{"id":48354,"date":"2021-02-02T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T20:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=48354"},"modified":"2021-02-08T10:12:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T15:12:40","slug":"in-memorium-terry-dean-beitzel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/in-memorium-terry-dean-beitzel\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Terry Dean Beitzel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EMU\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding mourns the passing of Terry Dean Beitzel, professor in the Justice Studies Department at James Madison University and director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence since 2014. Beitzel died Friday, January 29, 2021, at Sentara RMH Medical Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beitzel studied at CJP from 2001-02 before earning his doctorate at George Mason University. He was a teaching assistant in a theory class and taught courses at CJP, including with the Summer Peacebuilding Institute, while working on his doctorate. In 2007, he joined the faculty at JMU but maintained close connections with CJP faculty and students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFew private individuals live a life that evokes a global outpouring of sorrow when they leave us,\u201d said CJP Executive Director Jayne Docherty. \u201cAs word spread over the weekend, we received phone calls and emails from the many CJP graduates he knew and mentored. In addition to his prolific career accomplishments, we remember Terry as a warm, funny, compassionate, and kind human being who didn&#8217;t just talk about peace but embodied it. We send our deepest condolences to his wife, Sylvia, and his daughter, Myra.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plans for a service and for other memorial opportunities will be announced at a later date. We will update this article with information as it becomes available.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Share your memories of Terry Beitzel in the comment box below. All messages will be shared with his family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kygers.com\/obituary\/terry-beitzel?lud=828653B8393EA81050FA3EC0AA50379B&amp;fbclid=IwAR2d6Ebl8VRhRqK3umRLyFYaM40K6icQxb2uZJX7BdFD46bPhIlAvx_7-Yo\">Read the full obituary.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beitzel was known for encouraging his students \u201cto ask questions, to accept responsibility for their learning, and to become involved in the JMU, Harrisonburg, and Rockingham County communities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that spirit and in his scholarship, he often intersected with CJP alumni and friends. He was widely published and presented regularly at conferences. Among his endeavors were cross-cultural community building in Guinea, India, Kenya, and Kosovo; service as a practitioner for the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation with the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience; and his establishment of the International Journal on Responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beitzel\u2019s role at the Gandhi Center enabled collaboration with Shenandoah Valley community members and others across the globe, including alumni and others in the peacebuilding field with ties to CJP. He launched partnerships with Valley Justice Coalition, New Bridges Immigration Center, Fairfield Mediation Center, and Many Voices of Harrisonburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under Beitzel\u2019s leadership, the Gandhi Center recognized the work of Anabaptist peacebuilders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2015, the center honored Pax, a program of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). About <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2015\/pax-service-program-predecessor-to-the-peace-corps-recognized-by-mahatma-gandi-center-for-global-nonviolence\/\">60 former PAX members, including organization co-founder and former leader Cal Redekop, came to the May ceremony<\/a>. The organization was created in response to the reinstatement of the military draft in the United States after the start of the Korean War. From 1951-1976, more than 1,200 Mennonites, Quakers, Brethren and other conscientious objectors, who performed alternative service in 40 countries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2013, the center honored Howard Zehr as one of two recipients of the <a href=\"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2013\/09\/jmus-gandhi-center-honors-zehr-and-huber\/\">Community Service Award<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMU\u2019s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding mourns the passing of Terry Dean Beitzel, professor in the Justice Studies Department at James Madison University and director of the Mahatma Gandhi Center <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2021\/in-memorium-terry-dean-beitzel\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about In Memoriam: Terry Dean Beitzel<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48357,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12503,17562],"tags":[],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-48354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cjp","category-digest"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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