Seminary Opening Convocation

The entire EMU community is warmly welcome to help kick off the new academic year at the Seminary Opening Convocation. Seminary Dean Sue Cockley, who also serves as Dean of the new School of Theology, Humanities and the Performing Arts, will be leading us in reflections on the passage in Luke 2 where Jesus leaves behind....

Opening Convocation-Susan Schultz Huxman

Gather for Opening Convocation featuring a welcome to a new academic year from Provost Fred Kniss, President Susan Schultz Huxman’s address, Lead Together, an instrumental response on piano from Dr. David Berry, and a prayerful sending for the Vienna & Europe Cross-Cultural seminar led by Justin and Amanda Poole.

2019 Matriculation Ceremony

The Matriculation Ceremony takes place at the beginning of each academic year and marks the moment when students are formally enrolled as members of the EMU community; signing the register of the university and enrolling in the institution. Matriculation serves as the ritual counterpart to the Baccalaureate Ceremony students will experience at the end of....

Campus Worship: Holy Week Alfombra

Gather with the Latino Student Alliance (LSA) for a Holy Week worship service, around the freshly prepared alfombra, to welcome Jesus in this Holy Week for Christians. —– Sawdust carpets (Spanish: tapetes de aserrín), similar to alfombras, are one or more layers of colored sawdust, and sometimes other additional materials, laid on the ground as decoration. Sawdust carpets....