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EMU remembers legacy of Jimmy Carter

January 9, 2025Last updated January 17, 2025 by Ryan Cornell

This story has been updated to add a missing graduation year. Eastern Mennonite University joins the nation in mourning the late former President Jimmy Carter, who was known for his

Meet the presidents: Learn more about our school’s eight former leaders

February 19, 2024Last updated February 21, 2024 by EMU Communications

Did you know that the first president of EMU resigned in a dispute about allowing musical instruments in the home? Or, that the fifth president took office at age 35?

Spanning nearly 50 years of institutional leadership, EMC/EMU presidents emeriti reminisce

October 16, 2017Last updated February 19, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Friday afternoon’s Presidential Forum at Eastern Mennonite University’s MainStage Theater offered a rare opportunity to hear from four leaders: three who have led the institution through major cultural and curricular

Rotary International welcomes new EMU chapter of Rotaract

October 2, 2017Last updated October 4, 2017 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Following its inaugural reception and ceremonial launch last week, a club at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is now poised to offer students new opportunities for service, leadership training, and making

‘Bound together by love’: Convocation opens new academic year with music, prayer and words to inspire

September 3, 2015Last updated September 16, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

The 2015 convocation to dedicate the new academic year at Eastern Mennonite University began and ended yesterday [Sept. 2] with music: first the triumphal tones of the Lehman Auditorium organ

Sustainable Food Initiative partners with Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community farm to grow, harvest vegetables

July 31, 2015Last updated June 29, 2016 by David Brennan

When Tyler Eshleman took the helm of Eastern Mennonite University’s sputtering student-led Sustainable Food Initiative (SFI) last year, his goals were modest: to return the weed-choked campus gardens to their

Eastern Mennonite Missions president discusses challenges of global mission engagement in Augsburger Lecture series

March 30, 2015Last updated July 19, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

To explain the dramatic changes in missions engagement over the last half-century, Nelson Okanya, MDiv ’03, president of Eastern Mennonite Missions, utilizes a stark image: a sturdy bridge, spanning a

Visiting speaker draws parallels between Christian ‘shalom’ and Native American values of harmony, balance

March 19, 2014Last updated April 3, 2014 by Steve Shenk

The “harmony way” of Native Americans is a lot like the “shalom community” taught by Jesus, according to a seminary professor from Oregon who spoke at Eastern Mennonite University on

An essay on the advent of the accounting major at EMU

March 2, 2014Last updated July 2, 2014 by

No more than 25 feet north of my home (I live almost adjacent to EMU) resides one of the best neighbors a person could have, Mildred Heacock Hostetter. She graduated

Distinguished Faculty Headline Summer Missional Institute

March 11, 2013Last updated April 3, 2013 by Catherine Stover

Eastern Mennonite Seminary (EMS) Lancaster is offering three courses in its Summer Institute for Missional Questions, April-June 2013. The teachers, Myron S. Augsburger, Conrad L. Kanagy and Mark and Mary

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