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Dr. Robb Davis, director of health initiatives at Freedom From Hunger, will address faculty and staff on Wednesday, Aug. 19<\/div>\n
Robb Davis of Davis, Calif., will open the conference 9:30 a.m. Wednesday with an address on the program theme. Dr. Davis received a masters of public health as well as a doctorate from the School of Hygiene and Health at Johns Hopkins University and has considerable international experience. <\/p>\n
He is director of health initiatives at Freedom From Hunger, an organization that combines microfinance, education and health protection to help poor women in Africa, Asia, and Latin America achieve a sustainable, self-help end to hunger. Davis has taught in EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute a number of years. <\/p>\n
An interactive session with Davis will follow at 11 a.m.Main sessions will be held in Martin Chapel of the seminary building. <\/p>\n
EMU President Loren Swartzendruber will give a “state of the campus” address 8:30 a.m. Thursday. <\/p>\n
Other activities will include a music and storytelling session, faculty workshops on cross-cultural programs and intensive writing, a voluntary cholesterol screening and worship led by Kenneth J. Nafziger, professor of music. <\/p>\n
Other back-to-school activities<\/h3>\n
The annual all-campus picnic will be held on the front lawn Wednesday evening, Aug. 19. <\/p>\n
Students who will serve as community advisers or ministry assistants will begin arriving for training sessions Friday, Aug. 21. <\/p>\n
First-year students will check into the residence halls Aug. 29. Orientation programs for new students run through Monday, Aug. 31. <\/p>\n
Returning students will arrive on campus Sunday, Aug. 30. Final fall semester registration will be held Monday, Aug. 31. <\/p>\n
Fall convocation, Sept. 2<\/h3>\n
President Loren Swartzendruber will speak at an opening convocation 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 2 in Lehman Auditorium on the theme, “Educating to serve and lead in a global context.” Student cross-cultural groups going to South Africa and Lesotho for the fall semester will be commissioned. <\/p>\n
EMU’s fall semester runs through Dec. 18. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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