Common Grounds Coffeehouse Archives

Novelist and short fiction writer Vic Sizemore comes to campus for Writers Read, Mar. 12

March 6, 2015Last updated March 13, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Novelist and short story writer Vic Sizemore creates characters who grapple with issues of faith, engage in deep soul-searching journeys, and try to reconcile the rock-solid tenets learned in childhood

Expert on racial profiling by law enforcement officers to speak at EMU

February 13, 2015Last updated February 18, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

“Overall, black drivers are nearly three times more likely than whites to be subjected to investigatory stops,” write University of Kansas Professors Charles R. Epp and Steven Maynard-Moody in an

Week of multi-faith events sparks interfaith dialogue and intercultural awareness

September 24, 2014Last updated October 9, 2014 by Kara Lofton

“Religious Life” is the kind of topic one would expect Eastern Mennonite University to pick as its 2014 theme for International Education Week. It may surprise some, though, that this

‘Reading the same book brings people closer together as a community by creating common ground for discussion’

August 20, 2014Last updated September 15, 2014 by Kara Lofton

Senior Kara Lofton ponders the university’s Common Read program, now in Year 2, after reading the assigned book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. I’m big

EMU alum next featured Writers Read author

October 29, 2013Last updated November 15, 2013 by Mike Zucconi

Jessica Penner, a 2001 Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alumna, will be the next featured “Writers Read Author,” on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 6:30 p.m., in EMU’s Common Grounds Coffeehouse in

Visiting Islamic scholars from Iran begin first full year teaching at EMU

September 10, 2013Last updated September 27, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

The first visiting scholars at Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) will teach several courses on Islam and contemporary issues in Iran during the coming academic year, their

Orientation for Class of 2016 and Transfer Students

July 24, 2012Last updated August 13, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Orientation for the class of 2016 and transfer students is just around the corner! Below is a schedule of orientation activities and opportunities to meet professors, staff and other students

Former Air Force Officer to Remember King

January 5, 2012Last updated January 16, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

A former officer in the U.S. Air Force, Glen Guyton, will anchor Eastern Mennonite University’s commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. At a Jan. 12, 8:30 p.m., Common Grounds

EMU Plans 9/11 Tenth Anniversary Commemoration

September 6, 2011Last updated September 17, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

HARRISONBURG, Va. – The Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) community will pause and reflect this week, along with the rest of the world, on the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001. Sept. 11

EMU to Dedicate New University Commons Facilities Saturday, March 26

March 18, 2011Last updated January 6, 2016 by Jim Bishop

Eastern Mennonite University is gearing up to celebrate a long-standing dream come to fruition. On Saturday, Mar. 26, 2011, facilities that comprise “Phase II” of the $2.5 million University Commons