For the past two years, Ruth Anne Friesen has re-directed a portion of her federal income tax payments to support the Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) program at ... read more about ‘Paying for peace, not war’: Hospital chaplain who witnessed trauma redirects some tax dollars to the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding’s STAR program
Encore, an alumni group dedicated to supporting the work of Eastern Mennonite University’s music department, will host a recital Feb. 27 at 7 p.m. in Martin Chapel, located in the ... read more about Encore, EMU’s music alumni group, brings together faculty, students and alumni for fundraising recital
James O. Lehman, who passed away at age 83 on Feb. 5, made an impressive mark as a historian and archivist and as director of libraries and assistant professor for ... read more about James O. Lehman, librarian and congregational historian, was with Hartzler Library from the ‘Miracle Drive’ and beyond
Reflecting the Mennonite church’s commitment to development and disaster relief, Eastern Mennonite University has long offered degrees that prepare students to work in those fields. As the priorities, needs and ... read more about New humanitarian action leadership programs at EMU meet changing needs of increasingly professionalized field
If a building could have a motto, Suter Science Center, named after longtime professor Dr. Daniel B. Suter, might have “Science, service, success” as its memorable catchphrase. Since its opening ... read more about Join the ‘Suter West’ campaign: Phase II renovations will host lab spaces, new engineering program and updated museum
Next year, Eastern Mennonite University will become the academic home for two female undergraduate students from the Middle East. A memorandum of understanding was recently signed between EMU and the ... read more about EMU partners with Daughters For Life Foundation to provide scholarships for two female students from the Middle East
The Wreckin’ Royals were expected to lose, and lose big they did, during an Oct. 30 fundraising basketball game against the Richmond-based Streetball Kingz at Eastern Mennonite University’s Yoder Arena. ... read more about Black Student Union fundraiser game pits the (victorious) Streetball Kingz against the hometown Wreckin’ Royals
Long-time professor of physical education Sandy Brownscombe is joining the Giving Tuesday movement, a national anti-consumer movement that answers to Black Friday. She’ll donate on that day (read more about ... read more about Why I Give: veteran physical education professor joins Giving Tuesday movement
Two recent grant awards will support continued growth of the Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program (WPLP) at Eastern Mennonite University. A nearly $900,000 grant was received from U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) ... read more about Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program announces more than $900,000 in new grant funding
Boris Ozuna, the new director of Harrisonburg’s International Festival, got his first taste of community organizing as a child in Sincelejo, Colombia. His mother was involved in justice work with ... read more about New director, a Colombian native and EMU alumnus, now at the helm of popular Harrisonburg International Festival