Phillip Thompson, assistant superintendent of Rockbridge County Public Schools, was appointed superintendent by the Rockbridge County School Board.. ... read more about Phillip Thompson ’93 promoted to superintendent of Rockbridge County Public Schools from Roanoke Times
Lynchburg Beacon of Hope filmed Azariah Cox this month at Heritage High School, creating a video celebrating his status as the first college graduate for the nonprofit, which aims to increase the number of Lynchburg City Schools students who pursue higher education. ... read more about Heritage High alumnus Azariah Cox a role model for aspiring college students from Lynchburg News & Advance
Michael Bischoff MA '02, who qualifies for disability benefits because of an aggressive brain cancer, suggests that we think anew about "people who receive disability benefits as released friends, people who are released from the normal world of paid work, with the expectation that they will then contribute creatively, socially, spiritually, and culturally to society in powerful ways." ... read more about Michael Bischoff MA ’02 on a different way to think about people who receive disability benefits from Minneapolis Post
EMU's two men at the NCAA Track & Field Championships had a great final day, including junior hurdler Connor Faint (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) earning an All-America medal. Grant Amoateng (Bristow, Va./Patriot) moved up one spot from his seeding, finishing 13th in the triple jump. ... read more about EMU’s Faint runs to All-America finish, Amoateng moves up from EMUroyals.com
After finishing fourth in his heat, Connor Faint (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) had to wait it out to see if he would advance to the finals of the 400m hurdles at this weekend's NCAA Outdoor National Championships. ... read more about Hurdler pushes through rain to advance to NCAA finals from EMUroyals.com
Kyle Mathews (Chesapeake, Va./Great Bridge) and Joe Hall (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) earned spots on the D3baseball.com All-South Region Teams, which were announced today. Eastern Mennonite University was the only ODAC school to have a player named to each the First Team and Second Team. ... read more about EMU’s Mathews And Hall named All-Region from EMUroyals.com
In his final race, senior Tyler Denlinger (Perkasie, Pa./Dock Mennonite Academy) not only lowered his PR in the 800m, he took down a 12-year old school record. He shaved 0.44 seconds of his previous best race, crossing in 1:52.75. Luke Yoder had owned the EMU record of 1:52.92 since 2005. Denlinger's time moved him up to No. 43 in the nation. Sophomore Nuriddin Abdus-Salaam (Charlotte Court House, Va./Randolph Henry) broke his own 100m record with a time of :10.80 seconds. He finished first among collegiate athletes at the meet. Since running an :11.20 on the wet day of finals at the ODAC Championships on April 22, Abdus-Salaam has run three straight races better than Leroy Dutton's EMU record of :10.94 from 1982. ... read more about Abdus-Salaam and Denlinger break records at last chance meet from EMUroyals.com
EMU senior Joe Hall (Gladys, Va./Rustburg) has been named to the District V Academic All-District Team, as voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). He is now eligible for CoSIDA's Academic All-America voting. ... read more about Baseball’s Joe Hall named Academic All-District from EMUroyals.com
After serving two decades in prison for complicity to murder, Gregory Winship was granted parole in 2010. Just a few days ago, in Harrisonburg, he became the first to receive a master’s degree in restorative justice from Eastern Mennonite University. WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz reports. ... read more about NPR: Meet the first graduate of EMU’s MA in Restorative Justice program from WMRA/NPR