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President Huxman offers keynote to 76 Rotary Club’s Code of Ethics Award winners

May 8, 2018Last updated May 8, 2018 by Nolan Stout/Daily News-Record

If you want to be ethical, start by being kind to the pizza delivery driver. That’s what Eastern Mennonite University President Susan Schultz Huxman told hundreds of people gathered for

CJP graduates from eight states and 12 countries charged to ‘maximize healing’

May 7, 2018Last updated May 10, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

At an afternoon reception following Sunday’s Commencement ceremony at Eastern Mennonite University, Center for Justice and Peacebuilding Executive Director Daryl Byler reminded the 29 graduates that they were now members

Research projects culminate in STEM poster contest wins for elite few *(and here’s kudos for Quiz Bowl winners, too)

April 23, 2018 by EMU communications

Biology, chemistry and mathematical sciences research was showcased in Eastern Mennonite University’s Suter Science Center at the April 19 Academic and Creative Excellence Festival poster shows. After evaluation by a

Fania Davis to keynote Academic and Creative Excellence Festival at EMU

March 27, 2018Last updated April 23, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Since losing two childhood friends in the 1963 Sunday School bombings in Birmingham, Alabama, Fania Davis has dedicated her life to social justice advocacy, becoming a civil rights attorney and

STAR brings trauma-survivors together to be ‘no longer silent, no longer alone’

January 29, 2018Last updated January 30, 2018 by Joy Kreider

Mike Yoder and I would never have met if we had not come to STAR II at the same time at SPI 2016. We both come out of conservative Anabaptism. We both have first-hand

Award-winning Mosaic Theater Company of D.C. brings two Israel/Palestine-themed productions to EMU

January 3, 2018Last updated January 29, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

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

In our Centennial year, this senior calls for creative thinking about EMU’s future

December 8, 2017Last updated December 12, 2017 by Moderator

Senior Harrison Horst, a sociology major, published this op-ed in the Oct. 29 Weather Vane. It was edited for length in Crossroads magazine, but is published here in its entirety.

Royals Athlete of the Week: Isaiah Harris-Winn

November 27, 2017 by Elizabeth Nisly, sports information intern

Isaiah Harris-Winn (Frederick, Md./St. Maria Goretti) got a running start to what promises to be a very exciting senior season for the Eastern Mennonite University men’s basketball player. In last weekend’s

Lessons and Carols service offers light and hope in the dark of December

November 16, 2017Last updated November 20, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Two weeks before Christmas, as daylight continues to fade into the darkest days of winter, a Lessons and Carols service at Eastern Mennonite University will illuminate candles as symbols of

Jazz ensemble brings swing, funk and Benny Carter to EMU November 30

November 13, 2017Last updated November 14, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

During its fall concert, the Eastern Mennonite University Jazz Ensemble will play swing, up-tempo funk, two Benny Carter pieces and more. The 16-member ensemble under the direction of Robert Curry