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Five pre-service ‘Teachers of Promise’ recognized from Eastern Mennonite University

March 30, 2016Last updated March 28, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Five senior education students from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) were selected by education faculty to attend the March 18-19 Teachers of Promise Foundation Institute in Richmond, Virginia. The annual event

From touring rock musician to Teacher of the Year in Valley school system

May 23, 2014Last updated June 13, 2014 by Alexander Sharp VIII

After earning a degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2006, Harrisonburg native John Hostetter ’11 moved to Tucson, Arizona. He spent two years playing guitar

EMU-trained teachers earn high marks in local school systems

March 8, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

More than 500 alumni living in the City of Harrisonburg or Rockingham County work in education, though only two-thirds of these seem to be employed in their home districts, according to

Bilingual Grad Enlivens Elementary Spanish Classes

November 14, 2012Last updated May 17, 2013 by Chris Edwards

Fifteen kindergarteners file into Camila Pandolfi’s classroom at Waterman Elementary School in Harrisonburg, Va., and take seats in the illustrated rows they recognize by such names as triángulo, corazón, estrella

EMU Boasts Teachers of Promise

April 12, 2012Last updated April 30, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Six students were selected to represent Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) at the Teachers of Promise Institute, Mar. 24-25, in Richmond, Va. The Teachers of Promise Foundation, which sponsored the event,

Former Cairo Educator Keeps Watchful Eye on Egypt

April 11, 2011Last updated May 3, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton & Jim Bishop

When Dr. Lee M. Yoder ’63 first spotted the cover of the Feb. 28, 2011, edition of Time, he was astonished. Under the blazing headline “The Generation Changing the World,”

Award Will Boost EMU Faculty Research Project

February 16, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Cathy Smeltzer Erb, associate professor of teacher education A member of the teacher education department faculty will receive a national award that will help her continue a research project on

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