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NYT bestselling author Kate Baer ’07 comes to Writers Read

January 19, 2021Last updated January 27, 2021 by EMU communications

Join EMU’s Language and Literature Department and Alumni Office for a Writers Read with Kate Baer, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, January 26. Register for the webinar or watch on Facebook Live. Baer’s

Spring Suter Science Seminars 2021

January 19, 2021Last updated August 13, 2021 by EMU communications

This semester’s Suter Science Seminar lineup at Eastern Mennonite University includes a patent attorney, a wildlife management professional, a watershed steward, a pediatrician, and a neuroscientist. The events sessions will

Alum ‘shaped by war and people of peace’: From farm worker to university professor

Mennonite Mission Network

Lee Roy Berry Jr. — an attorney in Goshen, Indiana, and a retired Goshen (Indiana) College professor — tells about how Mennonites and the Civil War made it possible for him to move beyond working the fields as a migrant farm worker. This is an abridged version of a chapel presentation for Mennonite Mission Network. ... read more about Alum ‘shaped by war and people of peace’: From farm worker to university professor from Mennonite Mission Network

Community leader Stan Maclin connected EMU to local activism

January 17, 2021Last updated January 22, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi and Lauren Jefferson

Stan Maclin GC ’01 (ministry studies), the community organizer, pastor, educator, and tireless advocate for racial and social justice in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and beyond, died Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2021, at

Amanda Gookin to lead Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival

January 16, 2021Last updated January 21, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

The reins of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) have been passed to the very talented hands of a new leader – Amanda Gookin, a Grammy-nominated cellist,

Professor and author Omar Eby remembered for kindness, honesty, mentorship

January 15, 2021Last updated January 24, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Omar Elias Eby, a professor emeritus of English at Eastern Mennonite University who taught for nearly 30 years, died Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, after a six-year struggle with vascular dementia

EMU Dean’s List, fall semester, 2020

January 12, 2021Last updated February 5, 2021 by EMU communications

The Dean’s List, compiled at the end of each semester, includes degree-seeking students who achieve a semester GPA of at least 3.75 with no W, I, or F grades for

EMU responds to Jan. 6 violence at the U.S. Capitol

January 11, 2021Last updated January 14, 2021 by EMU communications

Though Eastern Mennonite University classes were not yet in session last week, a range of communications appeared in inboxes and on social media feeds as university administrators and program leaders

EMU’s Top News of 2020

January 7, 2021Last updated February 5, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Seriously, we thought twice about posting this retrospective. After all, it’s a year many of us would rather forget, or at least move on from. But still, there are stories

CJP’s Top News of 2020

January 7, 2021Last updated January 14, 2021 by Lauren Jefferson

Famous visitors, unique creative contributions and impactful work were among the highlights of the year’s top news stories from EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding. Click here to view the

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