Nobel Peace Prize

For fight against Ebola, international students plan fundraising event with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee

January 15, 2015Last updated January 6, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

After spending the summer thousands of miles from her native Liberia and watching nervously from afar as Ebola swept through her country, sophomore Winifred Gray-Johnson wanted to take action when

EMU Opens Convocation “Like No Other”

August 31, 2012Last updated September 22, 2014 by Mike Zucconi

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) President Loren Swartzendruber called students, faculty and staff to be “like no other,” as a Christian university and as servant leaders, to the standing-room only crowd

Gbowee Carries Olympic Flag at Ceremony

July 31, 2012Last updated August 13, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, carried in the Olympic flag with seven other humanitarians during the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

Doubling Down On Success

April 30, 2012Last updated May 16, 2012 by Jeremy Hunt

Being twins, Justin and Joel Rittenhouse learned to share growing up: toys, birthdays, even, in one sense, each other’s face. Now, the 21-year-olds share another distinction — Eastern Mennonite University

Gbowee Opens Up on Life after Nobel Prize

April 11, 2012Last updated April 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Leymah Gbowee, one of three recipients of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and Eastern Mennonite University Alumnus of the Year, spoke with the Daily Observer about life after the peace

Be ‘Your Own Mandela …’

March 19, 2012Last updated April 2, 2012 by Emily Sharrer

Courtesy Daily News Record, Mar. 19, 2012 Leymah Gbowee’s journey to becoming a Nobel Peace laureate began, ironically enough, because she was angry. Angry about the way women’s roles were

Disney Heir to Speak at Commencement

February 6, 2012Last updated September 24, 2014 by Marcy Gineris and Mike Zucconi

Her ties to the first family of entertainment are strong but this Disney focuses on brave women in peacebuilding rather than cartoons and children’s films. Abigail Disney, a philanthropist, scholar

Nobel Laureate Helps Spark Women’s Program at EMU

December 12, 2011Last updated March 27, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton

In her Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on Dec. 10, 2011, Leymah Gbowee called on women around the world “to unite in sisterhood to turn our tears into triumph, our

EMU President Makes Nobel Trip

December 9, 2011Last updated September 18, 2014 by Nate Delesline III

Eastern Mennonite University alumna Leymah Gbowee will be joined by family, friends and university President Loren Swartzendruber in Oslo this weekend as she accepts the Nobel Peace Prize. Gbowee created

Watch EMU Alum Receive Nobel Peace Prize

December 8, 2011Last updated December 13, 2011 by Mike Zucconi

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) alumna Leymah Gbowee is one of three women jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and will receive the award on Saturday, Dec. 10, in Oslo,