Chris Parks Archives

Student wins award for speech that questions sponsor’s policy

September 23, 2014Last updated October 7, 2014 by Steve Shenk

In a 2014 bi-national peace oratorical contest, Eastern Mennonite University student Seth Stauffer won second place in a speech that questioned one of the policies of the contest’s sponsor, Mennonite

Four students explore various forms of ministry in summer program

September 3, 2014Last updated November 10, 2016 by Steve Shenk

When 20-year-old Hanna Heishman arrived at her assigned church this summer in Philadelphia, she wondered if she would have anything to offer the congregation. “I was definitely intimidated,” she said.

Peacebuilding and development major Seth Stauffer wins annual peace oratory contest

April 22, 2014Last updated May 5, 2014 by Aaron Kishbaugh

“The Christian peace position is a radical thing,” began Seth Stauffer in his winning speech, “The Danger of MCC’s Own Single Story,” at Eastern Mennonite University’s C. Henry Smith Oratorical

Play explores relationships, social issues, through lens of photojournalist injured in Iraq war

February 14, 2014Last updated March 3, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

A photojournalist returning from war-torn Iraq deals with the images her mind cannot erase and the personal, marital and moral choices that define her life in the Eastern Mennonite University

Play Looks at Plight of Immigrants Seeking the “American Dream”

October 9, 2012Last updated October 26, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

“No Roosters in the Desert,” a play revolving around the plight of four women trekking across the Sonoran desert towards the “American dream,” will open the 2012-13 MainStage season at

Quick Links