On Wednesday, the Latino Student Alliance at Eastern Mennonite Unviversity shared part of its culture by creating an alfombra, or carpet, for Easter. The colorful work of art is common in Central America and Mexico. It's made up of rice, sawdust and coffee grounds. It's tradition to walk through the art on Easter, in remembrance of Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. ... read more about Latino Student Alliance at EMU shares Easter tradition from WHSV TV-3
A group of students at Eastern Mennonite University found a special way to remember a graduate's legacy of finding nonviolent solutions to problems. Since Monday, the social movement class has welcomed fellow students and staff to sign their name to a banner that read, 'Supporting Peace building in the name of M.J. Sharp.' ... read more about EMU students remember peacebuilding legacy of fallen alumnus from WHSV TV-3
NPR reported last week that President Trump’s travel ban is having a “chilling effect” on international student enrollment at universities across the country. In Harrisonburg, that’s also true when it comes to potential participants in peacebuilding coursework. WMRA’s Christopher Clymer Kurtz reports. ... read more about Declining enrollment for peacebuilding program blamed on Trump climate from WMRA/NPR
A third straight offensive outburst powered EMU's baseball men to a 14-6 win over Hood College Wednesday afternoon in Harrisonburg. Eastern Mennonite (15-15) tied their season high with 21 hits, including seven doubles. Since breaking an eight-game skid with a 10-5 win over Bridgewater last Wednesday, the Royals have won five of six games, scoring nine or more runs in each win. ... read more about Royals score first and power past Hood, 14-6 from EMUroyals.com
In a wild game, EMU's baseball team plated four runs in the 10th inning to grab a 12-8 win at USA South power Ferrum College. The Royals needed a run in the ninth to force an extra frame, where they grabbed the momentum to improve to 13-15 on the year. ... read more about Royals score four runs in 10th for 12-8 win at Ferrum from EMUroyals.com
Despite a CVC loss at Stevenson on Saturday, EMU's volleyball men finished the regular season on a winning note as they head into their first-ever CVC Tournament. The Royals took a 3-1 win over Penn State-Altoona to wrap up Saturday's tri-match in Owings Mills, Md., pushing their record to 21-10. ... read more about Royals head to Continental Volleyball Conference tournament as fourth seed from EMUroyals.com
The Royals ran Saturday at the Liberty Collegiate Invitational in Lynchburg, which provided the men and women a good mix of D-I and D-II scholarship athletes as well as ODAC rivals they would see again. ... read more about Track and field team makes strides at Liberty Collegiate Invitational from EMUroyals.com
Once they got things clicking, EMU's baseball men were in control in Wednesday's big 10-5 win over Bridgewater College. The Royals scored 10 of the final 11 runs in the game, picking up an impressive victory over their rivals while also snapping an eight-game losing streak. ... read more about EMU baseball takes down Bridgewater 10-5 from EMUroyals.com
Junior Connor Faint (Winchester, Va./Millbrook) continued his incredible outdoor season on Saturday. Women's runner Tajah Miller (Waynesboro, Va./Waynesboro) joined Faint in breaking an EMU record, as the Eastern Mennonite track & field teams sent their athletes to three different meets. ... read more about Miller and Faint break EMU track records from EMUroyals.com
Professor Jayne Docherty, with the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, explains. ... read more about Recent events won’t stop EMU from promoting peacebuilding from WHSV TV-3