As Virginia’s vaccine rollout spreads into the Shenandoah Valley, Eastern Mennonite University students are participating at both ends of the needle: both giving and getting the shot. And in some ... read more about Vaccines in the Valley: EMU’s nursing students volunteer at clinics serving community and fellow students
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on educational institutions across the country – with students, instructors, and families seemingly in limbo as they try to navigate public health precautions and an ... read more about Centering student needs, EMU faculty adapt to fall semester challenges
What will a post-pandemic world look like? How is COVID-19 affecting each of us differently, and what are our responsibilities to one another in the face of those disparities? What ... read more about EMU’s free summer course ‘Imagining the Future after COVID-19’ open to all
We have amazing dedicated faculty and a dynamic leader who brought us all together to put together a game plan that works. And students who trusted us and were ready ... read more about Despite pandemic upheavals, EMU’s 2020 nursing grads will be ready to head to the frontlines
If you called Virginia Department of Health’s COVID-19 hotline last week from anywhere in the Shenandoah Valley, your questions may have been answered by a senior nursing student from Eastern ... read more about Nursing students volunteer at VDH call center
Eastern Mennonite University senior nursing major Kayla Sauder wasn’t sure how area residents would react to a group of nursing students knocking on doors to ask about health care needs, ... read more about Public health advocacy projects partner nursing students with local community
Five groups of Eastern Mennonite University nursing students implemented community health projects that reached hundreds this fall. For their community health nursing course’s semester-long “community project” with a local agency, ... read more about Community health nursing course class projects have community impact
More than 700 alumni living in the City of Harrisonburg or Rockingham County work in the healthcare field, according to EMU’s alumni database. This represents a larger concentration of alumni ... read more about When I was sick, you cared for me: alumni work in mental healthcare
The scenario is commonplace. A young mother or couple, perhaps new to the area and not fluent in English, has what is perceived as an emergency health care situation with ... read more about EMU to Launch Community Health Project