Swartzendruber and Higher-Ed Peers Emphasize Community at Chamber Breakfast
“We’re with you” was the main message college and university presidents had for Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce members during an annual breakfast Wednesday [Aug. 7, 2013]. From tailoring...
View ArticleCarnival highlights concern for earth, community and social justice, with EMU...
A free arts carnival coming to Harrisonburg this week will highlight the connections between environmental stewardship and theology and shed a light on “cutting edge” environmental work being done in...
View ArticleEMU earns “Silver” in STARS ranking of sustainability efforts by universities...
Ask any student to locate the most tangible indicators of Eastern Mennonite’s commitment to sustainability and they might point towards the three LEED gold-certified residential halls, the massive...
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EMU engineering students take second in regional competition with solar...
The newest structure on Eastern Mennonite University’s campus cost just $600 to build and was completed by six students in less than eight hours. This fall it will extend the growing season for...
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Virginia Senator honored by Sierra Club in ceremony near EMU’s array of solar...
A local Republican state senator has received an award from what some may see as an unlikely source. Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Mount Solon, was awarded a Legislative Leadership Award by the Sierra Club...
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EMU administration and students join forces to recycle, compost and otherwise...
On any given day at Eastern Mennonite University, you may see a young person riding a bicycle with an attached trailer piled with recyclables. The job represents a broad value woven through the fabric...
View ArticleAfter two years as Recyclemania runner-up, EMU wins the top state ranking in...
For the last four years, Eastern Mennonite University has finished as runner-up in the state rankings of colleges and universities participating in the national Recyclemania contest. But not in 2015....
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EMU places in the top ten of Campus Conservation Nationals competition to...
In its rookie debut, Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) was a top finisher in the Campus Conservation Nationals (CCN), landing within the top ten schools among 125 campus participants in North America...
View ArticleCSA Program Takes Root at EMU
When the group in charge of the Community Supported Agriculture program at Eastern Mennonite University sent out a mass email offering shares, the response was swift and overwhelming. “Within the first...
View ArticleCarnival de Resistance brings earth-friendly performances, art, parade to...
Bicycles generated the necessary power, with a gently audible rhythm, for the sound system at gatherings of the recent Carnival de Resistance. Volunteers, including EMU students, took turns pedaling...
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Former Fulbright fellow, nationally known leader in human security, to speak...
Lisa Schirch, PhD, director of human security at the Alliance for Peacebuilding and a former Fulbright fellow in East and West Africa, will give the keynote speech at the 2014 Intercollegiate Peace...
View ArticleVeteran peacebuilder discusses global climate change as a destabilizing...
Global climate change and human conflict are two different problems, dealt with by different groups, right? Wrong. In fact, the United States military combats terrorism and climate change. Both are...
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Mennonite Camping Association maintenance teams visit EMU to learn...
About 10 years ago, Gordon Shantz, director of maintenance at Highland Retreat in Bergton, Virginia, faced a problem. The first permanent structure ever built on the property – a bathhouse with a dingy...
View ArticleFor fifth consecutive year, EMU earns first among state RecycleMania competitors
For the fifth straight year, Eastern Mennonite University has placed first among participating Virginia universities in the 2019 RecycleMania competition. It also improved its national standing to 34th...
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Alumni-founded network fosters sustainability initiatives
This past fall break, three Eastern Mennonite University students and a community member piled into a car for an eight-hour road trip to go see – weeds. Not just any weeds, mind you, but a wild edible...
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