The first leg of her journey toward directing Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) began in 2001 when Katie Mansfield, then a divisional vice president of Goldman Sachs, lived ... read more about New STAR director brings vast experience with trauma, from 9/11 in Manhattan, through Kenya, to Swiss grad studies
Global climate change and human conflict are two different problems, dealt with by different groups, right? Wrong. In fact, the United States military combats terrorism and climate change. Both are ... read more about Veteran peacebuilder discusses global climate change as a destabilizing social and political threat
From an inaugural graduating class of seven students to 467 for the class of 2014, Eastern Mennonite University is not the same school it was a century ago. Plans for ... read more about EMU centennial theme to celebrate “past, present and future” of university and Eastern Mennonite School
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 ... read more about For fight against Ebola, international students plan fundraising event with Nobel laureate Leymah Gbowee
[Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in the spring/summer 2014 issue of Peacebuilder magazine.] Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, move over. Ditto for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The Center for Justice ... read more about Alumni couple are movers and shakers in Southern India
In his book, I Shall Not Hate, Izzeldin Abuelaish traces his journey from an impoverished childhood in the Gaza Strip to medical school in Egypt and eventually, in face of ... read more about Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish, Palestinian physician and peace activist, brings message of hope and justice to EMU
The Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) teaches 16 to 20 short-term, intensive courses each May and June. Courses are taught on a variety of topics, including but not limited to trauma ... read more about Summer Peacebuilding Institute at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
More than 9,000 people are expected to flow through the Harrisonburg International Festival this Saturday (09/27/14) swaying to music from a half-dozen areas of the world, partaking of food from ... read more about Smiles, music, hugs, dancing, food, beauty, love, can be found at the International Festival this Saturday
In a 2014 bi-national peace oratorical contest, Eastern Mennonite University student Seth Stauffer won second place in a speech that questioned one of the policies of the contest’s sponsor, Mennonite ... read more about Student wins award for speech that questions sponsor’s policy
In a “State of Education” supplement published with its October 2014 issue, Virginia Living magazine listed Eastern Mennonite University among its picks for the top colleges and high schools in ... read more about EMU peacebuilding programs recognized by Virginia Living magazine