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SPI in One Word

August 27, 2015 by

Listen to 2015 Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) participants describe their experience at SPI at Eastern Mennonite University in one word. The Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) teaches 16 to 20 short-term,

Former NFL center and founder of First Fruits Farm led to life of service through agriculture

June 1, 2015Last updated June 29, 2015 by Andrew Goodstein

When former star NFL center Jason Brown left the St. Louis Rams in 2012 to become a farmer in North Carolina, he admittedly had no idea what he was doing.

Summer Peacebuilding Institute at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

October 28, 2014 by

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

Consultation, Conference and Writing at the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

October 28, 2014 by

The Consultation, Conference, and Writing program brings together practitioners, colleagues, strategic partners, and alumni of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) to chart the past, present, and future of

In Rotary talk, Swartzendruber explains why EMU began sending its students on ‘cross-culturals’ decades ago

September 8, 2014Last updated September 22, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

For more than 30 years, undergraduates at Eastern Mennonite University have been required to immerse themselves in a culture different from their own before graduation. This unusual requirement was the

EMU’s link to the president of Somalia traced to the efforts of one female graduate student, now holding a PhD

August 27, 2014Last updated September 8, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

The trail of the president of Somalia to Eastern Mennonite University goes back 14 years to Khadija Ossoble Ali. In 2000, when Ali was a graduate student in conflict transformation

President of Somalia welcomed “home” as alumnus of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute

August 7, 2014Last updated August 29, 2014 by Bonnie Price Lofton

Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud topped off attendance at the historic U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit hosted by President Obama with a visit to Harrisonburg, Virginia, on Aug. 7, where he renewed

It’s summertime and the living is . . . (well, not easy) – it’s really, really busy on campus

July 20, 2014Last updated September 22, 2014 by Robert Propst

From August to April, students are the life blood of Eastern Mennonite University. After that, the faces on campus may be less familiar, but EMU’s heart keeps beating strong with

Doing interfaith work in Nigeria

June 22, 2014Last updated August 22, 2014 by

Within North American educational institutions affiliated with one of the three “historic peace churches” – Mennonite, Brethren and Quaker – only Eastern Mennonite University offers a graduate program pertaining to

Former diplomat discovers STAR

June 22, 2014Last updated August 25, 2014 by David Yoder

Angela R. Dickey spent 25 years promoting the policies of the United States while working for the U.S. Department of State in Washington DC and in a number of countries

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