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New STAR director brings vast experience with trauma, from 9/11 in Manhattan, through Kenya, to Swiss grad studies

February 26, 2015Last updated March 16, 2015 by Steve Shenk and Bonnie Lofton

The first leg of her journey toward directing Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) began in 2001 when Katie Mansfield, then a divisional vice president of Goldman Sachs, lived

EMU professor, MCC representative fast for reform

October 6, 2013Last updated October 18, 2013 by Candace Sipos

Each morning, before heading to work at Eastern Mennonite University, nursing professor Ann Graber Hershberger chows down on breakfast. When she goes home, her angry stomach demands dinner, and she

Trauma Seminars Help 9/11 Survivors

July 24, 2007 by Bonnie Lofton

A post-9/11 program to help survivors of trauma has enabled some 7,000 people to discover sources of resilience in the aftermath of attacks of all kinds over the last six

EMU Annual Gifts Set New Record

July 13, 2007 by Jim Bishop

EMU has received $5,111,510 in total contributions for the 2006-2007 fiscal year ending June 30. Kirk L. Shisler, vice president for advancement, reported that contributions of $1,764,000 to the University

Iraqi Peace Worker Killed

January 24, 2007 by Bonnie Price Lofton

An Iraqi-Muslim advocate for peace and reconciliation, who received support from Christian organizations for his work in trauma-healing, has been killed. Dr. Alharith Abdulhameed Hassan, 56-year-old professor of psychiatry at

STAR Program Expands to Serve Youth

June 1, 2006 by Jim Bishop

L. to r.: Lou Furman from New Orleans, Ebun Abeni James of Sierra Leone, Tamara Maslovaric from Serbia and Jeff Mansfield from New York City do a role play representing

EMU Trainees Nominated for Nobel Prize

October 7, 2005 by Bonnie Lofton

A Nepalese Buddhist who has received trauma training at Eastern Mennonite University was among 1,000 women nominated to win as a group the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize. Stella Tamang Stella

The People of Sudan Continue to Struggle for a Better Future

September 4, 2005 by Church World Service

Children fetching water at Hassa Hissa Camp for internally displaced persons, near Zalingei, in the Darfur region of western Sudan. Church World Service is endorsing and supporting the grassroots “Dear

Southern Sudan — Humanitarian Situation and CWS Response

August 22, 2005 by Church World Service

Gift Income Sets New Record for University

July 8, 2005Last updated March 1, 2011 by Jim Bishop

Kirk L. Shisler Eastern Mennonite University has received $5,151,962 in total contributions for the 2004-2005 fiscal year ending June 30, a 4.5 percent increase, or $226,000 more than last year.

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