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Registration is now OPEN for Homecoming 2014

August 4, 2014Last updated August 28, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Registration is now available for Homecoming 2014 at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), Oct. 10-12. Celebrations and events include: A festive gathering preceding class reunions on Saturday, Oct. 11 Class reunions for years

Near-home “cross-culturals” prove to be life-changing too

October 29, 2013Last updated July 29, 2014 by Chris Edwards

For most EMU undergrads, cross-cultural study entails deepening their knowledge of humanity in such settings as South Korea, Eastern Europe or the Galapagos. Yet others find equally life-changing experiences in

Outstanding Young Alum: Castillo Campaigns for Immigration Reform

August 11, 2013Last updated July 29, 2014 by Steve Shenk

Still in her 20s, Isabel Castillo ’07 is already a nationally recognized leader of the immigration-law reform movement in the United States. She was the commencement speaker at the University

Castillo Sees Movement Toward Easing Immigrants’ Plight

November 16, 2012Last updated December 10, 2012 by Lani Prunés

After a June 2012 announcement by President Obama to grant “deferred action” to undocumented youth, Isabel Castillo ‘07 applied for authorization to work and live legally in the United States

EMU Opens Convocation “Like No Other”

August 31, 2012Last updated September 22, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) President Loren Swartzendruber called students, faculty and staff to be “like no other,” as a Christian university and as servant leaders, to the standing-room only crowd

Castillo Spotlighted in The Atlantic Magazine

October 19, 2011Last updated November 4, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Isabel Castillo, who holds a ’07 degree in social work from Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is recognized in the November issue of The Atlantic as one of the “21 brave

2007 EMU graduate Isabel Castillo, activist for the DREAM Act

National Spotlight on EMU Grad Isabel Castillo

April 11, 2011Last updated June 9, 2011 by Bonnie Lofton

Isabel Castillo ’07 has become a nationally recognized spokesperson for the plight of undocumented young people in the United States. Castillo was featured in a Feb. 20, 2011, New York

EMU Alum Isabel Castillo: Giving the DREAM a Push

July 23, 2010 by Jeremy Hunt, Daily News-Record

A local immigrant rights activist and 2007 EMU alum returned to Harrisonburg late Wednesday following a trip to D.C., where she was arrested during a demonstration on Capitol Hill. Read

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