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EMU Plans $7 Million Science Center Upgrade

April 5, 2013Last updated January 6, 2016 by Emily Sharrer

Eastern Mennonite University is seeking to raise about $2 million to complete a $7 million renovation to the university’s Suter Science Center. Kirk Shisler, EMU’s vice president for advancement, said

New Vice President To Set Competitive Pace in Fast-Growing Grad Programs

February 28, 2013Last updated March 13, 2013 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The next vice-president joining the presidential cabinet of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) will bring a skill-set rare in the leadership of academic institutions: decades of success as a business leader

EMU President Swartzendruber Backs U.S. Education Secretary at D.C. Event for Gun Safety

February 6, 2013Last updated February 25, 2013 by Andrea Schrock Wenger

Congress needs to be forced by Americans outside Washington, D.C., to take steps to curb gun violence, said U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan at a Capitol Hill press conference on

Swartzendruber Joins In Call For Tighter Controls On Firearms

January 4, 2013Last updated February 5, 2013 by Emily Sharrer

Eastern Mennonite University President Loren Swartzendruber is among more than 300 college presidents asking for tighter gun controls in the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., shooting. An open letter addressed

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

EMU Business and Professional Club Highlights Importance of Digital Marketing

June 5, 2012Last updated June 21, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Content of your website is king for potential clients. That was the mantra of Barry Click, co-owner of Green Solutions Carpet and Upholstery, during a social media panel discussion that

Gehman Speeding Beyond 90

May 30, 2012Last updated June 19, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Margaret Martin Gehman continues to be a pacesetter as she embarks on her ninth decade as one of Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) leading philanthropists and a beloved professor emerita. Affectionately

Disney Urges Larger Role for Women in Peacebuilding

April 30, 2012Last updated May 11, 2012 by Bonnie Price Lofton, Mike Zucconi

Commencement speaker Abigail Disney asked the graduates of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) to support a greater role for women in the political arena, particularly in peace negotiations. If more women

Donald B. Kraybill to Pen EMU History

March 14, 2012Last updated November 6, 2017 by Andrea Schrock Wenger and Donald B. Kraybill

Donald B. Kraybill, the nation’s best-known writer on Amish and Mennonite culture, will be the principal author of a fresh history of Eastern Mennonite University (EMU). Its publication will coincide

EMU President Calls Students to Build Peace

January 13, 2012Last updated January 27, 2012 by Mike Zucconi

Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) graduates are “called to peacebuilding, at the personal, family, community and global levels,” university president Loren Swarztzendruber told hundreds packed into the opening-semester convocation on Jan.

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