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Center for Interfaith Engagement to host spring film series

January 17, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Effective immediately, EMU has cancelled all public events through April 3 in response to concerns about COVID-19. The Colloquium with Dr. Saher Selod for March 18 will hopefully be rescheduled

CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with Sanjay Pulipaka MA ’07

January 14, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by admin

During the 2019-20 academic year, as the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding commemorates its 25th anniversary, a series of guest authors will share reflections about CJP’s personal impact. We want

MLK Day 2020 at EMU

January 13, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University will observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan. 19-20, 2020, with a range of events on campus, in the Harrisonburg community, and in Washington, D.C. View all

‘Why Rural Matters’ – Professor Daniel Showalter on rural schools’ strengths and challenges

January 10, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

Nearly one in five U.S. public school students are enrolled in a “rural” school, and those students and schools face challenges particular to their rurality, according to the latest edition

CJP alum Wayne Marriott to be honored for New Zealand peacebuilding work

January 2, 2020Last updated August 25, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

New Zealand-based peacebuilder Wayne Marriott has been recognized as the Resolution Institute Michael Klug Awardee for 2019. He is a 2018 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University’s Center for Justice and

Business 101 field trip nets a surprising car dealership job

December 12, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Attending an intro-level class doesn’t usually land a student a job, but that’s exactly what happened last fall when Eastern Mennonite University professor of business and economics Andrew Miller took

First solo flights with EMU Lancaster’s student-pilots: Meet Edwards Daacke

December 5, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by EMU Communications

To read more profiles of student-pilots, visit https://emu.edu/now/news/category/academics/emu-at-lancaster/ Edwards Daacke is a student in EMU Lancaster’s leadership and organizational management (LOM) bachelor’s degree program with a concentration in aviation. He

Read together: New bibliotherapy program links EMU and VMRC

December 2, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

If you think being read to is just good for children, think again. This semester, Eastern Mennonite University students have been spending time reading with residents at Virginia Mennonite Retirement

Students pilgrimage to local enslaved graveyard

November 26, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

On a sunny day in September, 64 students from Eastern Mennonite University stood in a graveyard, listening to the names of people who may be buried there. Cream violets blanketed

STAR program works with National Park Service on restorative justice, trauma and healing

November 20, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

“It takes courage to try to address harms at the systemic level, such as the land theft that is at the foundation of the service; at the institutional level, like

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