One foggy morning in late summer of 1962, a 17-year-old native of Washington D.C. arrived on the campus of what was then Eastern Mennonite College not knowing a soul. Grandison ... read more about Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63
UPDATE: Due to a family emergency, the presentation with Joy Jordan-Lake has been canceled. It may be re-scheduled for a later date. The language and literature department at Eastern Mennonite ... read more about Author to Speak on Racial Tension, Reconciliation – CANCELED
When David Works traced his family roots back to Thomas Jefferson, he learned that some of his relatives were descendants of slaves. Works, who is white, learned that he has ... read more about Forum Held on Race Relations Meeting at the Table
Samuel L. Horst Samuel L. Horst, professor emeritus of history, has been invited to speak on his research of a white educator who taught blacks in Lynchburg, Va., following the ... read more about EMU Historian to Speak on Educator
GOSHEN, IND. (MEA) — There is good news and bad news in racial/ethnic education for Mennonite Church USA, according to Mennonite Education Agency (MEA). Carlos Romero, executive director of this ... read more about Racial/Ethnic Education Programs Face Funding Challenge
EMU students Nathan Harder and Pancha Moreno interview in Spanish each week at Patchwork Pantry. Patchwork Pantry, an ecumenical, volunteer-run food ministry based at Community Mennonite Church in Harrisonburg, Va., ... read more about Students Volunteer at Food Pantry
Even though EMU graduated a record 406 students last spring, enrollment has kept pace and is up this fall. The record total enrollment of 1,513 students – undergraduate, seminary and ... read more about EMU Enjoys Record Fall Enrollment