2009 Commencement
EMU celebrates the University鈥檚 91st Annual Commencement. Joyce Bontrager Lehman聽 of the Bill & Melinda Gates foundation offers the Commencement address, Opportunities are for Taking.聽 Bontrager Lehman began her career in international economic development with Mennonite Economic Development Associates.聽 From 2003-2007, she spent most of her time in Afghanistan working with the World bank, USAID....
2009 Baccalaureate
EMU celebrates the University鈥檚 91st Annual Commencement in this Baccalaureate Service. Dr. Lori Leaman, associate professor of education, addresses the community with her speech, 鈥淜nowing Whom, not What.鈥�
2009 Seminary Commencement
Eastern Mennonite Seminary celebrates the Sixtieth Annual Commencement with an address by Willard M. Swartley, and Senior Class Salutation by John Michael Metzler.聽 Swartley, Professor emeritus of New Testament at Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, draws from John 15: 1-5, 8:-11, 16-17, and Galatians 5:22-23 for his Commencement Address.
2009 Nurses鈥� Pinning
The Spring semester nursing graduates celebrate the completion of their Nursing degrees in this traditional pinning ceremony. A few of the graduating Nurses share reflections of the past four years, and each graduate choses someone to pin them as nursing professor Laura Glick Yoder shares the graduate鈥檚 plans for the next phase in their life.
Reasoning Together: A Conversation on Homosexuality
Ted Grimsrud and Mark Thiessen Nation, two theologians and EMU professors, argue both sides of one of the issues vexing the postmodern church: homosexuality. They engage in respectful yet passionate give-and-take over the differences between them as well as areas of agreement and consensus.聽 Ted & Mark鈥檚 recently released book, Reasoning Together: A Conversation on....
For God So Loved the World 鈥� Lee Snyder
In this Spring Semester Opening Convocation, Interim Provost, Dr. Lee Snyder addresses the campus community based on Genesis 1, John 1:1-5 and John 3:16-17.聽 Convocation closes with a time of sending for the India and Guatemala Cross-cultural seminar groups.
Fall Semester Opening Convocation
President Loren Swartzendruber addresses the campus community with the message, 鈥淐alled to Change the World,鈥� followed by a Shenandoah Welcome for new students, faculty and staff members.
2008 Commencement
EMU celebrates the University鈥檚 90th Annual Commencement. The graduates are thankful for the tentatively sunny day, allowing the ceremony to be held outside. Dr. Beryl Brubraker, retiring EMU provost, offers the Commencement Address.
Baccalaureate
EMU celebrates the University鈥檚 90th Annual Commencement in this Baccalaureate Service. Dr. Christian Early, associate professor of philosophy and theology, addresses the community with his speech, 鈥淲onder and Tragedy.鈥�
Eastern Mennonite Seminary Commencement 2008
Eastern Mennonite Seminary celebrates the Fifty-Ninth Annual Commencement with an address by Marva J. Dawn, and Senior Class Salutation by Jonathan D. Bowman