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An EMU history grad has become the preeminent four square player of our time

June 6, 2014Last updated August 18, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

This is a storyline you’ve heard before: after countless hours of practice on the playground, an athlete reaches the glorious pinnacle of his or her sport. Except this is a

Leadership tips acquired as the CEO of retirement communities with multi-million-dollar budgets

March 14, 2014Last updated September 26, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Raised on a family farm five miles west of what was then Eastern Mennonite College. Attended Rosedale Bible Institute for a year. Entered EMC to do pre-med. Went to Japan

Vincent Harding, close friend of MLK, urges EMU community to meet challenge of building a true democracy

March 4, 2014Last updated September 22, 2014 by Andrew Jenner

More than 50 years after his first visit to campus, social activist and scholar Vincent Harding returned to EMU on Feb. 26 and 27, where he urged packed audiences to

Student writes unflinching play, now staged, about 17-year-old dying of cancer

December 5, 2013Last updated December 9, 2013 by Therran M. Dennis

Two weeks before his senior thesis project due date, Eastern Mennonite University senior theater and writing studies major Michael Bodner decided on a path he’d never tread: He wanted to

EMU Welcomes Eastern American Studies Association Conference

March 22, 2013Last updated September 17, 2014 by

EMU is pleased to host nearly 100 historians from more than 25 colleges and universities for the annual Eastern American Studies Association Conference March 22 and 23. The American Studies

Spiritual Life at EMU: Senior Brendon Derstine’s Faith Flourishes

July 20, 2012Last updated August 7, 2012 by Marcy Gineris

Opportunities to nurture your faith and deepen your values abound at our small Christian university. Brendon Derstine, a senior history major from Harleysville, Pa., found his time as a community

Speech-Winner Ties Conflict to Systemic Injustice

April 17, 2012Last updated September 22, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

A call for peace echoed throughout the University Commons as eight Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students raised their voices for peacemaking in the annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratory contest.

Royal Men Ranked In National Poll For First Time Ever

January 6, 2010 by James De Boer

For the first time in school history, Eastern Mennonite has cracked the top 25 of a national poll in men’s basketball. The Runnin Royals have already set the mark for

History Prof Traces Life of Idiosyncratic Character

February 19, 2009 by Jim Bishop

Elisha Kent Kane was an enigmatic figure in the annuals of American history – a sickly Philadelphia physician of the 19th century who transformed himself into an Arctic explorer and

‘Mennonite Trek’ Presentation Set at EMU

March 5, 2008 by Jim Bishop

James C. Juhnke, professor emeritus of history at Bethel College James C. Juhnke, professor emeritus of history at Bethel College, N. Newton, Kan., will give an illustrated presentation on a

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