View a timeline of EMU’s Intercultural Program (formerly known as cross-cultural).<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n\nPeachey will coordinate off-campus intercultural undergraduate and graduate courses, provide academic and programmatic oversight of the undergraduate intercultural requirement, and teach undergraduate intercultural learning courses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former director Beth Good<\/strong> has moved into a position as the new program director of the Master of Science in Nursing program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n“In multiple roles at EMU I’ve sought to be strongly student-centered: Where does learning take place, how do we support growth, self-awareness, openness and curiosity about the larger world?\u201d Peachey said. \u201cIntercultural experiences, whether they happen on campus, in our Harrisonburg context, in our Washington D.C. program and throughout the US or internationally, are a central aspect of EMU\u2019s values and mission. I\u2019m excited to give leadership for the future.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Provost Fred Kniss<\/strong> spoke to the \u201cwealth of international and EMU work experience\u201d Peachey brings to the position. Peachey has been involved in campus ministries, student advising, and teaching in the undergraduate general education and Bible and religion programs. He served as associate campus pastor from 2002-12.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPeachey, who is fluent in Spanish, recently returned from leading a summer intercultural in Spain with his spouse and social work professor Deanna Durham.<\/strong> He has also led six semester-long groups to Mexico, Guatemala, and Cuba, and the May term “Local Context” intercultural experience. This program includes immersion in Washington D.C., where he previously lived for 17 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\nPeachey was involved in an inner-city mission congregation, Community of Hope, in Washington, D.C., where he was a social worker and development director. He previously served four years as co-director of Mennonite Central Committee\u2019s work in El Salvador. He has a master’s degree in theology (mission and cross cultural studies) from Washington Theological Union, a master’s degree in counseling from EMU, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in social work from the Catholic University of America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cByron brings a mix of skills, dispositions, and experiences that will be important in his leadership of EMU’s Intercultural Programs as we strive to continually evolve to best serve the needs of our students,\u201d said Kniss. \u201cI am confident that Byron will carry on the important work of envisioning and re-envisioning EMU’s Intercultural Program to ensure access and achievement for all our students in their intercultural learning and development.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n