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‘Close-up view’: Honors and Scholarship Weekend draws prospective students for interviews, auditions

February 5, 2018Last updated February 7, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

More than 100 prospective students converged on Eastern Mennonite University last weekend — an inaugural Scholarship Weekend coupled with the traditional annual Honors Weekend. They came from as close as

Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence

November 15, 2017Last updated February 5, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

With #metoo and #Ibelieveyou circulating through social media feeds and news digest, Eastern Mennonite University’s Nov. 7-10 Take Back the Night events focused the community on reflection, listening and frank

After bonding over shared ‘third-culture kid’ experience, psychology professor and student collaborate on research

May 9, 2016Last updated October 5, 2021 by Andrew Jenner

When she started her sophomore year of high school, Kim Brenneman suddenly wasn’t in Kansas anymore. Her family had moved to northern India, and Brenneman – now a professor and

‘Third-culture kids’ find a home at Eastern Mennonite University

April 21, 2016Last updated October 5, 2021 by Andrew Jenner

In the best of cases, a college career is often a time of tumult and transition, a succession of new faces, a million conversations that begin with: “Where are you

Joshua Mensah emerges as strong communicator, innovator, fulfilling hopes of his Nobel-winning mother in his own way

April 25, 2014Last updated May 9, 2014 by Paul Souder

Joshua Mensah landed at Eastern Mennonite University because his Nobel prize-winning mother, Leymah Gbowee, wanted him to go to a Christian college that emphasizes community and peacebuilding. “Coming from an

Talk On Culture Shock Draws Students to Maplewood

November 5, 2009Last updated September 17, 2014 by Bethany Miller, Weather Vane staff writer

Bethany Miller, Weather Vane student newspaper John Kratz, director of International Student Services and David Muscan, Hillside RD discuss at the culture shock meeting. (Photo: Morgan Porter and Chelsie Gordon)

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