“Eight hundred thousand people die by suicide each year,” shared keynote speaker Brooke Anderson at this year’s eighth annual Walk for Hope, which took place last Saturday. Anderson is on …
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EMU Hosts Rebranding Conversation
The words “Eastern Mennonite University” appear only once on the home screen of EMU’s website: in small white letters at the bottom left hand corner of the page. The phrase …
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SGA Weekly Update
During SGA’s meeting last night, the senate heard and approved a $300 funding request from Gospel Choir for a new performance keyboard. In addition, the proposed SGA constitutional amendments were …
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Daniel José Camacho to Speak On “christianity, Race, and Politics”
On Apr. 22 and 23, Daniel José Camacho will be coming to EMU to give a talk and host a workshop. Camacho is an Associate Web Editor at Sojourners and …
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Beauty and the Beast: The Musical
After three months of hard work, EMU’s spring musical, Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” premiered last week. Auditions were held right before winter break, and rehearsals started right after. First-year …
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N.T. Wright Sparks Campus Conversations
The invitation of N.T. Wright as the speaker for the annual Augsburger Lecture series has caused hurt on campus within EMU’s LGBTQ+ community. Wright is a leading New Testament scholar, …
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Dynamic Learning with Colafranceschi
For Professor Stefano Colafranceschi, education is all about collaboration. At EMU, he has enjoyed the smaller class sizes that allow more one-on-one partnership between him and his students. “In small …
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Intentional Living in Hidden Meadow Farm
Tucked away in the middle of colorful trees, falling leaves, and open land lays an intentional living community, one that is Mennonite through and through. 36 years ago, a group …
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Take Back The Night Sparks Conversation
Take Back the Night (TBTN) is a foundation started in the 1970s in an attempt to address the issue of sexual violence against women and lend support to sexual assault …
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Poverty Simulation Draws Students
Nearly 40 EMU students clustered in Martin Chapel in groups of two or three. The room was hushed—an unusual phenomenon for this many people gathered in one room. All faces …