Jeanette Nisly Archives

Independent biology research takes EMU junior to Guatemala to collaborate with alumna

May 2, 2018Last updated May 7, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Planes, buses, and taxis, sure – but the connections that landed Eastern Mennonite University junior Maria Yoder in Guatemala for a spring break research project were also of a different

Biomedicine grad students deepen compassion through cross-cultural stints

August 19, 2014Last updated September 5, 2014 by Kara Lofton

Graduate students in the medical field do not usually study abroad as part of their collegiate experience. But the two-year-old MA in biomedicine program at Eastern Mennonite University is designed

Students Earn Credits Off Campus, Learning in New Ways and New Places

May 15, 2013Last updated September 18, 2014 by Steve Shenk

Bekah Enns’ great-grandparents would not recognize the way she is pursuing an academic degree in 2013. For one thing, the senior history major at Eastern Mennonite University spent last semester

This Nurse Hopes to Work Herself Out of a Job in Guatemala

March 5, 2013Last updated March 19, 2013 by Bonnie Price and Kara Lofton

Even though Jeanette Nisly fell in love with Guatemala on a cross-cultural with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), she never would have dreamed that she would return four months after she