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 ... read more about ‘Why Rural Matters’ – Professor Daniel Showalter on rural schools’ strengths and challenges
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 ... read more about CJP alum Wayne Marriott to be honored for New Zealand peacebuilding work
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 ... read more about Business 101 field trip nets a surprising car dealership job
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 more about First solo flights with EMU Lancaster’s student-pilots: Meet Edwards Daacke
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 ... read more about Read together: New bibliotherapy program links EMU and VMRC
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 ... read more about Students pilgrimage to local enslaved graveyard
“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 ... read more about STAR program works with National Park Service on restorative justice, trauma and healing
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 ... read more about CJP at 25: Celebrate, Reflect, Dream with Maryam Sheikh GC ‘17
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, ... read more about Students on Europe cross-cultural semester explore art and identity
“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 ... read more about Muslim scholar and cultural critic talks history, theology, film and more during multi-day visit