Earl Burkholder, class of '72, is the featured professional in the "Career Notes" column of Point of Beginning magazine. In it, he describes his career in surveying and in the development of the 3-D global spatial data model, among other highlights. He is president of Global COGO, Inc., based in Las Cruces, New Mexico. ... read more about Earl Burkholder, class of ’72, talks land surveying and 3-D models from Point of Beginning magazine
A new college aviation program is taking off in the Susquehanna Valley, and the students involved are hoping it will increase their chances of getting a high-paying job. WGAL News 8 On Your Side education reporter Anne Shannon explains how it works. ... read more about EMU at Lancaster: University program that offers pilot’s license along with bachelor’s degree is taking off from WGAL News 8
Blue Ridge Community College graduates with an associate of applied science degree heading into social work careers can now benefit from a new articulation agreement with Eastern Mennonite University. ... read more about BRCC, EMU sign articulation agreement in social work from Daily News-Record
The Iowa Mennnonite boys soccer team, coached by 25-year veteran Marcus Miller '80, lost in the Class 1A boys’ state quarterfinal Friday at Cownie Soccer Park. ... read more about Marcus Miller ’80, Iowa Mennonite soccer coach, leads team to state quarterfinals from CBS 2
An EMU graduate and an incoming first-year are proponents of youth becoming full delegates at the annual MCUSA convention. ... read more about Teenagers could become full delegates at Mennonite Church USA convention from Mennonite World Review
This Harrisonburg Citizen article focuses on a teenager who has benefited from the Harrisonburg Police Department's restorative justice program and work with practitioner Wonshé MA '04. ... read more about Hburg Citizen: City’s groundbreaking restorative justice program offers second chances and accountability as alternative to criminal charges from Harrisonburg Citizen
Joyce B. Lehman, of Keene, New Hampshire, works as a technical adviser and consultant to international agencies that facilitate what are called financial inclusion and enterprise projects, helping those in poverty start businesses. Her concentration is in helping women-owned operations. Among the groups she works with are the Aga Khan Foundation, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Boulder Institute of Microfinance, Mastercard Foundation, Islamic Investment & Finance Cooperative in Afghanistan, World Bank and the U.S. Agency for International Development. ... read more about New Hampshire alumna Joyce B. Lehman ’65 finds new enterprise helping women abroad from Sentinel Source
This is the seventh article in a seven-part series by the presidents of Mennonite Church USA higher education institutions. The entire series is available at themennonite.org/mhea. ... read more about The Mennonite highlights university presidents: Susan Schultz Huxman contributes ‘We’re better together’ from The Mennonite
Dr. Nilofar Sakhi is a scholar-practitioner in development, a lecturer at George Mason University and the founder and former executive director of a national NGO WASSA. "While elections would be considered the first preferred option to transfer power peacefully in Afghanistan and build on the institutional gains of the past eighteen years, Taliban’s demand for ultimate power makes an electoral process the least viable option." ... read more about Dr. Nilofar Sakhi MA ’07 recommends a reconciliation model for sustainable peace in Afghanistan from Al Jazeera
Caleb Schrock-Hurst is a copy editor for Thế Giới Publishers in Hanoi, Vietnam, via Mennonite Central Committee’s Serving and Learning Together program. He is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., and Hesston (Kan.) College. He blogs at Thoughts and Thinks, where this post first appeared. ... read more about In Vietman with MCC, Caleb Schrock-Hurst ’18 visits the site of My Lai from Mennonite World Review