A new book edited by Eastern Mennonite University professors David Evans and Peter Dula engages with author Ta-Nehisi Coates from a Christian perspective. Between the world of Ta-Nehisi Coates and ... read more about Scholars respond to Ta-Nehisi Coates in new book edited by EMU professors David Evans and Peter Dula
The theme for the 50th annual School for Leadership Training (SLT) at Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) – “Thriving in the Stormy Seas of Change” – reflects both SLT’s ongoing relevance ... read more about 50th annual School for Leadership Training themed ‘Thriving in the Stormy Seas of Change’
Valerie Showalter, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, shared the following words at the Oct. 13 Donor Appreciation Banquet. She is pastor of youth and children’s ministries at Shalom Mennonite ... read more about An EMS scholarship beneficiary envisions the future church
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, 2015) is the 2017-18 Common Read selection for Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Each year since 2013, faculty, staff, and students ... read more about Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation
Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the ... read more about ‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes
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 ... read more about EMS alumna leads clergy protest in Charlottesville; EMU community members join activism
“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 ... read more about School for Leadership Training addresses pastoral responses to a racialized and divided America
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 ... read more about Convocation and traditional ‘Shenandoah Welcome’ kick off new academic year
“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 ... read more about ‘The last will be the first’: social psychologist Christena Cleveland shares a new paradigm of privilege at faculty/staff conference
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. ... read more about Black Student Union fundraiser game pits the (victorious) Streetball Kingz against the hometown Wreckin’ Royals