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Homecoming TenTalks welcomes Adesola Johnson ’25, Ashley Mellinger ’24, and Dr. Mark Metzler Sawin

September 20, 2024Last updated September 24, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

Date: Saturday, Oct. 12Time: 2 p.m.Location: Suter Science Center 106Cost: Free (registration required) The perennially popular TenTalks during Homecoming and Family Weekend 2024 will feature three speakers each representing a

In the News: EMU, JMU partner together to preserve historic Green Book house

August 8, 2024Last updated August 8, 2024 by Ryan Cornell

EMU history professor Mark Metzler Sawin is part of the team helping uncover the past behind a Harrisonburg, Virginia, house listed in the Green Book guide. The professor is working

Conference to explore history of Brethren, Mennonite churches on issues of race

September 7, 2020Last updated September 14, 2020 by admin

“The Church in Black & White,” a one-day virtual symposium on Saturday, Sept. 12, explores the history of Brethren and Mennonite churches on issues of race. The event is co-sponsored

‘Emu Editions’ publishing house reanimates 19th century pulp fiction

June 26, 2020Last updated June 30, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

“ … he saw her, and also to his horror saw that a lighted match was in her hand, and that she stood by a train of gun powder, which

EMU’s free summer course ‘Imagining the Future after COVID-19’ open to all

June 17, 2020Last updated June 29, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

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

EMU’s D.C. program offers policy and advocacy internship opportunities to support new majors

March 25, 2019Last updated March 25, 2019 by Karlyn Gehring and Lauren Jefferson

A spring semester visit by Eastern Mennonite University students, history professors Mark Metzler Sawin, Mary Sprunger and Ji Eun Kim, and career services director Kimberly Phillips highlighted internship opportunities in

New programs of study beginning this fall: political and global studies

March 25, 2019Last updated September 18, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Eastern Mennonite University’s two newest programs of study embody its mission to prepare students to “serve and lead in a global context.” A political science major and revised minor and

‘Borders, Jails, and Long Drives in the Desert’: Immigrant rights attorney Kara Hartzler ’94 to present Keim Lecture

March 15, 2019Last updated April 8, 2019 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Federal public defender, immigrant rights attorney and playwright Kara Hartzler ’94 will give the spring 2019 Keim Lecture Series presentation at Eastern Mennonite University. Titled “Borders, Jails, and Long Drives

Centennial Histories Symposium taps into Mennonite higher ed’s ‘commonality and unity’ to face challenging times

April 9, 2018Last updated April 24, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Students and seasoned scholars alike gathered March 24 at Eastern Mennonite University for the Centennial Histories Symposium, a day-long intellectual gathering featuring the authors of five histories of Mennonite higher

Isaac Alderfer, Hannah Leaman and Allison Shelly named 2018 Yoder Scholars

April 2, 2018Last updated April 3, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Each year, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) engages in a rigorous process to select recipients for the prestigious Yoder Scholarships. Established in 1993 and named for alumni Carol and Paul R.

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