Each summer, the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) brings together students, practitioners, and professionals from around the world for a unique learning experience centered on conflict transformation, restorative justice, and peacebuilding. ... read more about Apply by May 8 for Summer Peacebuilding Institute
Editor鈥檚 Note: This profile is the sixth and final story about students and alumni leading up to the 10th annual LovEMU Giving Day on April 1. For more information about ... read more about For the record: Patience Kamau 鈥�02, MA 鈥�17 says EMU changed the trajectory of her life
The classroom was packed. Over two-dozen people crowded into seats. Some stood along the sides. Others sat in the aisles. Only a few years after earning an English degree from ... read more about Five questions with Professor Dr. Gloria Rhodes 鈥�88, director of EMU鈥檚 Center for Justice and Peacebuilding
Leymah Gbowee MA 鈥�07 (conflict transformation), a graduate of EMU鈥檚 world-renowned Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and a 2011 recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, appeared on CBS Mornings with ... read more about Alumna, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Leymah Gbowee MA 鈥�07 appears on 鈥楥BS Mornings鈥�
A new book by attorney and mediator Brenda Waugh MA 鈥�09 (conflict transformation), Becoming a Restorative Lawyer: How to Transform Your Legal Practice for Self, Client, and Community Growth (Good ... read more about New book from CJP alumna explores how lawyers can integrate RJ principles
Three Eastern Mennonite Seminary students and one Center for Justice and Peacebuilding student are recipients of Mennonite Church USA鈥檚 Scholarship for BIPOC Students. The scholarship recipients include Shana Green, pursuing a master of divinity; Makinto, pursuing an MA in Christian leadership; Jonny Rashid, pursuing a doctorate in ministry; and Mukarabe Lysaine Makinto-Inandava, pursuing an MA in conflict transformation.
Ishtiaq Khan MA '24 (conflict transformation), a refugee resettlement caseworker and restorative justice practitioner for The Refugee Center in Champaign, Illinois, received the Immigrant Leadership Award from the Champaign-Urbana Immigration Forum on Sept. 20. Through his work, "Khan focuses on helping people from war-affected and conflict zones like Afghanistan, Ukraine, Syria and Iraq, be it organizing children's education, finding jobs or honing in on health," states an article in The News-Gazette.
This is the first of three profiles about the recipients of EMU’s 2025 Alumni Awards. For more information about the annual awards and a full list of past winners, visit ... read more about Alumni Awards: Collaborative worldbuilder Fabrice Guerrier MA ’15聽named Alum of the Year聽
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding (CJP) at EMU sent 13 graduates off into the world with words of affirmation and reflection at its annual Celebration of Blessings on Sunday, ... read more about Celebration of Blessings features reflections from CJP grads
Editor鈥檚 Note: This profile is the third of six stories about students and alumni leading up to LovEMU Giving Day on April 2. For more information about the day and ... read more about A Royal Tale: Multihyphenate musician Makinto finds his second act at EMU