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EMS alumna leads clergy protest in Charlottesville; EMU community members join activism

August 17, 2017Last updated October 30, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson and Andrea Wenger

As news of the Aug. 12 Unite the Right rally reverberated out of Charlottesville, Eastern Mennonite University — located 60 miles over Afton Mountain in the Shenandoah Valley — and

School for Leadership Training addresses pastoral responses to a racialized and divided America

January 20, 2017Last updated February 1, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“Some of us are more knowledgeable about what is happening with people 6,000 miles away, people we’ve never met, than what is happening with our neighbors,” said Professor David Evans

Convocation and traditional ‘Shenandoah Welcome’ kick off new academic year

August 31, 2016Last updated March 23, 2017 by Walt Wiltschek

With the greeting of “Happy new year!” from Provost Fred Kniss, an address from Interim President Lee Snyder and a traditional “Shenandoah Welcome,” Eastern Mennonite University’s 2016-2017 academic year made

‘The last will be the first’: social psychologist Christena Cleveland shares a new paradigm of privilege at faculty/staff conference

August 25, 2016Last updated December 1, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

“The last will be first and the first will be the last: This is what equality looks like, this is what justice is about.” Dr. Christena Cleveland, a social psychologist

Black Student Union fundraiser game pits the (victorious) Streetball Kingz against the hometown Wreckin’ Royals

November 12, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Alicia Ygarza

The Wreckin’ Royals were expected to lose, and lose big they did, during an Oct. 30 fundraising basketball game against the Richmond-based Streetball Kingz at Eastern Mennonite University’s Yoder Arena.

Bach Festival, in its 23rd year, draws appreciative crowd for diverse classical repertoire

May 21, 2015Last updated January 6, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

In his 23rd year as artistic director and conductor of the Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival, Kenneth J. Nafziger just laughs when asked if he is most looking forward to conducting

Vigil held to protest killing of a black person every 28 hours in America, ‘whether innocent or guilty’

December 11, 2014Last updated January 5, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

About 60 people held a vigil in the heart of Eastern Mennonite University’s campus in early December for black people killed by police in America. Participants attracted by the Black

Black students and faculty produce, tweet, #DontShoot photo in solidarity with national protests

September 26, 2014Last updated October 15, 2014 by Kara Lofton

“Unarmed Black Man Shot Dead by Police” The black-man-killed headline (above) could appear in any newspaper, in any city in the United States, where “land of the free” appears to

New online seminary courses focus on thought-provoking topics

August 11, 2014Last updated September 3, 2014 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Eastern Mennonite Seminary is offering three unique online courses on thought-provoking topics this school year: (1) Dietrich Bonhoeffer; (2) psychology and religion; and (3) the intersection of race and religion.

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

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