Eastern Mennonite School has signed an agreement with Secure Futures Solar of Staunton to install and operate solar panels on its Harrisonburg campus. Together, solar arrays will generate a total capacity of 136 kilowatts of power, more than any solar power system installed at a K-12 school in Harrisonburg. ... read more about EMS to install solar panel array from Eastern Mennonite School
As the University of Manitoba's College of Nursing gets ready to introduce its bachelor of midwifery program in September 2021, the program’s director, Kellie Thiessen '95, hopes to see change in how policy-makers approach the profession. She points to a need for better access to maternity care options in rural and remote Manitoba. And she hopes for greater recognition of the benefits of midwifery care, both to childbearing families and to an efficient health-care system. ... read more about Nursing grad Kellie Thiessen ’95 to lead U of Manitoba’s new bachelor of midwifery program from University of Manitoba Rady Health Sciences
This July 1 interview features seminary professor Sarah Bixler and her husband Ben speaking on Lincoln Homestead renovations. ... read more about WSVA interviews Sarah and Ben Bixler about Lincoln Homestead renovations from WSVA
Professor Doug Graber Neufeld, director of the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions, and James Kanyari, food security field officer for MCC Kenya, look at the past and future of sand dams. ... read more about Sand dams in Kenya: translating past successes to address future challenges from MCC Intersections
The Lincoln Homestead, owned by seminary professor Sarah Bixler and husband Ben, begins renovations. The Bixlers had to cancel a second open house that was scheduled, as well as a Juneteenth educational event, due to COVID-19. They are hoping to reschedule an open house for the fall and to do an event next June 19. ... read more about Lincoln Homestead renovations begin, set to be complete in summer 2021 from WHSV-3
"America at large is facing two pandemics: racism and COVID-19. But, low-income Black and Brown children in America are facing one more, the temporary and permanent closure of their schools." Read an Ed Week op-ed co-authored by Ryan Good, assistant professor and co-director at the Washington Community Scholars Center in Washington D.C. ... read more about In Ed Week op-ed, Professor Ryan Good draws attention to school closures from Ed Week
As I walk through my own new “normal” during this time of pandemic and talk with ministry leaders and restorative justice practitioners throughout the country, there are particular components of circle process and other restorative practices that I have found hold renewed meaning in this time. ... read more about Caitlin Morneau MA ’19 on lifting up restorative practices in a pandemic from Ignatian Solidarity Network
Brooke Hensley and RJ Ocampo, former athletic standouts at EMU, are both involved in fighting Covid-19. ... read more about Former EMU athletes fighting Covid-19 from WHSV
Here's a New York Times article on how lumber and goods company Keim in Sugarcreek, Ohio, has helped to mobilize Holmes County Amish in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. A quote from Jim Smucker, past EMU administrator and now president of Keim, wraps up the story: “We’re a very individualistic society and the Amish have a lot to teach us about community...I think the shift has got to go from ‘I,’ to ‘we.’” ... read more about NYT: Holmes County Amish, with former VP Jim Smucker, mobilize ‘Operation Stop Covid-19’ from New York Times
Intensive English Program student Zhenqi Zheng contributes her perspective to The Harrisonburg Citizen. ... read more about IEP student Zhenqi Zheng publishes perspective in The Citizen from The Citizen