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Forbes mentions EMU in ‘Best Places to Retire’ list

Michael Russo | WHSV-TV3

Forbes included Harrisonburg on its list of the top 25 places to retire in 2026, describing it as a “charming Shenandoah Valley college town” home to EMU and James Madison University. ... read more about Forbes mentions EMU in ‘Best Places to Retire’ list from Michael Russo | WHSV-TV3

Alumna’s documentary premieres at Court Square Theater on Thursday

December 16, 2025Last updated December 15, 2025 by Ryan Cornell

Date: Thursday, Dec. 18Time: Screening starts at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.Location: Court Square Theater, 41-F Court Square, HarrisonburgCost: Tickets are pay-what-you-willOnline: Reserve tickets at courtsquaretheater.org/event/hola-paisano A short ... read more about Alumna’s documentary premieres at Court Square Theater on Thursday

EMU’s Reed named to gubernatorial transition committee

November 17, 2025Last updated November 19, 2025 by Ryan Cornell

Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, director of alumni engagement and community connections at EMU, has been selected to serve on Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger’s transition committee. The transition committee will help lay ... read more about EMU’s Reed named to gubernatorial transition committee

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

Seminarian Sowing Seeds of Change

June 12, 2007 by Martin Cizmar

There ... read more about Seminarian Sowing Seeds of Change

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 ... read more about EMU Helps Make Economy Go

Alum Named ‘Businessman of the Year’

April 15, 2006 by Marcy Gineris

Read more… ... read more about Alum Named ‘Businessman of the Year’

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 ... read more about Students To Dig Into Past

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 ... read more about Students Hear Community Stories

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 ... read more about Grad to Give Benefit Jazz Concert

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