Vi Dutcher Archives

Writers Read panel to discuss ‘Children’s Literature for Challenging Times’

March 31, 2021Last updated April 12, 2021 by EMU communications

Eastern Mennonite University hosts a panel on “Empowering Children’s Literature for Challenging Times” Sunday, April 11, at 3 p.m. The panel will include authors and educators who have conducted research

Beloved professor Jay B. Landis ’54 leaves deep legacy

May 21, 2020Last updated May 21, 2020 by Lauren Jefferson

Poetry recitations, the gifts of home-grown roses, a special grace of dignity in the simple acts of being and sharing, and an encyclopedic memory that connected him deeply to all

Spring recognition chapel honors nearly 130 student leaders

April 27, 2018Last updated May 14, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Leadership style and abilities emerge from experience and from constant learning, Vice President of Student Life Jim Smucker said in his welcome to Eastern Mennonite University’s spring semester recognition chapel.

Bluffton prof and poet Jeff Gundy presents at March 15 Writers Read

March 1, 2018Last updated March 16, 2018 by Christopher Clymer Kurtz

Just as “it’s possible to live on bread and water,” Jeff Gundy says, “it’s possible to live without poetry. But life is better with it.” Gundy will present his poetry

A meditation on vocation: academic departments host chapel services

March 1, 2018Last updated May 21, 2018 by Lauren Jefferson

Professor Ryan Thompson is a former Christian Church youth pastor who began a master’s degree in counseling at Richmont Graduate University, affiliated with the evangelical church, and then finished his

Students honored at fall recognition chapel

December 8, 2017Last updated December 11, 2017 by EMU communications staff

During the Dec. 8 Fall Recognition Chapel, the following students were honored: Academic Success Center Linda Gnagey, director of the Academic Success Center, and Professor Vi Dutcher, with the Writing

‘Expanding the Legacy, Enlarging the Tent’: Annual faculty-staff conference draws community to Centennial themes

August 17, 2017Last updated August 21, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Eastern Mennonite University faculty and staff dipped their hands into bowls of water as they received a blessing on their work for the coming year. The sacred ritual concluded the

Special chapel celebrates student accomplishments of the fall 2016 semester

December 7, 2016Last updated December 7, 2016 by Lauren Jefferson

Among the many students recognized at Eastern Mennonite University’s Fall Recognition Chapel Wednesday, Dec. 7, were three standout nursing students recognized by their peers for their unique achievements. Molly Kirby,

Writers Read: Mennonite and Amish characters live in the novels of Iowa native Evie Miller Yoder

March 22, 2016Last updated July 19, 2016 by Walt Wiltschek

Novelist Evie Yoder Miller writes that some years ago — after reading Barbara Kingsolver’s book Animal, Vegetable, Miracle — she decided to plant a patch of black raspberries. She works

‘Searching for Zion’ author visits campus to kick off 2015-16 Common Read focus on race, identity and culture

October 15, 2015Last updated July 31, 2017 by Lauren Jefferson

Of all the possible suggestions that came to Common Read committee chair Tara Kishbaugh from the Eastern Mennonite University community, one topic bubbled to the surface. “Race,” said Kishbaugh, a

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