Giving

Join the ‘Suter West’ campaign: Phase II renovations will host lab spaces, new engineering program and updated museum

by Lauren Jefferson

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
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EMU partners with Daughters For Life Foundation to provide scholarships for two female students from the Middle East

by Lauren Jefferson

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
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Black Student Union fundraiser game pits the (victorious) Streetball Kingz against the hometown Wreckin’ Royals

by Alicia Ygarza

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.
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Women’s Peacebuilding Leadership Program announces more than $900,000 in new grant funding

by Andrew Jenner

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)
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New director, a Colombian native and EMU alumnus, now at the helm of popular Harrisonburg International Festival

by Randi B. Hagi

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
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Sustainable Food Initiative partners with Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community farm to grow, harvest vegetables

by David Brennan

When Tyler Eshleman took the helm of Eastern Mennonite University’s sputtering student-led Sustainable Food Initiative (SFI) last year, his goals were modest: to return the weed-choked campus gardens to their
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Ripple Church pastors find spiritual nourishment at seminary’s Summer Institute for Spiritual Formation

by Lauren Jefferson

Imagine hearing the call to urban ministry, selling your lovingly renovated suburban farmhouse where you’ve lived for 25 years, and moving into an inner city apartment. Imagine your congregation shape-shifting
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