Eastern Mennonite University students return with excitement for a new school year in which EMU will celebrate its Centennial. Welcome back students! http://http://emu.edu/centennial ... read more about 2017 Orientation and Move In!
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Saturday afternoon at Centennial Homecoming and Family Weekend is packed with special events
Eastern Mennonite University’s Homecoming and Family Weekend is fast approaching. This fall is a special opportunity to celebrate EMU’s Centennial … 100 years of dynamic, countercultural, Anabaptist education. While commissioned ... read more about Saturday afternoon at Centennial Homecoming and Family Weekend is packed with special events
‘Their cups are completely overflowing’: Residence life staff foster community for student advisors
Living in a residence hall at Eastern Mennonite University is not just about having a place to stay. Rather, it’s about being part of a caring community. In August, 37 ... read more about ‘Their cups are completely overflowing’: Residence life staff foster community for student advisors
Park School celebrates legacy of racial harmony and integration in an era of ‘massive resistance’
This weekend, Park School in Harrisonburg hosts its second annual reunion, with special guests to highlight the school’s unique role in local racial integration during the time of “massive resistance,” ... read more about Park School celebrates legacy of racial harmony and integration in an era of ‘massive resistance’
‘Heaven on Earth’ experience: Interfaith Peace Camp builds bridges, builds peace
At times the scene may have looked like typical summer camp fun with crafts and art, singing and playing rhythm instruments, and sharing meals, but for 33 campers ages 7-12 ... read more about ‘Heaven on Earth’ experience: Interfaith Peace Camp builds bridges, builds peace
Collecting salamander DNA, intern gets ‘crash course’ in modern field biology
Finding and catching salamanders might look like something Eastern Mennonite University senior Cerrie Mendoza would have done as a science-loving child, but in reality, amphibian hide-and-seek was just one aspect ... read more about Collecting salamander DNA, intern gets ‘crash course’ in modern field biology
The world as classroom: Faculty-staff panel discusses past, present and future of EMU’s unique cross-cultural program
Professor Kim Brenneman calls the cross-cultural experience “the ultimate classroom.” Most Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have participated in the program agree. Each semester and summer, EMU students spread out ... read more about The world as classroom: Faculty-staff panel discusses past, present and future of EMU’s unique cross-cultural program
Sawin, Pannell explore EMU’s history of increasing diversity
As deep racial tensions continued to play out on the national stage, Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff explored elements of their university’s own history and diversity in a breakout ... read more about Sawin, Pannell explore EMU’s history of increasing diversity
EMU President Susan Schultz Huxman responds to aftermath of events in Charlottesville, Virginia
Today, as a campus community committed to extending the peace of Jesus Christ, we stand in sympathy and in solidarity with our brothers and sisters caught up in the ugly, ... read more about EMU President Susan Schultz Huxman responds to aftermath of events in Charlottesville, Virginia
‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes
Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the ... read more about ‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes