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EMU Opens Convocation “Like No Other”

August 31, 2012Last updated September 22, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) President Loren Swartzendruber called students, faculty and staff to be “like no other,” as a Christian university and as servant leaders, to the standing-room only crowd

Check Out Graduate Studies for Peacebuilding

August 30, 2012Last updated September 17, 2012 by Lora Steiner

Interested in a graduate education that increased the knowledge of a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate? The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University invites you to visit campus

Gbowee Carries Olympic Flag at Ceremony

July 31, 2012Last updated August 13, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, carried in the Olympic flag with seven other humanitarians during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

EMU Prof Pauses Dialogue With Military To Do Art

July 20, 2012Last updated July 31, 2012 by Andrew Jenner

One might reasonably expect Lisa Schirch, a research professor with EMU’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP), to believe that the best the American military can do in Afghanistan is

A Humanitarian’s Story

May 2, 2012Last updated May 16, 2012 by Pete DeLea

Courtesy Daily News Record, May 1, 2012 Dan Terry devoted his life to helping Afghan people. For nearly four decades, the humanitarian aid worker coordinated small-scale community development projects throughout

“Weaving Life” Documentary to Highlight Life of Dan Terry

April 24, 2012Last updated April 30, 2012 by EMU and MennoMedia

Dan Terry, 64, was among 10 humanitarian aid workers assassinated in Afghanistan in August 2010, but his remarkable life cannot be defined by his brutal death. Eastern Mennonite University (EMU)

CJP, Baptist Theological Seminary Partner for Justice and Peacebuilding Degree

April 12, 2012Last updated April 27, 2012 by Robert Dilday

Courtesy Religious Herald, Apr. 10, 2012 A concentration in justice and peacebuilding will be available to master of divinity degree students at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond (BTSR) beginning this

Gbowee Opens Up on Life after Nobel Prize

April 11, 2012Last updated April 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and Eastern Mennonite University Alumnus of the Year, spoke with the Daily Observer about life after the peace

CJP, Theater and VaCA Provide Collaborative Events

April 11, 2012Last updated April 16, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Two events at Eastern Mennonite University this week showcase the intersection between the arts and creating a more peaceful world. “The Feminine Divine: Embrace and Release” is a participatory dance

Gbowee Shares “Greatness of Girls” at Conference

April 2, 2012Last updated April 11, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee spoke on the “greatness of girls” and the creation of the Young Girls Transformative Project at the 2012 TED conference. Gbowee, who earned a master’s degree in conflict

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