Faculty and Staff Conference
Each year, the EMU Fall Faculty and Staff Gathering aims to cultivate community among faculty and staff by welcoming new employees and providing space to reconnect with colleagues. As we welcome a new academic year, we seek to use this collective time to energize ourselves for a new academic year through worship, storytelling, thought-provoking input, conversation, and fellowship.
2025 Fall Conference “Sustain Together”
This year’s gathering, “Sustain Together,” will set the stage for the 2025-26 academic year.
Interim President Shannon Dycus will provide a President’s Address on Tuesday, August 12.
Previous Conferences
2024 Faculty/Staff Gathering: "Faith & Meaning"
Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, plenary speaker
2023 Faculty/Staff Gathering: "Imagine Together"
Dr. Tynisha Willingham, plenary speaker
Dr. Safwat Marzouk, plenary speaker
2021 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference: "Grow Together"
Dr. Chris Johnson, plenary speaker
2018 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference: "Being or Becoming a Third Way University"
Dr. Felipe Hinojosa, plenary speaker
2017 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference
Dr. Susan Schultz Huxman, plenary speaker
2016 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference: "Embracing Diversity"
Dr. Christena Cleveland, plenary speaker
Session I
Session II
2015 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference
Storytelling: Jennifer North Bauman, Michael King, and Laura Yoder
2014 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference: “Serving and Leading.”
John Stahl-Wert, plenary speaker.
Storytelling: Linda Gnagey, Ann Hershberger, Jason Lewkowicz, Lynn Veurink, and Dee
Weikle.
2013 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference: “Serving with Compassion.”
Leonard Dow, plenary speaker.
Storytelling: Tara Kishbaugh, Galen Lehman, and Andrea Wenger.
2012 Faculty/Staff Fall Conference: “Creativity in the University.”
Ted Swartz, plenary speaker.
