visit EMU to learn about the roots of restorative justice
In the President’s Reception Room at Eastern Mennonite University stands an old upright piano, dark woodwork with a decorative molded vine pattern across the front. A brass plaque on it ... read more about The Lehman family piano and a shared love of music that transcended rules
Two Eastern Mennonite University alumna are among the nurses honored in 2017 by by the Virginia chapter of March of Dimes. Nursing department adjunct instructor Pam Collins ’78, MSN ’13 ... read more about Nursing alumnae honored by March of Dimes
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir (SVCC) has been selected to perform at the American Choral Directors Association Southern Division Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The 73-member Concert Choir will perform Friday, Feb. ... read more about SVCC among select choirs to perform at regional choral directors conference
In 2017, Eastern Mennonite University was awarded grants in excess of $3.3 million, including more than $2.2 million in federal funding. The grants support the health and wellbeing of local ... read more about EMU awarded record-breaking total of more than $3.3 million in grants in 2017
Dianne Swann-Wright, former director of multicultural programs at Eastern Mennonite University and a leading historian of African American history, died Jan. 23, 2018. At the time of her death, she ... read more about Dianne Swann-Wright, known for historical research at Monticello, remembered for contributions to EMU
Eastern Mennonite University’s nursing program held a white coat ceremony for its newest class of nursing students, Friday, Jan. 19, in Martin Chapel. Students participate in this ceremony at the ... read more about Nursing department holds spring semester white coat ceremony
Local theater-goers will be challenged by different perspectives on the Israel/Palestine conflict in February at Eastern Mennonite University. The Mosaic Theater Company of D.C., one of Washington D.C.’s newest and ... read more about Award-winning Mosaic Theater Company of D.C. brings two Israel/Palestine-themed productions to EMU
Glenn DuBois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges announced December 19 that Dr. Kim Blosser is the next president of Lord Fairfax Community College. Blosser’s selection follows a nationwide search ... read more about Kim Blosser ’91, MA ’98 named president of Lord Fairfax Community College