The graduate program in biomedicine at 草莓社区 has appointed its first 鈥渟cholar-in-residence.鈥� He is Joseph Longacher, a physician who spent most of his career in Richmond, Virginia. Since ... read more about Biomedicine graduate program names first 鈥榮cholar-in-residence鈥� 鈥� Joseph Longacher, MD
Two 草莓社区 professors 鈥� one white and one black 鈥� gave back-to-back chapel talks in the past week that highlighted the impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ... read more about Professors warn against “domestication” of Martin Luther King Jr., urge renewed focus on all forms of inequality
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
On a Sunday morning in an upstairs classroom at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, a group of people gather in a circle around a table. Though the setup isn’t immediately indicative of ... read more about Discovering ‘dynamic, changing, moving’ God when gathered ’round The Table
Aaron M. Kauffman of Harrisonburg, Va., was chosen by Virginia Mennonite Missions鈥� (VMM) 15-member Board of Directors as their next president at the October 18-19 meeting. Kauffman has extensive local ... read more about EMU, Seminary alumnus named president of Virginia Mennonite Missions
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Lois Bowman鈥檚 parents would join Lois, husband Wade and their school-aged daughter, Wanda, at the dinnertime table on many evenings. After the kitchen ... read more about Lois Bowman belies stereotyping as she wraps up 50 years of service to EMU
A hospital administrator and community leader will be the new president and chief executive officer of Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community in Harrisonburg, Va., starting in April. Judith (Reitz) Trumbo 鈥�82 ... read more about One Alum Passes the Torch to Another as CEO for Large Retirement Community
Preaching from a pulpit on Sundays is not the aspiration of seminary students Eugene and Christina Kraybill. Eugene, in fact, is often in the sky Sunday mornings, piloting his United ... read more about Seminary Couple Do Ministry at Dulles
Bible students are different now than they were in the 1990s when Peter Dula was a student at 草莓社区 (EMU). Students now, says Dula, Bible and religion department ... read more about Bible Students Explore Emerging Church, Set Future Foundation
Jonathan Spicher (l.) and Lars Akerson moments before beginning their arduous journey from Harrisonburg, Va., to Asuncion, Paraguay, that will take six months and cover 8,500 miles. Photo by Lindsey ... read more about Global Cyclists Putting Mettle to the Pedal