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Getting their heads in the game

December 6, 2023Last updated December 6, 2023 by Ryan Cornell

EMU athletes sharpen their mental performance through partnership with JMU EMU’s cross-city neighbor James Madison University is celebrating a string of sports successes on the national stage. Its football team

Bach Festival founder Ken J. Nafziger honored with Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award, vows to ‘keep on musicking’

June 18, 2015Last updated July 13, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

Ken J. Nafziger, professor of music at Eastern Mennonite University, recently became the third honoree to receive the Circle of Excellence in the Arts Award. He accepted the award at

Local cross-cultural course leads students through rich diversity of Shenandoah Valley cultures

June 8, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by David Brennan

Doris Harper Allen, 88, greeted a group of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) students in the parking lot of Rose’s in Harrisonburg, the former heart of Newtown. She quickly passed out

In support of Harrisonburg’s new restorative justice initiative, city police lieutenant joins peacebuilding institute training

May 18, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Andrew Jenner

The Southern Police Institute in Louisville, Kentucky, and the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) no longer share just an acronym. They now have a common alumnus

Inspired by Romanian survivors of sexual trafficking, Rebekah York takes the lead and stands for #Stand4Freedom

April 10, 2015Last updated August 28, 2020 by Kara Lofton and Lauren Jefferson

On Tuesday, Rebekah York stood in Thomas Plaza – sometimes alone, sometimes with a crowd – surrounded by ghostly chalked outlines of feet that marked those who had stood, even

Profs to Reflect on Pakistani Elections

March 17, 2008 by Jim Bishop

Dr. Mike Medley, director of the Intensive English Program (IEP) at EMU An EMU and a James Madison University professor will offer their views on Pakistan-US relations after the elections

Turkey Disease is Suter Science Seminar Topic

September 4, 2007Last updated September 26, 2014 by Jim Bishop

That question will be addressed in the first Suter Science Seminar of the new school year. Dr. Louise Temple, associate professor of biology at James Madison University Dr. Louise Temple,

JMU Artist Exhibits Works at EMU

March 5, 2007 by Jim Bishop

Recent works by Susan Zurbrigg, assistant professor of art at James Madison University will go on display Monday, Mar. 12, in the art gallery at Eastern Mennonite University. A reception

EMU Holds ‘King Day’ Observance

January 17, 2005Last updated September 26, 2014 by Jim Bishop

Part of a group on a prayer walk that preceded Monday’s King Day chapel service carry a cross to the platform in Lehman Auditorium (Wendy Lorisme, Joe Hackman, Beth Risser,

Undergrad Admissions Director Named

November 9, 2004Last updated September 19, 2014 by Jim Bishop

Stephanie C. Shafer Stephanie C. Shafer of Waynesboro, Va., has been named director of admissions for undergraduate programs at Eastern Mennonite University. She began her new assignment at EMU Nov.

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