Elwood Yoder '81 shares a history of Eastern Mennonite School donors Helen Trumbo Shenk '53, Lena Yutzy Showalter '51, and sisters Gladys and Brownie Driver. ... read more about Legacy gifts fund EMES building from Eastern Mennonite School
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Local partnership provides free English classes to Afghan refugees
EMU's Intensive English Program has partnered with Church World Services and Massanutten Technical Center to provide classes to Afghan refugees. ... read more about Local partnership provides free English classes to Afghan refugees from WHSV-TV3
Professor tapped to speak on restorative justice in California schools
Professor Kathy Evans gives context to the increasing use of restorative justice programming in northern California schools. ... read more about Professor tapped to speak on restorative justice in California schools from Record Searchlight
EMU professor involved in county schools dialogue work
Rockingham County Public Schools has partnered with Catherine Barnes, an adjunct faculty member in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, to help design a framework for members of the community to have better discourse with one another. ... read more about EMU professor involved in county schools dialogue work from Daily News-Record
Goshen News: Turning guns into plows
Goshen News columnist Melodie Davis tells the story of "Guns to Plowshares," the sculpture by Esther Augsburger and her son, Mike, that has its home on the Eastern Mennonite University campus. ... read more about Goshen News: Turning guns into plows from Goshen News
DNR: EMU professors’ play on Nazi dissident to hit stages in Harrisonburg, Vienna
The Daily News-Record covers "Bonhoeffer: Cell 92," co-written and produced by professors Jerry Holsopple and Justin Poole. The play explores tensions Bonhoeffer faced as a pacifist who was entwined with the Nazi regime and dissident movements. ... read more about DNR: EMU professors’ play on Nazi dissident to hit stages in Harrisonburg, Vienna from Daily News-Record
Alumna makes ’20 Pennsylvanians to watch in 2022′ list
Kate Baer '07 made this list! The poet was first listed on the New York Times bestseller list in November 2020. ... read more about Alumna makes ’20 Pennsylvanians to watch in 2022′ list from Penn Live
Dwight Gingerich ’81 notches 700 wins at Hillcrest Academy
This successful boys’ basketball coach is sixth all-time in victories in Iowa and the only one to earn all those wins at one school. ... read more about Dwight Gingerich ’81 notches 700 wins at Hillcrest Academy from The Gazette
Shannon W. Dycus: ‘O God of Joy’
EMU's dean of students, who has given leadership to worship across MCUSA, shares an Advent season meditation: It’s the beginning of December, and our priorities are pulled in countless directions. And this year, our minds are full of worry, our bodies still adjusting to premature darkness, and our hearts or ones we know well are holding grief very close. This season between Thanksgiving and Christmas holds the breadth of the holidays in both the commercial and the liturgical sense. ... read more about Shannon W. Dycus: ‘O God of Joy’ from Mennonite Church USA
Lancaster Online: ‘The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed nurses to the brink’
Opinion contributor Priscilla Simmons, a registered nurse with a master’s degree in nursing and a doctorate in education, is professor emerita in the Department of Nursing at Eastern Mennonite University. ... read more about Lancaster Online: ‘The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed nurses to the brink’ from Lancaster Online