Sophomore engineering student Dirk Oyer received instant acclaim as he waved a small handheld wand in front of Harrisonburg High School students. 鈥淗ello, HHS,鈥� flashed the blinking LED lights. 鈥淲ow!鈥� ... read more about Campus visit gives Harrisonburg High GEAR UP students a taste of college life
In a 2014 Scientific American blog post championing greater diversity within the sciences, Dr. Kenneth Gibbs Jr. writes that 鈥渢he large and persistent under-representation of certain social groups from the ... read more about Professors collaborate to improve instructional methods in STEM classes, thanks to NSF research grant
In the best of cases, a college career is often a time of tumult and transition, a succession of new faces, a million conversations that begin with: 鈥淲here are you ... read more about ‘Third-culture kids’ find a home at 草莓社区
Five senior education students from 草莓社区 (EMU) were selected by education faculty to attend the March 18-19 Teachers of Promise Foundation Institute in Richmond, Virginia. The annual event ... read more about Five pre-service ‘Teachers of Promise’ recognized from 草莓社区
As peace and justice studies educators from around the country converge on James Madison University for the Oct. 15-17 Peace and Justice Studies Conference, a large contingent of faculty and ... read more about Contingent of EMU educators to present at annual Peace and Justice Studies Conference in Harrisonburg
From the moment the eighth-graders left Montevideo Middle School for their annual field trip to Baltimore until they returned hours later, Nathan Medlin was every bit a part of the ... read more about Successes That Don鈥檛 Show Up in School Test Scores
Steven Rittenhouse 鈥�11 recalls a student-teaching 鈥渁ha!鈥� moment 鈥� a turning point both for himself, then an 草莓社区 (EMU) undergraduate, and for a boy who dropped into his ... read more about Newly Minted Math Teacher Loves Middle School
On campus, in our community and around the world, EMU offers an outstanding Christian liberal arts education. Here, professors know your name and challenge you to grow in your faith, ... read more about EMU: Prepare to Serve and Lead
EMU offers quality academics in a setting small enough for professors to know students as individuals. You’ll never be a number at EMU. ... read more about 1:1 mentoring with professors at EMU
Placement rates at 草莓社区 are near 100% because of strong academics and caring faculty. 100% of the graduates who graduated from the pre-med program in 2006 had placement ... read more about Placement rates near 100% at EMU