President Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman addresses aspects of the history of women’s movements for Women’s History Month.

Join President Susan Schultz Huxman to launch Spring semester in this centennial year with the address – What do you do with a Centennial?

There is a time of prayerful sending for the  at the close of the service.

Centennial Opening Convocation with Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman: A special time of gathering the entire campus to launch the new academic year. President Huxman launches our  with the theme: Serving. Leading. Transforming.

Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman delivers the plenary address during the Fall Faculty Staff Conference in Lehman Auditorium.  Dr. Huxman became the 9th president of EMU on January 1, 2017!  She comes to us with a stellar background in rhetoric, having directed the Elliot School of Communication at Wichita Sate University before becoming president of Conrad Grebel College at the University of Waterloo.  Susan holds a PhD in communication studies.  A graduate of Bethel College, Newton, Kansas, she is a firm believer in the value of Mennonite Higher Education. (www.emu.edu/president)

Gather for student leader perspectives on celebrating student-centered leadership and offering a prayerful blessing for Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman during this week of inauguration activities. Several student musical groups enhance this time of worship, celebration and blessing.

Reflections – Quinn Kathrineberg, Ariel Barbosa and Abigail Shelly.
Stings Ensemble – Jacinda Stahly, Isaac Dahl, Quinn Kathrineberg and Matthew Hunsberger.
Vocal Ensemble – Jon Bishop, Michaela Mast, Sylvia Mast, and Brandon Chupp.
Gospel Choir – Cameron White, Brittany Williams, Tae Dews, Ariel Barbosa, Andrew Troyer, Justin Odom, and Oksana Kittrell.
Gospel Choir Musicians – Earnest Kiah, Joseph Harder, Matej Gilgorevic, and Bruce Cypress.

Gather as a campus community for an address on Ringing in a New Year, a New Era from incoming . Toward the close of the service, there will be a time of sending for the Cross-Cultural Seminar groups soon departing for Guatemala-Colombia and the Middle East. We will also be ringing in a new year with the tolling of the community bell.

The EMU , addresses the campus community with reflections from her life journey.