Eastern Mennonite University class representatives from the reunion classes invite their friends to Homecoming and Family Weekend 2015! Find out more information and register at: www.emu.edu/alumni/homecoming. View the schedule of activities ... read more about Come to Homecoming and Family Weekend at EMU
Jerry Holsopple

Graphic designer and marketing expert Kristen Opalinski turns her expertise to explorations of faith and social justice
Kristen Opalinski is a woman on the go. Even as she hustled to complete a multimedia project during an intensive two-week media course at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, the graphic ... read more about Graphic designer and marketing expert Kristen Opalinski turns her expertise to explorations of faith and social justice

In choosing EMU, Ygarza sisters share a friendship of on-court memories and off-court successes
In the semi-finals of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) basketball tournament, junior Alicia Ygarza and her teammates had an extra special fan in the stands among friends and family. ... read more about In choosing EMU, Ygarza sisters share a friendship of on-court memories and off-court successes

Art auction aims to benefit EMU, campus community through hosting visiting artists
Painting, collages, and photography will be offered at a silent art auction hosted by the visual and communication arts department at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). The three-week fundraiser will help ... read more about Art auction aims to benefit EMU, campus community through hosting visiting artists

MCC’s relief sale continues successful annual run
If engaged in a bidding war for a bag of kettle corn at the Virginia Mennonite Relief Sale, Jalyn Sneary knows how high she would go. “Probably $10,” the 11-year-old ... read more about MCC’s relief sale continues successful annual run

‘Reading the same book brings people closer together as a community by creating common ground for discussion’
Senior Kara Lofton ponders the university’s Common Read program, now in Year 2, after reading the assigned book, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains. I’m big ... read more about ‘Reading the same book brings people closer together as a community by creating common ground for discussion’

Animated “EMU Experience” Showcases VACA Department
A class in the science center, a chapel service, cheering on a Royals sports team and a cross-cultural to the Middle East all figure in a new 45-second animated video ... read more about Animated “EMU Experience” Showcases VACA Department

‘Weaving Life’ Documentary Wins Award
Weaving Life, a documentary on the life and death of peacemaker Dan Terry in Afghanistan, has received a gold “Pixie” award for innovation in the use of motion graphics, effects ... read more about ‘Weaving Life’ Documentary Wins Award

Gathering Explores Anabaptist Message in Visual Age
Was it Mother Nature’s idea of improvisation? Participants in the Anabaptist Communicator’s annual conference sat around tables in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, mesmerized by actor-playwright Ted Swartz’s reflections ... read more about Gathering Explores Anabaptist Message in Visual Age

Holsopple, Swartz Highlight Anabaptist Communicators Conference
HARRISONBURG, Va. – How do Anabaptists communicate about their values in a visual age? Jerry Holsopple, PhD, will explore this question as plenary speaker at the 2011 Anabaptist Communicators Conference, ... read more about Holsopple, Swartz Highlight Anabaptist Communicators Conference