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Drafty, old, beloved Martin House yields place for future lovely, traffic-smart entrance to EMU

September 30, 2013Last updated December 20, 2016 by Steve Shenk

Facebook lit up with nostalgic comments when Eastern Mennonite University posted a photo of Martin House being torn down in August 2013. Hundreds of students had lived there since the

Seminarian Sowing Seeds of Change

June 12, 2007 by Martin Cizmar

There

EMU Helps Make Economy Go

April 23, 2007 by Dan Wright, Daily News-Record

EMU President Loren Swarzendruber notes that the university benefits the community both directly and indirectly. And the broader community benefits “economically, culturally and socially.” Photo by Michael Reilly By Dan

Alum Named ‘Businessman of the Year’

April 15, 2006 by Marcy Gineris

Students To Dig Into Past

September 23, 2005 by by Melvin Mason, Daily News-Record

American history professor Mark Sawin talks to his class after an exercise Tuesday at the Royals’ Den snack shop on the upper level of EMU’s University Commons. The students were

Students Hear Community Stories

August 29, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Photo by Jim Bishop Some 230 first-year and about 35 transfer students at Eastern Mennonite University spent Saturday afternoon, Aug. 27, learning about some of the 47 languages and cultures

Grad to Give Benefit Jazz Concert

January 19, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Marlin Rosado He appreciated so much what he received at Eastern Mennonite University as a student that he is returning to his alma mater with a "thank you" gift of

Latino Initiative Attracts Hispanic Freshmen

September 21, 2004Last updated September 19, 2014 by Jeff Mellott, Daily News-Record

Webster Contreras (left) and Maria Monroy (right) are among the 10 Hispanic students who enrolled at EMU at least in part because of a campus initiative to attract more Spanish-speaking

Students Offer Service to Local Community

August 30, 2004 by Jim Bishop

Miranda Shirk (l.), Ephrata, Pa., and Terianne Kauffman, Paradise, Pa., stack wood at the Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center. Photo by Jim Bishop First-year students set foot on campus one day,

EMU Students to Swarm the ‘Burg

August 12, 2004 by Jim Bishop

Look out, Harrisonburg, the college students are coming. EMU wants to introduce its newest group of first-year students to the community by some direct involvement in local service programs. For

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