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Ten 2018 Cords of Distinction recipients honored for contributions to EMU community and beyond

April 4, 2018Last updated April 9, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Ten graduating seniors will be honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a ceremony Saturday afternoon, May 5, at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). They will wear gold and blue cords

Latino Student Alliance creates third annual ‘alfombra’ for Easter

March 28, 2018Last updated March 28, 2019 by Shelby Mertens/Daily News-Record

Every year on Palm Sunday, communities in Central America recreate the Biblical passage in which Jesus is welcomed into Jerusalem a week before his crucifixion, with his followers laying down

EMU’s bell will toll at 7:05 p.m., April 4, joining worldwide commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination

March 24, 2018Last updated April 9, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University will join a global bell-tolling ceremony on Wednesday, April 4, to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the

Weekend performances engage EMU audiences in emotions and history of Israel/Palestine conflict

February 26, 2018Last updated March 23, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Four theatrical performances highlighting multiple perspectives of the Israel/Palestine conflict brought approximately 400 viewers — and one Washington Post theater critic— to Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in late February. EMU

EMU representatives join fellow leaders of color at seventh annual MC USA Hope for the Future conference

February 22, 2018Last updated February 27, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Three representatives from Eastern Mennonite University attended the seventh annual Hope for the Future conference hosted by Mennonite Church USA (MC USA). Melody Pannell, professor of social work, M. Esther

BSU helps prep historic home to be future museum site

February 20, 2018Last updated March 14, 2018 by Kelly Clark/Daily News-Record

Eastern Mennonite University students teamed up with the Northeast Neighborhood Association to begin renovations to the Dallard/Newman House on Saturday. About a dozen people worked through snow flurries to strip

EMU awarded $300,000 Department of Justice grant

February 14, 2018Last updated March 14, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University has named Leda Werner as the project coordinator of a new grant funded by the U.S. Department of Justice that focuses on connecting with community partners to

Chicago police officer to co-teach Zehr Institute online course on police and community justice partnerships

January 15, 2018Last updated January 24, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

The Zehr Institute for Restorative Justice announces a four-session course about police and community justice partnerships this spring. The course will be co-taught by Officer Vanessa Westley, a 25-year veteran

Rev. Risher urges MLK celebration attendees to ‘stay woke through this revolution’

January 15, 2018Last updated January 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz and Lauren Jefferson

In 1967, Sharon Washington Risher heard The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak in Charleston, South Carolina. Then a little girl, she remembers being summoned with a phone call

Seeing ‘the cage’: EMU race and gender classmates explore inequality, systemic injustice

January 10, 2018Last updated January 15, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

In their last Fall 2017 class together, the students in SOWK 360 “Race and Gender” stood and linked arms, a living symbol of solidarity and connection after a semester of

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