EMU's dean of students, who has given leadership to worship across MCUSA,shares an Advent season meditation: It’s the beginning of December, and our priorities are pulled in countless directions. And this year, our minds are full ofworry, our bodies still adjusting to premature darkness, and our hearts or ones we know well are holding grief very close. This season between Thanksgiving and Christmas holds the breadth of the holidays in both the commercial and the liturgical sense.... read more about Shannon W. Dycus: ‘O God of Joy’ from Mennonite Church USA
EMU social work instructor Debbi DiGennaro contributes expert advice in the MSW Online website. [MSW is an acronym for Master of Social Work.] With extensive experience in the international context, DiGennaro is the author of a book on cultural competence, "Acclimated to Africa: Cultural Competence for Westerners (SIL International, 2017); her research area is the intersection of social behavior and faith communities.
... read more about Social work instructor offers career advice in online guide from MSW Online
While interning with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage during a fall semester with Washington Community Scholars' Center, Gwen Mallow researched and wrote about the Mothman of West Virginia. Her writing was published this month on the Smithsonian's magazine blog. Congrats, Gwen!
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Dr. Ben Ruth '09, who recently joined the Cardiology Department at Sentara RMH, talks about the education he received at EMU and his Harrisonburg connections in this introductory video.
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Marta Castillo will assume the role of associate executive minister for Mosaic Conference on Feb. 1, 2022. In recent years, Castillo has served as the leadership minister of intercultural formation and brings strong experience in pastoral leadership and intercultural understanding to the Conference leadership team. She is passionate about the intercultural work of unity in cultural diversity, antiracism, and racial reconciliation.
... read more about Marta Castillo ’90 to become associate executive minister of Mosaic Conference from Mosaic Conference
A "climate emergency choir," including several EMU students, performed in Richmond on Monday to ask Governor Northam to put an end to the Mountain Valley Pipeline and demand solutions to climate change.
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