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Grad School Q&A: Derek Sauder prepares for a career with real-world, high-stakes implications

July 21, 2019Last updated July 22, 2019 by EMU communications

Derek Sauder ’14 is a second-year doctoral student of assessment and measurement at James Madison University, where he also earned a master’s degree in psychological sciences. Meeting Kierra Stutzman, whom

Retiring professor Chris Gingrich anchored EMU’s economics program for 24 years

May 22, 2019Last updated May 22, 2019 by Lauren Jefferson

Jelly beans, tennis balls and cups of coffee – these descriptors appear with regularity when former students remember Professor Chris Gingrich. The first two classroom props were used in activities

New programs of study beginning this fall: political and global studies

March 25, 2019Last updated September 18, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s two newest programs of study embody its mission to prepare students to “serve and lead in a global context.” A political science major and revised minor and

The story of an ‘exquisite’ new discrete math textbook by EMU’s Owen Byer and Deirdre L. Smeltzer

December 6, 2018Last updated December 6, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Sometimes the thrill of mathematics doesn’t come from the question, but from a beautiful solution. Consider the approach Eastern Mennonite University math professor Owen Byer took when deciding which problems

Faith and climate change: experts give input at BOR meeting for Center for Sustainable Climate Change

March 27, 2018Last updated April 3, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

With a series of new programs taking shape, The Center for Climate Change Solutions hosted its first board of reference meeting March 9-10 at Eastern Mennonite University. The nine-member board

A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services

March 1, 2018Last updated May 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his

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