Tenzi Chacha, John and Regina Chacha’s daughter, is rounding out the curriculum at City of Hope by adding a new program she calls SEW, for Sewing Empowers Women. The clothing will be sold around the world and the profits will return for the job training program for women. ... read more about Glamour: Chacha’s City of Hope starts new job training program and clothing design business from Glamour
The recent death of American missionary John Chau by a hostile tribe on a remote island has drawn attention to the dangers such work can entail. WHSV interviews Nancy Heisey, a professor at EMU, about preparation for cross-cultural ministries. ... read more about WHSV-TV3: Professor Nancy Heisey on missionary preparations from WHSV-TV3
John W. Miller includes Phoebe Kilby, Tom DeWolf and Coming to the Table in this article about discovering family history and the potential of reparations. ... read more about My ancestor owned 41 slaves. What do I owe their descendants? from America: The Jesuit Review
Mennonite Central Committee's peacebuilding work in South Korea has been aided for decades by Hyung Gon Lee and more recently, his son, Jae Young Lee MA '03. ... read more about Jae Young Lee MA ’03, peacebuilding in South Korea and the MCC connection from Mennonite World Review
Professor Howard Zehr talks about the origins, influences and threads of his work in and with restorative justice in an interview with Brunilda Pali, of the blog Restorotopias. ... read more about Restorotopias: Professor Howard Zehr reflects on origins of his work and ‘steps into the unknown’ from Restorotopias
Paulo Baleinakorodawa MA '04 facilitated a dialogue on gender-based violence sponsored by Transcend Oceania in Suva with 30 community representatives from indigenous communities nationwide. ... read more about Fiji-based CJP grad facilitates dialogue on gender-based violence from Fiji Times
We take a peek at Shakespeare's play "Measure for Measure," being performed at Eastern Mennonite University. The final performances are this Thursday, Friday and Saturday. ... read more about ‘Measure for Measure’ players invited to perform on WHSV from WHSV-TV3
Dr. Joseph Gascho '68 shares photos about colleagues: "Physicians are regular people just like their patients, and, when not on the job, they do many of the same things for the same reasons: playing with pets and doing sports, music, and art." ... read more about ‘When I Take Off My White Coat’: a photoessay from Journal of Ethics/American Medical Association
Journalism and teaching have always been written in the stars for Kevin Miller. As a boy, Miller loved the news. He even started a small paper of his own in which he reported and wrote news for his hometown. ... read more about The Huntingtonian profiles communications professor Kevin Miller ’87 from The Huntingtonian
The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the U.S. needs more than a million new nurses by 2024. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing reports that, in 2016, nursing schools turned away more than 64,000 qualified applicants because of lack of space. Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg has firsthand knowledge of that problem. “We always have a wait list of qualified people who are unable to get into our program,” says Associate Professor Laura Yoder. ... read more about Virginia Business: Eastern Mennonite University expands nursing program from Virginia Business