Ishtiaq Khan MA '24 (conflict transformation), a refugee resettlement caseworker and restorative justice practitioner for The Refugee Center in Champaign, Illinois, received the Immigrant Leadership Award from the Champaign-Urbana Immigration Forum on Sept. 20. Through his work, "Khan focuses on helping people from war-affected and conflict zones like Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria and Iraq, be it organizing children's education, finding jobs or honing in on health," states an article in The News-Gazette.
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Hot off the presses, it's the Summer 2025 issue of Crossroads magazine! Click here for a digital copy of the university magazine, featuring multiple student and alumni stories, a new section on the 2024-25 annual report, and of course, our cover story on the passing of the leadership baton to Rev. Dr. Shannon Dycus!
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Madelyn McGuigan ’17, a teacher at Spotswood Elementary School in Harrisonburg, won grand prize in the 28th annual Honored Teacher Essay Contest, thanks to a heartfelt essay written about her by one of her fifth-grade students. Chosen from teachers in three school divisions, McGuigan—who graduated from EMU with degrees in Spanish and sociology—received a $1,500 award. In his essay, the student praised his teacher for her “dedication to daily learning” and incredible patience.
... read more about Madelyn McGuigan ’17 named Honored Teacher of the Year in essay contest from Daily News-Record
The Daily News-Record spilled some ink on EMU Professor Kirsten Eve Beachy'02 and her new collection of essays, Martyrs and Chickens: Confessions of a Granola Mennonite, in a Thursday, April 24, article. Beachy, reading excerpts from the book at a Writers Read on Tuesday, delivered “frequent moments of sarcastic and dark humor (that) made the audience at the event laugh,” the reporter wrote. Watch a recording of the event here.
... read more about EMU professor shares comedic memoir on Mennonite life from Daily News-Record
EMU alumnus Levi Geyer ’22 is taking environmental sustainability to a whole new level. The Iowa farmer gathers yellowbud hickory nuts from parks and conservation areas to produce hickory oil, which is then filtered, bottled and sold. A recent article in The Marketplace, the official publication of Mennonite Education Development Associates, highlights his mission to popularize the oil. In the article, Geyer credits EMU’s environmental science classes with showing him the connection between agriculture and sustainability.
... read more about Levi Geyer ’22 seeks to popularize hickory nut use from By Sierra Ross Richer | The Marketplace
Check out our new TV/streaming ad! Thanks to EMU students for helping to tell our story—specifically those who served as narrators: Garrett Nyce, Naomi Kratzer, Oslyn Mejia Gomez, Nussa Garti, Maria Longenecker, Jacob Sankara, Getachew Tamare, Sara Kennell, Nashay Dixon, Jenna Weaver, Tyler Thompson, and Damon Morgan.
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Vice President of Enrollment Braydon Hoover talks about the EMU Promise Grant, which covers the full cost of tuition for eligible students. Learn more about EMU's commitment to making an exceptional education accessible to every student who dreams big and works hard, but may need a little leg up.
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