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EMU ushers in centennial year with fall convocation

August 30, 2017Last updated August 31, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) celebrated its centennial year convocation Wednesday at Lehman Auditorium on Wednesday. President Susan Schultz Huxman offered the keynote address, with three presidents emeriti seated with faculty

The world as classroom: Faculty-staff panel discusses past, present and future of EMU’s unique cross-cultural program

August 21, 2017Last updated August 22, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Kim Brenneman calls the cross-cultural experience “the ultimate classroom.” Most Eastern Mennonite University alumni who have participated in the program agree. Each semester and summer, EMU students spread out

‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes

August 17, 2017Last updated August 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the

Gain skills and perspectives to transform your world in EMU’s organizational leadership programs

June 26, 2017Last updated June 27, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

While the bottom line is indeed important to Paul Gabb, he is drawn more to the people who contribute to a business’s success. Now, thanks to Eastern Mennonite University’s MA

Stay tuned to spring semester cross-culturals traveling in Guatemala/Colombia, the Middle East and Washington D.C.

February 23, 2017Last updated February 23, 2017 by Robert Propst

Student Robert Propst invites readers into the world of Guatemala, where he and other members of the spring Guatemala and Colombia trip led by Professor Ann Hershberger and her husband,

Record number of MA in biomedicine students defend original research

January 10, 2017Last updated February 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

A record-high number of second-year graduate students in the MA in Biomedicine program at Eastern Mennonite University successfully defended their theses in December. The 13 presentations were made in one

Cross-cultural medical service provides biomed students with important skills

November 15, 2016Last updated November 20, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

With cross-cultural medical service trips becoming increasingly common, one graduate student in Eastern Mennonite University’s MA in Biomedicine program is sharing his own experience working in Nicaragua. Graduate student Milan

New humanitarian action leadership programs at EMU meet changing needs of increasingly professionalized field

January 4, 2016Last updated January 11, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

Reflecting the Mennonite church’s commitment to development and disaster relief, Eastern Mennonite University has long offered degrees that prepare students to work in those fields. As the priorities, needs and

Seminary’s annual School for Leadership Training focuses on resilience in a time of division and contention

December 21, 2015Last updated January 11, 2016 by Laura Lehman

Spiritual practices and tools for developing resilience are the focus of the annual School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary Jan. 18-20, 2016. “When we spoke to church leaders

Master’s in biomedicine candidates defend research in e-cigs, health policy, athlete injury rates, ADHD, breast cancer education

December 18, 2015Last updated January 4, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Jared Fernandez didn’t have to go far to find a research topic for his master’s in biomedicine thesis. Not only is “vaping” with E-cigarettes, or E-cigs, a growing trend among

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