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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

CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with Maryam Sheikh GC ‘17

November 12, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Moderator

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

Students on Europe cross-cultural semester explore art and identity

November 8, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson and Randi B. Hagi

Eastern Mennonite University student Kate Stutzman thought of herself as removed from the tragedy of the Holocaust. Her perceived distance — of time and geography — was bridged in “terrifying,

Muslim scholar and cultural critic talks history, theology, film and more during multi-day visit

October 31, 2019Last updated January 26, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

“The greatest athlete that I ever saw was another American Muslim … I was nine years old in those less enlightened times, the 1970s, when Ali fought George Foreman in

CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with Mohammed Abu-Nimer

October 16, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Moderator

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