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EMU President Swartzendruber Backs U.S. Education Secretary at D.C. Event for Gun Safety

February 6, 2013Last updated February 25, 2013 by Andrea Schrock Wenger

Congress needs to be forced by Americans outside Washington, D.C., to take steps to curb gun violence, said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan at a Capitol Hill press conference on

Swartzendruber Joins In Call For Tighter Controls On Firearms

January 4, 2013Last updated February 5, 2013 by Emily Sharrer

Eastern Mennonite University President Loren Swartzendruber is among more than 300 college presidents asking for tighter gun controls in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shooting. An open letter addressed

A Mennonite Campus Delicious Enough To Eat

December 28, 2012Last updated January 15, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The fruit trees aren’t budding on the hill and the bees aren’t buzzing around their hives as Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) settles into winter 2013 in the Shenandoah Valley of

Shocked Beyond Words by Sandy Hook… We Must Pray and Act

December 17, 2012Last updated December 27, 2012 by Loren Swartzendruber

Dear Community and Friends of EMU: All of us in the EMU community mourn with the families and community of Newtown, Connecticut. We are shocked beyond words and we struggle

New Somalia President Studied Peace at EMU

October 4, 2012Last updated September 18, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The new president of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, deepened his understanding of building peace in traumatized societies in three classes taken at the 2001 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) held at

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

Watch Opening Convocation Live

August 23, 2012Last updated August 30, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will broadcast opening convocation online, Wednesday, Aug. 29 at 9:50 a.m. President Loren Swartzendruber will reflect on EMU being “like no other …” In addition, there

Gehman Speeding Beyond 90

May 30, 2012Last updated June 19, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Margaret Martin Gehman continues to be a pacesetter as she embarks on her ninth decade as one of Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) leading philanthropists and a beloved professor emerita. Affectionately

EMU Wraps Up Athletic Year With Honors Banquet

May 8, 2012Last updated May 21, 2012 by James De Boer

Eastern Mennonite University held its Athletic Honors Banquet on April 17 in a time of reflecting upon and honoring the journeys of the Royals’ student-athletes. Seniors Andy Richter (Perkasie, PA/Christopher

Disney Urges Larger Role for Women in Peacebuilding

April 30, 2012Last updated May 11, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton, Mike Zucconi

Commencement speaker Abigail Disney asked the graduates of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) to support a greater role for women in the political arena, particularly in peace negotiations. If more women

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