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MLK Day 2020 at EMU in photos

January 21, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by admin

Eastern Mennonite University’s MLK Day celebrations included service projects, lectures and workshops, a convocation, film showings and much more. Enjoy photos of highlighted events by Macson McGuigan, Kiana Childress and

Learning, service and inspiration to ‘break the silence’ during EMU’s multi-day MLK celebration

January 22, 2019Last updated January 22, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Nearly 28 events, including lectures, service projects and workshops, were scheduled for Eastern Mennonite University’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, styled as a “day on” instead of a

New student lounge, ‘The Royal Treatment’ barbershop and salon, opens on MLK Day

January 16, 2019Last updated January 24, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

On Friday afternoons and other days on demand, senior Mark Loving III opens an informal barbershop in his campus apartment at Eastern Mennonite University. Guys and a few girls, too,

Donning of the Kente ceremony kicks off EMU’s 100th Commencement celebration

April 20, 2018Last updated April 20, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

“The question is, what have you learned, and what traditions has Eastern Mennonite University imprinted on you?” asked Professor David Owusu-Ansah of soon-to-be-graduates at Eastern Mennonite University’s third annual Donning

Sharon Washington Risher to speak as part of EMU’s week of MLK remembrance

January 2, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The Rev. Sharon Washington Risher knows hate: Among the nine black worshippers killed by a white supremacist at a prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston,

Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence

November 15, 2017Last updated February 5, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

With #metoo and #Ibelieveyou circulating through social media feeds and news digest, Eastern Mennonite University’s Nov. 7-10 Take Back the Night events focused the community on reflection, listening and frank

Black Student Union fundraiser game pits the (victorious) Streetball Kingz against the hometown Wreckin’ Royals

November 12, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Alicia Ygarza

The Wreckin’ Royals were expected to lose, and lose big they did, during an Oct. 30 fundraising basketball game against the Richmond-based Streetball Kingz at Eastern Mennonite University’s Yoder Arena.

EMU’s Top 10 Shares and Social Media Posts of 2014

January 5, 2015Last updated January 22, 2015 by Joel Christophel and Mike Zucconi

What a year! In 2014 Eastern Mennonite University welcomed back an alum and Nobel Peace Laureate to speak at commencement, greeted its most diverse class ever, and cheered on a 2002 graduate

Black students and faculty produce, tweet, #DontShoot photo in solidarity with national protests

September 26, 2014Last updated October 15, 2014 by Kara Lofton

“Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead by Police” The black-man-killed headline (above) could appear in any newspaper, in any city in the United States, where “land of the free” appears to

EMU Celebrating Black History Month

February 8, 2011Last updated March 4, 2011 by Jim Bishop

The multicultural services office and the Black Student Union join in planning and celebrating “Black History Month” at Eastern Mennonite University. Activities opened Friday, Feb. 4, with a university chapel

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