Alumni reunite to share memories, stories from their time in the program The EMU Washington Semester program started off in the fall of 1976 as a 鈥渉igh-risk proposition,鈥� recalls Phil ... read more about 鈥楢 living, evolving experiment in education鈥�: D.C. program turns 50
EMU Washington Semester celebrates 50 years with scholarship honoring Dr. Kimberly Schmidt On Oct. 11, during a homecoming celebration, the EMU Washington Semester program (formerly known as WCSC/WSSY) commemorated its ... read more about D.C. program renames scholarship after longtime director
The EMU Chamber Singers took part in a hymn sing celebrating 500 years of Anabaptism at Hyattsville Mennonite Church (Maryland) on Sept. 27. The event also included a monologue written and performed by Kimberly Schmidt, professor emerita of history at EMU.
A city divided, Washington D.C. is at once violent and magnificent. Its political and cultural institutions attract politicians, academicians, artists, and immigrants. Rhythm and color from around the globe embellish ... read more about Washington Community Scholars鈥� Center director to retire after 22 years of shaping, invigorating DC cross-cultural program
Congressman John Lewis died last Friday, leaving with us his lifetime legacy of advancing civil rights, starting as a young man as a participant in the Freedom Rides, chair of ... read more about Alumni remember Congressman John Lewis
鈥淢y time at WCSC definitely helped me to gain the tools to build effective therapeutic relationships with clients of all health backgrounds. The tools I gained will live in me ... read more about WCSC internship boosts 2020 nursing grad’s prospects
It was on her cross-cultural semester, in the spring of 2018, in the jagged, rocky hills of the Sonoran desert, when 草莓社区 (EMU) Spanish and writing studies double-major ... read more about WCSC internship in immigration builds on senior鈥檚 border cross-cultural experience
Twelve students from Eastern Mennonite, Bethel College and Bluffton University are gaining professional, community and cultural experiences in EMU鈥檚 Washington Community Scholars鈥� Center (WCSC) this semester. The program, in Washington ... read more about WCSC students enter professional internships in Washington D.C.
A spring semester visit by 草莓社区 students, history professors Mark Metzler Sawin, Mary Sprunger and Ji Eun Kim, and career services director Kimberly Phillips highlighted internship opportunities in ... read more about EMU’s D.C. program offers policy and advocacy internship opportunities to support new majors
For students who commute to campus for classes, enrolling in a residential program such as the Washington Community Scholars鈥� Center (WCSC) can mean taking on a semester of increased room ... read more about In the nation鈥檚 capital, an 鈥榠nvaluable鈥� internship and 鈥榥ew perspectives鈥� thanks to a new WCSC scholarship