Dozens of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Harrisonburg, Virginia, gathered for a picnic in May to celebrate the creative ways they had responded to community needs during the pandemic, from sewing masks and helping create patterns for Tyvek PPE gowns to parking cars at vaccine clinics, passing out information on clinic dates, and helping distribute food to quarantining EMU students.
... read more about MDS in Shenandoah Valley celebrates creativity of volunteers during pandemic from Canadian Mennonite
After months of planning and a series of unique pandemic-related challenges, Mennonite Church USA hosted MennoCon21 July 6-10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Eastern Mennonite University is traditionally represented in strength and ... read more about EMU @ MennoCon21
The Eastern Mennonite standout and current Woodstock oufielder had a single and an RBI along with a home run-saving catch in center field for the North in a 5-0 win over the South at the Valley Baseball League All-Star Game at James Madison University’s Veteran’s Memorial Park on Sunday in Harrisonburg.
... read more about EMU’s Jaylon Lee MVP of Valley League All-Star game from Daily News-Record
After a season and school year that required some extra flexibility and fortitude, Megan Breidigan Sanchez (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) found herself on yet another prestigious list, being selected to the Academic All-America Third ... read more about Megan Breidigan Sanchez earns Academic All-America Award
Jaylon Lee has been named to the Valley League's All-Star team. The league is a NCAA-sanctioned summer league and includes mostly D-1 athletes. “For us as a baseball program, even to a wider scale as a university, he means as much as anybody’s meant since (MLB veteran) Erik Kratz,” said EMU baseball head coach Adam Posey.
... read more about EMU star Lee among Valley League’s best from WHSV TV-3