This seminar will be presented in person, and also livestreamed on EMU’s Facebook Live page. Theology and Ethics After Nature Peter DulaProfessor of Religion and CultureEastern Mennonite University Can nature tell us anything about morality? Can humans draw conclusions about how to live with each other and the land from observations about ecology? In recent years,....
MLK, Jr. Convocation: Glen Guyton
Gather for the annual MLK Day of Learning, Service, and Legacy Convocation with the theme “History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” —Martin Luther King, Jr., “Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story” (1958).....
Opening Convocation & Worship
Join President Susan Schultz Huxman to open our spring semester with the address, Ready, Set, Launch 2022! Provost Fred Kniss will welcome all to the new year and the Guatemala Intercultural Seminar group will be prayerfully sent at the close of the program.
Convocation: Intercultural Presentation
Welcome the fall semester Intercultural seminar group back to campus and hear what they encountered on their learning adventures in Thailand. This event is available via Facebook Live from our EMU Facebook page.
Convocation: Student Recognition
In the Fall semester Student Recognition Convocation, we will recognize students who have contributed to the common good for all of us. Please nominate undergraduate or graduate students and/or student organizations/clubs/groups below for the following awards: Amazing Leadership – provided significant leadership across campusAcademic Champion – contributed significantly to the academic success of othersMover and Shaker – helped....
Convocation: Vocation – finding purpose
What is your sense of calling, purpose, finding meaning in life – your vocation? Encounter a panel of EMU alumni sharing reflections on finding their sweet spot for an engaging and purposeful life. Shannon Dycus, Dean of Students, facilitates this panel discussion. A learning space around convocation theme of vocation to: -help define concept and....
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Please join us for an exciting performance of the Advent and Christmas scriptures presented by the Shenandoah Valley Biblical Storytellers. Perry Blosser and Caleb Schrock-Hurst will lead both old and new carols of the season.
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Seminary senior, Rosemary Grace, shares her Ministry Specialization Project, “Preaching and Mental Health,” including both her topical presentation and sermon on Galatians 5:22-23, “For His Grace and Fruit We are Thankful.”
Chapel Gathering: Seminary
Join us for a Thanksgiving-themed chapel service led by the Seminary Community Council. Steve Pardini, seminary senior, will offer the message “Giving Thanks” based on Colossians 3:12-16. Seminary students, Furst Jenkins, Kimberly Shenk, Ezrionna Prioleau, and Barbara Bowman will also be leading us. Music will be provided by Perry Blosser and Caleb Schrock-Hurst.
University Colloquium: Jenni Holsinger
This seminar will be presented in person, and also livestreamed on EMU’s Facebook Live page. Ruralism and Resistance: Environmental Concern Among Mennonites in the U.S. Jennifer Holsinger, Associate Professor of Sociology at Eastern Mennonite University The case of Mennonites offers an opportunity to examine the intersection between rurality, religion and environmental perspectives. Drawing from her sabbatical....