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
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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
Social work instructor offers career advice in online guide
EMU social work instructor Debbi DiGennaro contributes expert advice in the MSW Online website. [MSW is an acronym for Master of Social Work.] With extensive experience in the international context, DiGennaro is the author of a book on cultural competence, "Acclimated to Africa: Cultural Competence for Westerners (SIL International, 2017); her research area is the intersection of social behavior and faith communities. ... read more about Social work instructor offers career advice in online guide from MSW Online
Wild Virginia podcast features Professor Steven David Johnson
Tune in to this podcast episode of Wild Virginia Virtual Coffee Talk, where conservation photographer Steven David Johnson talks about his work photographing vernal pools, salamanders, jumping spiders, and other fun projects he’s working on. ... read more about Wild Virginia podcast features Professor Steven David Johnson from Wild Virginia
Regina Wenger ’09 on ‘Southern Anabaptist Colleges and Civil War Memory’
Wenger, a PhD candidate at Baylor University, offers Part I of a two-part series on Bridgewater College and EMU. She'll be bringing the topic to a presentation next year at the American Society of Church History on a panel titled “Competing Identities: Denominational Higher Education in the American South.” ... read more about Regina Wenger ’09 on ‘Southern Anabaptist Colleges and Civil War Memory’ from Anabaptist Historians
WCSC intern publishes in Smithsonian Magazine
While interning with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife & Cultural Heritage during a fall semester with Washington Community Scholars' Center, Gwen Mallow researched and wrote about the Mothman of West Virginia. Her writing was published this month on the Smithsonian's magazine blog. Congrats, Gwen! ... read more about WCSC intern publishes in Smithsonian Magazine from Smithsonian Magazine
Dr. Ben Ruth ’09 on EMU
Dr. Ben Ruth '09, who recently joined the Cardiology Department at Sentara RMH, talks about the education he received at EMU and his Harrisonburg connections in this introductory video. ... read more about Dr. Ben Ruth ’09 on EMU from Sentara RMH
Marta Castillo ’90 to become associate executive minister of Mosaic Conference
Marta Castillo will assume the role of associate executive minister for Mosaic Conference on Feb. 1, 2022. In recent years, Castillo has served as the leadership minister of intercultural formation and brings strong experience in pastoral leadership and intercultural understanding to the Conference leadership team. She is passionate about the intercultural work of unity in cultural diversity, antiracism, and racial reconciliation. ... read more about Marta Castillo ’90 to become associate executive minister of Mosaic Conference from Mosaic Conference