Running her first-ever cross country race, Michaela Mast (Broadway, Va./Eastern Mennonite) paced EMU's women to a near-perfect finish. At the Hyder-McMahill Invitational on Sept. 2, Michaela dominated and placed first on the 5k course in 20:16.7, more than 37 seconds ahead of the nearest runner, teammate Megan Good (Harrisonburg, Va./Eastern Mennonite). ... read more about Royals Athlete of the Week: Michaela Mast from EMURoyals.com
Dave Drafton (Alexandria, Va./Howard Gardner) scored with 1:55 left in overtime to give EMU's soccer men an intense 2-1 win at Wesley College in Dover, Del., Wednesday night. ... read more about Drafton hits game-winner late in 2-1 OT win from EMURoyals.com
The biggest drama of Wednesday night's field hockey game at Eastern Mennonite University turned out to be when the rain would stop. After falling all day, the precipitation cleared just in time for the start of the Royals' 11-0 thumping of visiting Sweet Briar College. ... read more about EMU gets balanced effort in big win from EMURoyals.com
EMU's volleyball women struggled to get their attack in gear Tuesday night at Southern Virginia, resulting in a 3-0 loss to the Knights. ... read more about Southern Virginia tames Royals in Buena Vista from EMURoyals.com
Kevin King '81, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, participates in a PeaceLab podcast from Texas. King was part of an assessment team in Texas last week beginning to assess damage from Tropical Storm Harvey. ... read more about Kevin King ’81, executive director of Mennonite Disaster Service, is on site in Texas after Tropical Storm Harvey from PeaceLab
Twenty years ago, Howard Zehr published "Doing Life," a book of photos and interviews of nearly 60 lifers in Pennsylvania prisons. He’s been revisiting about two dozen of those men and women in preparation for a follow-up, which he’s calling “Coping with Life.” ... read more about Twenty years later, photographer and author Howard Zehr revisits people serving life sentences from WMRA/NPR
With the minutes ticking down and a second overtime imminent, sophomore midfielder Shaylla Oswald (Broadway, Va./Broadway) struck the decisive blow to give the Eastern Mennonite University women's soccer team a thrilling 1-0 win against Ferrum on Sunday afternoon. ... read more about Royals outlast Panthers in a 1-0 overtime win from EMURoyals.com
Kicking their play into high gear after halftime, EMU's field hockey women scored a pair of goals to earn their first win of the season on Sunday, a 2-1 victory at Ferrum College. ... read more about Royals dominate second half for 2-1 road win from EMURoyals.com
Melody Pannell, professor of social work, is concerned about what happens to African American Mennonites when they do engage and contribute—what happens to them as people. ... read more about Anabaptist Historians features Melody Pannell: ‘Telling All of Our Stories as a Movement To Peace’ from Anabaptist Historians
Everence® is pleased to sponsor Eastern Mennonite University’s Centennial theatrical production, in celebration of the university’s 100 years of helping students and graduates discover their purpose and lead for the common good. ... read more about Everence to sponsor EMU Centennial theatrical celebration from Everence