Over Christmas dinner in Ohio this year, Jon Styer ‘07 heard his grandfather Ralph Witmer tell about being a “seagoing cowboy,” one of the hundreds of young farmworkers accompanying shiploads
... read more about ‘Seagoing cowboy’ Ralph Witmer returns to Poland with son and grandson 69 years after making the post-war voyage
Sharing photos, stories, poetry and prayer, three graduate students with Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding have joined together to offer personal perspectives on the Syrian refugee crisis.
... read more about Trio of graduate students with ties to Syria offer personal perspectives on the lives of refugees and Mideast violence
#GivingTuesday is a nation-wide response to the me-focused days following Thanksgiving: Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Gifts to EMU on #GivingTuesday — or any day of the year! — help provide
... read more about Eastern Mennonite University’s #GivingTuesday campaign, Dec. 1, 2015
What is the secret to a superb apple pie, worthy of featuring on “The Rachael Ray Show”? Two tablespoons of French apple brandy, homemade caramel sauce, and a blog enterprise
... read more about Blogging on ‘The Gray Boxwood,’ alumni duo cook, craft and video their way into co-hosting gig with Rachael Ray
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir, or SVCC, is a nationally acclaimed children’s choir program based in Harrisonburg, Virginia, at Eastern Mennonite University. For over 20 years, we have provided young
... read more about The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir – Bringing Out the Best
Next year, Eastern Mennonite University will become the academic home for two female undergraduate students from the Middle East. A memorandum of understanding was recently signed between EMU and the
... read more about EMU partners with Daughters For Life Foundation to provide scholarships for two female students from the Middle East
When student G. Irvin Lehman wrote an English paper in the 1930s suggesting that Eastern Mennonite College would start a radio station in the future, opposition to the idea was
... read more about Centennial Stories: WEMC, Virginia’s first noncommercial radio station, was founded on campus in 1954
Gwendolyn Myers, a graduate of the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program at Eastern Mennonite University, has been appointed regional coordinator for West and Central Africa by the United Network of Young
... read more about Founder of Messengers of Peace-Liberia to head regional advocacy for the United Network of Young Peacebuilders
Valley music aficionados will have a rare opportunity Sunday, Nov. 22, as the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Shenandoah Valley Children’s Chorus (SVCC) perform together for just the
... read more about Youth symphony, children’s choir to share the stage Nov. 22
The final broadcast for Mel Lee’s Songbag and Jan Hill’s Jan’s Jamboree on Harrisonburg public radio station WEMC-91.7 FM will be Saturday, Nov. 7. Listeners and fans are invited to drop by the
... read more about Mel Lee and Jan Hill, longtime WEMC and WMRA broadcasters, set to retire this week