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Eads named as mentor in Lilly Graduate Fellows Program

July 15, 2021Last updated July 26, 2021 by Randi B. Hagi

Professor Martha Greene Eads has been appointed as a mentor in the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program. Eads, who teaches English at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), is the first faculty member

2021 Excellence in Teaching Awards honor professors Martha Greene Eads, Leah Kratz, and Robert Curry

June 6, 2021Last updated March 29, 2022 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University’s recipients of the annual Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2021 are: in the Tenured Faculty category, Martha Greene Eads, PhD, professor of English, in the Pre-tenure Faculty

Into the Virtual Classroom: A snapshot of EMU’s move online in spring 2020

May 9, 2020Last updated June 2, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

This was neither the end of the semester we anticipated nor the graduation we expected, but it is the semester we have completed and the graduation we celebrate, said Dean

Students pilgrimage to local enslaved graveyard

November 26, 2019Last updated August 25, 2020 by Randi B. Hagi

On a sunny day in September, 64 students from Eastern Mennonite University stood in a graveyard, listening to the names of people who may be buried there. Cream violets blanketed

Grad School Q&A: Donovan Tann reflects on the courses and professors who shaped how he now teaches

January 2, 2019Last updated January 3, 2019 by EMU communications

Donovan Tann is a 2008 graduate of Eastern Mennonite University who now teaches courses in literature, writing and film at Hesston (Kansas) College. A member of the Lilly Graduate Fellows

Shakespeare’s morality play ‘Measure for Measure’ set for November

October 25, 2018Last updated November 13, 2018 by Florence Barrett

Keeping up with classwork while rehearsing Shakespearean roles could be a daunting task, but Eastern Mennonite University students are up for the challenge. First-year nursing major Andrew Stoltzfus, for example,

International food festival celebrates the deliciousness of cultures at EMU

September 27, 2018Last updated October 1, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Even before the long line of hungry students was admitted, Thomas Plaza at Eastern Mennonite University was bustling Friday night as 22 chef teams prepped their tables where they would

Baseball coach Adam Posey begins faith formation discussion at spring conference: ‘Meet students where they are’

May 16, 2018Last updated May 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Most folks in the audience at Eastern Mennonite University’s April 10 spring faculty-staff conference left the first morning assembly with a much better idea of how assistant baseball coach Adam

Composer Gwyneth Walker will attend March 22 premiere of work dedicated to EMU orchestra

March 2, 2018Last updated March 23, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

The natural beauty of the Shenandoah Valley will take musical shape in this spring’s premiere of a new four-movement suite composed for and dedicated to the Eastern Mennonite University Chamber

A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services

March 1, 2018Last updated May 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his

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