Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, director of alumni engagement and community connections at EMU, was named among the Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia for 2026. “This year’s honorees…(guide) organizations that keep essential functions running and build the businesses and institutions shaping Virginia’s communities,” the online list of leaders says. ... read more about EMU’s Deanna Reed named to Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia for 2026 from Women We Admire
Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, director of alumni engagement and community connections at EMU, has been selected to serve on Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s transition committee. The transition committee will help lay ... read more about EMU’s Reed named to gubernatorial transition committee
EMU's Power, Systems & Justice course (CORE 300) hosted a panel on the history of Harrisonburg's Northeast Neighborhood at the Student Union on Thursday evening. EMU History Professor Mark Sawin, Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, City Councilwoman Monica Robinson, and Deputy City Manager Amy Snider served on the panel. ... read more about Panel talks history of urban renewal in Northeast Neighborhood from Ryan Hartnett | WHSV-TV3
Liaison committee seeks to enhance partnership between city, EMU A meeting of EMU and Harrisonburg city officials on Aug. 7 marked a milestone in representation, bringing together the city’s first ... read more about ‘We are part of making Harrisonburg stronger’
This year’s conference featured EMU students on the planning committee along with Deanna Durham, Social Work Program Director Just before wrapping up her speech at the annual Rally in the ... read more about Social work students form connections, share ideas at Rally in the Valley
Special ‘Mornings with the Mayor’ Convocation pays tribute to President Huxman and other women shaping our campus There’s a new morning talk show host in town, and she’s here to ... read more about EMU celebrates its phenomenal women leaders
Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, director of alumni engagement and community connections at EMU, has been named among the Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia for 2025. The list of luminaries, ... read more about EMU’s Deanna Reed on Top 50 list of Women Leaders in Virginia
With Election Day (Nov. 5) fast approaching, students at EMU say that having an elected official, Mayor Deanna Reed, on campus has motivated them to become civically engaged. Reed, who ... read more about Mayor Reed, fixture on EMU’s campus, inspires civic engagement among students
Downtown Harrisonburg, Virginia, transformed into a sea of blue on Thursday, Sept. 26, as about 270 EMU students, clad in matching shirts, participated in the third annual Royals Go Downtown, ... read more about Third annual Royals Go Downtown offers EMU students ‘taste’ of Harrisonburg
EMU history professor Mark Metzler Sawin is part of the team helping uncover the past behind a Harrisonburg, Virginia, house listed in the Green Book guide. The professor is working ... read more about In the News: EMU, JMU partner together to preserve historic Green Book house