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Spring recognition chapel honors student leadership and achievement

April 24, 2017Last updated May 2, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

“Everybody wants a revolution, but nobody wants to wash the dishes,” said Jim Smucker, vice president of enrollment and student life, to kick off the spring 2017 student recognition chapel

Sarah Kennedy, professor of Renaissance literature and Shakespeare, brings historical fiction to Writers Read

January 25, 2017Last updated February 3, 2017 by Randi B. Hagi

“Historical Fiction, Tudor England, Gardening, Herbs and Poetry” reads the tagline on Dr. Sarah Kennedy’s website. Kennedy – poet, novelist, and Mary Baldwin University professor – is the featured author

VCU professor, expert on African American women and the Bible to speak on ‘Sketches of Slave Life’

November 2, 2016Last updated November 13, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Katherine Bassard brings her expertise in African American literature to Eastern Mennonite University on Thursday, Nov. 10. She will give a presentation titled ‘Truly a Christian Act’: Freedom and

Poet Marci Rae Johnson is the featured author at Writers Read during Homecoming and Family Weekend

October 7, 2016Last updated October 17, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Poet Marci Rae Johnson visits Eastern Mennonite University for a 6:30 p.m. reading on Saturday, Oct. 15, at Common Grounds coffeehouse. This is the first Writers Read to be scheduled

Poet Gary Dop kicks off annual Writers Read series

September 7, 2016Last updated September 20, 2016 by Moderator

Poet Gary Dop is the first guest of the annual Writers Read lecture series at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). He speaks Thursday, Sept. 15, at 8:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium.

Author of The Dumbest Generation tells young people to stash their digital tools, discover quiet time

February 11, 2015Last updated March 2, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Digital tools in the hands of the young “generally serve an anti-intellectual purpose,” Mark Bauerlein told the crowd in a packed lecture room during last week’s Writers Read event at

Upcoming Writers Read author and English professor Mark Bauerlein to speak on humanities in the digital age

January 29, 2015Last updated February 6, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Take a minute and read this book title: The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes our Future (or Don’t Trust Anyone under 30). Chances are those words

EMU and Sichuan University of China sign cooperation agreement

January 15, 2015Last updated January 28, 2015 by Steve Shenk

Eastern Mennonite University and Sichuan University of Arts and Science, located in central China, signed an agreement on Jan. 13, 2015, to “promote academic exchanges, scientific research cooperation, and communication

Local writer and environmental activist shares love of Appalachian forests

October 31, 2014Last updated November 7, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

Chris Bolgiano is a self-described “mildly amusing nature writer” and a retired special collections librarian who resides in Fulks Run, Virginia. These authentic identities – citizen scientist, wide-ranging chronicler, and

First-year student paper selected for publication in nationally used composition textbook

April 7, 2014Last updated April 22, 2014 by Lauren Jefferson

Future students in the “College Writing for Transitions” class at Eastern Mennonite University may recognize a familiar name and face when they thumb through the required handbook. Among the nearly

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