Ben Bailey Archives

Gift and Thrift and Booksavers, managed by alumna Deb King, set for $3.8M expansion

March 18, 2016Last updated March 24, 2016 by Vic Bradshaw/Daily News-Record

Gift & Thrift and Booksavers of Virginia, the reclaimed goods stores benefiting Mennonite Central Committee, are about to grow. Officials with the businesses held a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning to

Faculty and staff open homes and hearts during EMU’s annual Spiritual Life Week

March 16, 2016Last updated March 23, 2016 by Kevin Clark, Esther Ajayi, Harrison Horst and Lauren Jefferson

Spiritual Life Week is an annual tradition at Eastern Mennonite University – a rich diversity of opportunities for the campus community to join together in various forums to share about

‘Restorative justice on two wheels’: young bike mechanics learn and grow through Gift & Thrift program

December 10, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by David Brennan

Witness this office meeting space turn into something different, a bit like Bruce Wayne’s Bat Cave: The wide boardroom table slides out of the way, the wall tapestries roll up

Bike capital, where riders are gearing up to lead the way

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by Kara

In 2010, a new class made its first appearance in EMU’s course catalog: bicycle maintenance, taught by Ben Wyse ’99. That was the same year that the university cooperated with

Bible Students Explore Emerging Church, Set Future Foundation

March 30, 2012Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Bible students are different now than they were in the 1990s when Peter Dula was a student at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Students now, says Dula, Bible and religion department