Phil Helmuth Archives

Doing business for charities: regional alumni-run, nonprofit charitable enterprises support service work worldwide

March 13, 2014Last updated June 13, 2014 by

Hundreds of volunteers, many of them EMU alumni, are the backbone of four alumni-run, nonprofit charitable enterprises in Harrisonburg that funnel funds toward worldwide poverty alleviation, relief and development efforts.

Doing business for charities

March 7, 2014Last updated July 8, 2014 by

The continuing legacy of the Augsburgers

March 2, 2014Last updated July 2, 2014 by

From the mid-1960s through the 1970s – encompassing 15 years of great social change within Eastern Mennonite College and beyond – theologian Myron Augsburger (BA ’55, BTh ’58) led this

Undocumented Latino youth receive scholarly support, plus EMU’s helping hand

November 15, 2013Last updated December 5, 2013 by Lani Prunés and Chris Edwards

Three high school students brought from Mexico as children are looking forward to being successful college students, thanks to the local branch of Scholars’ Latino Initiative program (SLI), with which

EMU Development Director Provides Financial Care for Local Church Congregation

March 6, 2013Last updated January 6, 2016 by Gloria Diener

Recent family news took Phil and Loretta Helmuth into the future and the past at the same time. Three more grandchildren are due to arrive in March, which led Phil

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

Helmuth Named Valley Fundraiser of the Year

November 22, 2011Last updated January 6, 2016 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Phil Helmuth sees no contradiction between his two longtime professions: ordained Mennonite minister and fundraiser for Mennonite-backed causes. Both roles are relationship-based and mission-oriented, he says. Phil grew up in

Harvard Hosts EMU Funding Strategy Meetings for New Science Facility

April 12, 2011Last updated January 6, 2016 by Andrea Schrock Wenger

BOSTON — Harvard Medical School provided the backdrop for a historic gathering intended to generate lead funding strategies for Eastern Mennonite University’s $30 million capital campaign to create new science

Call Center Proves Effective With Alumni

March 19, 2008 by Andrea Wenger

If your phone rings in the early evening, who do you want to hear on the other end? How about a motivated, energetic student from your alma mater? Read more…

Pedaling for Fun and Finances

August 13, 2007 by Jim Bishop

Forty-two bikers from seven states and Ontario, Canada, left EMU on Aug. 5 and traveled some 292 miles in the Shenandoah Valley, much of the route on the scenic Skyline

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