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Seminary Honors Pioneer Women Broadcasters

January 19, 2007Last updated September 22, 2014 by Jim Bishop

Two women who were likely the first in the Mennonite Church to have their own syndicated radio broadcast, called “Heart to Heart,” were honored for their pioneer work Wednesday evening

Former EMU Staffer Dies

December 2, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Paul R. Yoder, Sr., a long-time advocate for Eastern Mennonite University, died Tuesday, Nov. 29, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital in Harrisonburg. He was 89. A native of Elverson, Pa., Yoder,

Derstine, Former EMU Administrator, Dies

November 7, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Ervin R. Stutzman, dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary recognizes Norman Derstine for 50 years of church ministry in 2002. Photo by Jim Bishop Norman H. Derstine, who devoted more than