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‘Bound together by love’: Convocation opens new academic year with music, prayer and words to inspire

September 3, 2015Last updated September 16, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

The 2015 convocation to dedicate the new academic year at Eastern Mennonite University began and ended yesterday [Sept. 2] with music: first the triumphal tones of the Lehman Auditorium organ

Eastern Mennonite University welcomes twelve new faculty members for 2015-2016 academic year

August 28, 2015Last updated September 14, 2015 by EMU communications staff

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) welcomes 12 new faculty to the ranks for the 2015-16 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost; Michael King, vice president and seminary

Experienced administrators provide leadership in new associate provost and director of operations positions at EMU Lancaster

April 15, 2015Last updated April 30, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Counselor, professor and administrator Mary Jensen was recently named associate provost of Eastern Mennonite University’s Lancaster site, which serves approximately 1,000 students in nursing, pastoral studies and graduate education programs.

Church leaders discuss challenges of ministering to ‘nones’ and millenials at annual School for Leadership Training

January 23, 2015Last updated February 6, 2015 by Laura Amstutz

Author, scholar and Episcopal priest Lauren Winner opened the annual School for Leadership Training at Eastern Mennonite Seminary with succinct advice for those seeking to understand the changing dynamics affecting

EMU and Sichuan University of China sign cooperation agreement

January 15, 2015Last updated January 28, 2015 by Steve Shenk

Eastern Mennonite University and Sichuan University of Arts and Science, located in central China, signed an agreement on Jan. 13, 2015, to “promote academic exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and communication

EMU’s 10 new faculty members come with outstanding credentials in seven fields

September 1, 2014Last updated September 11, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Nursing at Eastern Mennonite University – the most in-demand field of study at this university – leads the way in welcoming three new faculty members out of 11 teachers in

EMU leaders offer appreciation and wise words regarding the increased diversity of incoming students

August 29, 2014Last updated September 11, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In their kick-off convocation remarks for the 2014-15 school year, two of Eastern Mennonite University’s leaders highlighted the increasing diversity among EMU’s student population. “The class of 2018 is the

EMU selected as accrediting school for Oregon semester program

August 27, 2014Last updated September 19, 2014 by Steve Shenk

For nearly 40 years, students from Christian colleges have trekked to the mountainous wilderness of Oregon for an unusual academic experience that dubs itself “out of the mainstream.” Called the

‘Emergent church’ theologian Peter Rollins brings provocative message to EMU

September 27, 2013Last updated October 10, 2013 by Andrew Jenner

There is a scene in the 1993 movie Cool Runnings in which, on the eve of the Jamaican bobsled team’s improbable shot at Winter Olympics glory, the team’s coach –

People of all types are welcome, indeed belong, at EMU’s table, say university leaders at convocation 2013

August 28, 2013Last updated September 11, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In their kick-off convocation remarks for the 2013-14 school year, the top leaders of Eastern Mennonite University stressed the importance of embracing each other within the EMU community, appreciating the

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