Inside Athletics: November 30, 2012

In this week’s “Inside Athetics” podcast, Sports Information Director James De Boer rides solo. He opens talking about the excitement building for the track & field season, which opens this weekend.  With both basketball teams opening their ODAC seasons this week, James also talks about some trends we might see this year and some of....

“Advent” – EMS Worship Liturgy Class

EMS Worship Liturgy Class students Marlene Chandler, Karen Kiel, Rob Nash, Mary Norville, Ryan Schaeffer; lead this Chapel Gathering service in the Seminary. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday; EMU Campus Ministries hosts chapel gatherings every Wednesday and Friday in....

Inside Athletics: November 27, 2012

In today’s podcast, Dave is joined by Sue Kolb, the Assistant Athletic Director for Student Athlete Well-being. They review the work that Sue did last year in tracking attendance and academic progress as a means of improving retention rates. Sue outlines the program that was implemented, the follow-up work that was done and the results....

“Being Gotten: The Openness that Enables Discernment” – Michael King

Seminary Dean Dr. Michael King reflects on how the story of Nicodemus helps us understand the difference between “I get it” and “being gotten.” “I get it” is a way of staying in control; it’s hard for us to imagine living differently. Our whole culture takes us in the direction of emphasizing the value of....

Inside Athletics: November 16, 2012

This week Dave takes a break from reporting results and highlights of sports action and focuses on the issue of athletic scholarships. He references a series of articles by Bill Pennington that appeared in the Ney York Times in 2008. The articles were based on, at that time, recently disclosed information from the NCAA about....

“Attitude of Gratitude” – EMS Worship Liturgy Class

EMS Worship Liturgy Class students Lorrie Aikens, Drew Ensz, Nancy Sims, Danilo Sanchez, and Joshua Yorks lead this Chapel Gathering service in the Seminary. The entire campus community is invited to every chapel worship service on campus. Eastern Mennonite Seminary hosts chapel gatherings in Martin Chapel every Tuesday and Thursday; EMU Campus Ministries hosts chapel gatherings every Wednesday and Friday....

“Love Thyself: Fitness with Faith” – Faith Evans

Faith Evans, owner of Fitness with Faith, LLC, has a Bachelor of Science in Sports Medicien from Pfeiffer College, is a certified group fitness instructor with the American Council on Exercise (ACE), and holds certifications in Personal Training both from ACE and the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA). She also earned a Master....