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Lack of expert healthcare may increase self-responsibility, says hospital leader Jim Krauss in Suter Science lecture

March 11, 2015Last updated March 31, 2015 by Robert Propst

If you had no access to a clinic or hospital of any kind, would you live your life differently than you do now? Would you try to maintain a healthier

Hostetter to chair steering committee for EMU’s 100th anniversary celebration

May 2, 2014Last updated October 14, 2017 by Steve Shenk

The steering committee for the 100th anniversary celebration of Eastern Mennonite University in 2017-18 will be chaired by Louise Otto Hostetter, a 1979 graduate who has served on many boards

EMU mourns tragic death of incoming student

January 3, 2014Last updated January 15, 2014 by Preston Knight

The EMU community was deeply saddened by the sudden death of incoming student Doyeon Ki on Wednesday, January 1, in a tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with her

One Alum Passes the Torch to Another as CEO for Large Retirement Community

March 1, 2013Last updated March 14, 2013 by Steve Shenk

A hospital administrator and community leader will be the new president and chief executive officer of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va., starting in April. Judith (Reitz) Trumbo ’82

RMH Recognizes EMU Nursing Alum

May 25, 2012Last updated June 19, 2012 by Robert Sisk

RMH has named three nurses the first recipients of the Excellence in Nursing Practice awards—Eliza Burkholder, RN, 5 West; Eileen Phillips, RN, Pre-/Post-Surgical Care; and Gina Yost, RN, Information Systems.

Yoders Named “Philanthropists of the Year”

November 22, 2011Last updated December 7, 2011 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Carol and Paul R. Yoder Jr. trace their charitable impulses to their respective sets of parents. “My parents always tithed, plus,” says Paul, referring to giving more than the biblical

EMU ‘Prayer Basket’ Heading to Russia

January 2, 2008 by Jim Bishop

Brenda Fairweather wanted to respond in some way to a hostage crisis in Russia in which more than 300 civilians eventually lost their lives. On Sept. 1, 2004, terrorists linked

Long-Time EMU Biology Prof Dies

August 29, 2005 by Jim Bishop

Robert D. YoderPhoto by Jim Bishop Robert D. Yoder, 76, professor emeritus of biology at Eastern Mennonite University, died Aug. 27, 2005 at his home. He had been ill for

Driver Leaps Into May

April 29, 2005 by Michael Rothstein, Daily News-Record

Photo courtesy of EMU Athletics The 3:30 a.m. wake-up calls as a teen-ager prepared Wendy Driver for these moments. Milking cows on her family

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