When Eastern Mennonite University commissioned scholar Donald Kraybill to write a book about the school’s first 100 years, he said he wanted poetic license to look at the history through a sociological and theological lens. What emerged is a book that exposes the school’s warts as well as its highlights. ... read more about Donald Kraybill’s book chronicling Eastern Mennonite University exposes a sometimes messy history from Lancaster Online
John and Jennifer Murch and their four children of Linville headed up the homemade glazed doughnut-making for a second year. More than 18,000 of the confectionery delights sold. ... read more about Jennifer Murch ’97 blogs about the great donut-making extravaganza of the 2017 Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale from Jennifer Murch
Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his reactions to the "common reading" treatment at UCLA, Washington University in St. Louis, North Carolina State, NYU, Brooklyn College, Eastern Mennonite University, Adelphi University, and California State University at Northridge. ... read more about Ta-Nehisi Coates talks about his writings becoming a ‘Common Read’ from The Chronicle of Higher Education
On Sunday afternoon, EMU played a pair of exhibition games against James Madison University, a Division I school that has been to the NCAA softball tournament the past five seasons. Lead-off batter Danielle Brenneman (Stuarts Draft, Va.) hit an in-the-park home run in the first game. ... read more about Frosh from Stuarts Draft gets in-the-park homerun during doubleheader with JMU from Staunton News Leader
After a three-week break from races, the Eastern Mennonite men's and women's cross country teams headed north for the 44th annual Paul Short Run in Lehigh, Pa. Both the men and women had noteworthy performances. ... read more about EMU runners finish strong at Paul Short from EMURoyals.com
After a rough first set, EMU's volleyball women took off in a 3-1 non-conference win over visiting North Carolina Wesleyan Friday night in Harrisonburg. The Royals hit .256 over the final three sets as they dominated play to improve to 5-10 on the season. ... read more about Royals come from behind to control Battling Bishops from EMURoyals.com
The final 2-0 score of the Eastern Mennonite University women's soccer game tilted towards nationally ranked Lynchburg College's favor on Wednesday evening. The matchup had both teams looking for their first ODAC win on the season. ... read more about Nationally ranked Lynchburg hands EMU women ODAC loss from EMURoyals.com
With a flair for the dramatic, Eastern Mennonite University picked up an impressive ODAC road win Wednesday night, toppling Emory & Henry by a final of 3-1. The Royals push into a three-way tie for seventh in the ODAC standings with a record of 2-3. ... read more about EMU volleyball women earn big road win at EHC, 3-1 from EMURoyals.com
Inter-Faith Peace Camp at King’s University College mingles in London, Ontario, Canada, mingles faith and friendship. ... read more about Ontario peace camp, based on the EMU model, mingles faith and friendship from London Free Press
Eastern Mennonite University sophomore Olyvia Longacre (Telford, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) shot two of her best collegiate rounds this weekend at the Bridgewater Invitational. Taking 10 strokes off her scores from a tournament the previous weekend, Longacre finished tied for 20th out of 54 women. ... read more about Longacre on point at Bridgewater Invitational from EMURoyals.com