international and political studies Archives - EMU News /now/news/tag/international-and-political-studies/ News from the ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø community. Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Panel to Focus on US Foreign Policy /now/news/2007/panel-to-focus-on-us-foreign-policy/ Fri, 30 Mar 2007 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1376 The public is invited to attend an in-depth panel presentation on “US Foreign Policy and How It Affects Americans” 7 p.m. Tuesday, Apr. 10, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.

The presentation, sponsored by the (CJP) at EMU, will look at ways current government policies affect the lives of everyday citizens now and may in the future.

Lisa Schirch of CJP
Lisa Schirch

Panel participants will include:

  • Lisa Schirch, associate professor of peacebuilding;

  • Jayne Docherty, associate professor of conflict studies;

  • Peter Dula, assistant professor of Bible and religion and former Mennonite Central Committee representative in Iraq;

    • Jayne Docherty of CJP
    Jayne Docherty

  • Dan Wessner, associate professor of international and political studies;

  • Dr. John (Jack) Butt, professor of history at James Madison University.

CJP students Marshall Yoder and Leymah Gbowee will facilitate the discussion.

Admission to the program is free. For more information, contact Matthew Hartman at 503-754-3319; e-mail: lifepilgrimage@yahoo.com.

]]> EMU Connects With ‘Future Generations’ Students /now/news/2006/emu-connects-with-future-generations-students/ Wed, 02 Aug 2006 04:00:00 +0000 http://www.emu.edu/blog/news/?p=1182 Dr. Torill Iversen, Norway (working with Future Generations, Afghanistan); Sivan Oun, World Relief, Cambodia; and Margaret Kaggwa, Milago Hospital, Uganda
L. to r.: Dr. Torill Iversen, Norway (working with Future Generations, Afghanistan); Sivan Oun, World Relief, Cambodia; and Margaret Kaggwa, Milago Hospital, Uganda, were among the 15 community leaders from 14 countries taking part in a fifth summer session of EMU’s Summer Peacebuilding Institute, July 24-28; from there, the group went to Mennonite Central Committee headquarters in Akron, Pa.
Photo by Jim Bishop

by Chris Edwards

Sixteen students from almost as many countries passed through ²ÝÝ®ÉçÇø (EMU) recently on their worldwide quest for a masters degree in “applied community change and conservation.” Their previous stop was India. Future stops will be Peru, Nepal and Tibet.

The students belonged to an innovative, two-year graduate program called “Future Generations,” for which Daniel W. (Dan) Wessner is the academic director. Dr. Wessner is associate professor of international and political studies at EMU.

“We are small people,” said Vietnamese student Dang Ngoc Quang, referring to his and his peers

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