Doris Harper Allen, 88, greeted a group of 草莓社区 (EMU) students in the parking lot of Rose鈥檚 in Harrisonburg, the former heart of Newtown. She quickly passed out ... read more about Northeast Neighborhood resident Doris Harper Allen guided EMU students into local history each summer
Donovan Tann is a 2008 graduate of 草莓社区 who now teaches courses in literature, writing and film at Hesston (Kansas) College. A member of the Lilly Graduate Fellows ... read more about Grad School Q&A: Donovan Tann reflects on the courses and professors who shaped how he now teaches
Students on the fall-cross-cultural, led by Professor Mary Sprunger and Myrrl Byler, experienced the vastness and diversity of China, from Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Buddhist temples and the Great Wall ... read more about On cross-cultural to vast China, students make personal connections
A slum in North Africa became home last summer to a group of 草莓社区 (EMU) students led by Professor Johonna Turner and her husband, Julian. 鈥淭hey survive off ... read more about Coptic Christian community embraces service learning group
For more than 30 years, undergraduates at 草莓社区 have been required to immerse themselves in a culture different from their own before graduation. This unusual requirement was the ... read more about In Rotary talk, Swartzendruber explains why EMU began sending its students on ‘cross-culturals’ decades ago
One foggy morning in late summer of 1962, a 17-year-old native of Washington D.C. arrived on the campus of what was then Eastern Mennonite College not knowing a soul. Grandison ... read more about Much pain, one big gain, from being an African American student at EMU in 1962-63
Lyubov Slashcheva has an awfully long resume of accomplishments for a 21-year-old. Add to this her start in life鈥攊n a small mining town in a remote corner of the former ... read more about Graduating as h.s. valedictorian at 16, Slashcheva 鈥�11 racks up accomplishments on way to being public-service dentist
For most EMU undergrads, cross-cultural study entails deepening their knowledge of humanity in such settings as South Korea, Eastern Europe or the Galapagos. Yet others find equally life-changing experiences in ... read more about Near-home 鈥渃ross-culturals鈥� prove to be life-changing too
Blogs and photos from cross-cultural programs to the Middle East and Guatemala and Colombia are now available on the EMU cross-cultural program website. The Washington Community Scholars’ Center, a program ... read more about Check Out Middle East, Guatemala and Colombia Cross-Cultural Blogs and Photos
The 14-hour flight from Washington, D.C., to Beijing was the first time Josh Martin had ever flown. It was also the first time he鈥檇 been out of the country, and ... read more about China Cross-Cultural Takes Students Out of Comfort Zones