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Students Report on ‘Life-Changing’ Cross-culturals

April 25, 2008 by Jim Bishop

“May I see your photo ID, please?” Everyone entering Lehman Auditorium Wednesday morning, Apr. 23, for the final chapel of spring semester was asked to produce a personal identification or

Student Baptized in Jordan on Easter

April 2, 2008 by Jim Bishop

EMU student John A. Tyson said he “had thought about it for some time and felt that the time and place were right.” And so, early on Easter Sunday, 2008,

Second EMU Group Leaves on Cross-Cultural

January 11, 2008 by Jim Bishop

Thirty EMU students were commissioned during a chapel service Friday, Jan. 11 for a semester of study and learning in the Middle East and embarked later the same day. It

A Voice Of Peace

October 24, 2006 by Tom Mitchell, Daily News-Record

Elias Chacour, Christian-Palestinian-Israeli ambassador for peace, addresses a church leaders’ luncheon at EMU. Photo by Jim Bishop By Tom Mitchell, Daily News-Record Upon taking the podium at Monday

Professors Lead Middle East Tour

September 27, 2006 by Laura Lehman Amstutz

Dorothy Jean Weaver, professor of New Testament at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, and Kevin Clark, adjunct instructor at EMS , will lead a group to Israel/Palestine to tour the country and

Middle East Peacebuilder to Visit EMU/JMU

September 22, 2006 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Elias Chacour, renowned Christian-Palestinian-Israeli ambassador for peace Elias Chacour, a renowned Christian-Palestinian-Israeli ambassador for peace, will make a visit to Eastern Mennonite University and James Madison University in late October,

Student Named Undergraduate ‘Fellow’

August 28, 2006 by Jim Bishop

Timothy H. Shenk, a student at Eastern Mennonite University, has been named a 2006 Undergraduate Fellow by The Fund for Theological Education (FTE). He is one of 70 students from

Family of Ex-Profs Waits In Hopeful Mood

July 21, 2006 by Leah Nylen, Daily News-Record

By Leah Nylen, Daily News-Record Ken and Kathryn Seitz were expected to be aboard a ship bound for Cyprus this morning. Back home, the Seitz family remained upbeat about the

Step Forth, People of Faith

February 28, 2006 by Ronald S. Kraybill

Ronald S. Kraybill The headlines tell only part of the story: a venerated mosque decapitated in Samarra, Muslims and Christians slaughtering each other in Nigeria, raids on Christians in Egypt.

Palestinians Neglected, Trio Says

October 28, 2005 by Tom Mitchell, Daily News-Record

Sherene Abdulhadi (left), a Muslim Arab, Amira Hillal, a Christian Palestinian, and Roni Hammerman, a Jewish Israeli, speak at EMU on Thursday night. Photo by Michael Reilly By Tom Mitchell,

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