Eastern Mennonite University

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Spring 2025 Dean's List honorees.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Fall 2024 Dean's List honorees.

Ten graduating Eastern Mennonite University seniors were honored as Cords of Distinction recipients in a special ceremony on Friday, May 3, 2024.

Six education students from EMU were selected to attend the 2024 Teachers of Promise Institute, which was held March 22-23 in Midlothian, Virginia. The annual event brings together 100 of the top pre-service teachers in Virginia for professional development, mentorship and networking opportunities.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Spring 2024 Dean's List honorees.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Fall 2023 Dean's List honorees.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Fall 2022 Dean's List honorees.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Spring 2023 Dean's List honorees.

Whether collaborating with graduate students in a university medical center's research lab or shadowing doctors in hospitals in Peru, several Eastern Mennonite University undergraduate students heading into careers in medicine and the health sciences came away from summer 2022 with memorable experiences and insights into their future. Aden Weybright spent nine weeks at Baylor University working in a lab through the Baylor College of Medicine's undergraduate research SMART program. He applied to about 20 programs offering similar opportunities and was accepted to five. Baylor's program matched his research interests. He hopes to return there after graduation to a lab environment and then pursue a career in surgical oncology. Cindi Boyer and Belen Hernandez Rosario, with several EMU MS in biomedicine students, traveled to Peru with Professor Kristopher Schmidt. They were recipients of CT Assist's annual Experiential Learning Grant for students in EMU's pre-professional health sciences program. Boyer hopes to become a physician's assistant. Rosario is considering earning an MS in biomedicine before moving on to medical school and a specialty in cardiology.

Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) has announced the 2022 Yoder and Webb Scholars. The scholarships cover full tuition and include admission into EMU's Honors Program. The Yoder Scholars program was founded by Carol and Paul R. Yoder Jr., both graduates of 1963, with a gift of more than $1.2 million. [Read more about their reluctance for a spotlight and long legacy of philanthropy when named as 2011 Philanthropists of the Year by the Fundraising Professionals of America, Shenandoah chapter.] The Webb Scholars program honors Ada Webb, one of the first African-American students to attend the university; and Margaret (Peggy) Webb who was the first African-American graduate in 1954. The 2022 Yoder and Webb scholars are Elili Asefa, Nia Boyd, Anne Cornelius, Maria Longenecker, and Arelys Martinez Fabian.

Seven Eastern Mennonite University engineering students put their brains and muscles to work this summer with Engineers in Action, contributing to bridge building projects that increased access and safety for rural communities in West Virginia and Bolivia.

The first students funded by a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation spent several weeks this summer on biosecurity research and chemistry education in Australia. The group included six students from area universities: two from Eastern Mennonite University, three from Bridgewater College, and one from James Madison University.

Senior Caleb Hostetler participated in the Summer Undergraduate Applied Mathematics Institute undergraduate research program at Carnegie Mellon University, working with a group of four students studying a mathematical game. The research has applications in the mathematical fields of graph theory and linear algebra. The experience provided insight into the world of academic mathematics, Hostetler said. "In addition to exposure to the world of academia, I also built valuable connections with people that would be very helpful if I decided to pursue research further." Participants presented their research, and attended panels with grad students, postdoctoral students, and other professionals in the field.

Eastern Mennonite University Theater reimagines "The Crucible" as an allegory for today's society in a soul-searching production that premieres in the Studio Theater this fall. Professor Justin Poole, theater program director, hopes the performance sparks conversations so "we can learn from our mistakes," he said. Arthur Miller's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "The Crucible" deftly illustrates the parallel of the Salem witch trials in 1693 Massachusetts and the 1950s McCarthy hearings to root out communism during what is referred to as "The Red Scare." Miller was accused of supporting communism and expected to name others.

Ben Bontrager-Singer, of Goshen, Ind., was an engineering intern this past summer at Tesla's headquarters, known as Gigafactory Texas, in Austin. The company is one of the biggest world leaders in sustainable energy with electric cars, solar and integrated renewable energy solutions.

Eastern Mennonite University's Chamber Singers, now in their 44th year, have announced their 2022-23 season, culminating in a spring European tour. Chamber Singers is a select choir, directed by Professor Benjamin Bergey, that performs a wide range of choral literature of various periods, styles, and cultures. The choir performs on and off campus in area venues and churches, and also hosts a spring tour in early March. This year performances are planned from March 3-12 in Ohio and Indiana. The European tour will be in late spring, dates TBD.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Summer 2022 Dean's List honorees.

EMU awarded 408 degrees at the 2022 Commencement. Congrats to all of our grads.

The Hubert R. and Mildred Pellman Scholarship honors full-time students in EMU's language and literature department, with preference to English majors.

Eastern Mennonite University congratulates the Spring Semester 2022 Dean's List honorees.

Freshman of the Year honors a male and female EMU athlete for most outstanding athletic achievement.

The Athletic Department staff votes for the Athletes of the Year, for most outstanding athletic achievement in the current academic year.

The President's Award is given to the male and female who has most exemplified the values of the athletic department during their career through academic achievement, athletic contribution, Christian commitment, leadership, campus involvement and service.

Sarah Grossen was recognized with the Outstanding CA Award, for her three-year commitment to serving as a community advisor in EMU residence halls.

Director of Multicultural Student Services Celeste Thomas recognized the leaders the Latinx Student Alliance, many of them first-year students who stepped in to revive and continue the club after several seniors involved in leadership graduated.

Philip Krabill and Leah Walker, interfaith chaplains, were recognized for offering opportunities in fall and spring, respectively, helping to create spaces on campus for engagement around issues of religious diversity and justice. They co-planned events such as SoulStories and interfaith leadership convocation breakout groups, student dinners, and celebrations of sacred holidays on campus, according to Trina Trotter Nussbaum, associate director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement.

The Judy H. Mullet Award for Internship Excellence honors EMU students with outstanding and consistent performance in a psychology internship with exceptional independent work in establishing a unique field placement experience.

The Office of Faith and Spiritual Life is recognizing these students for leadership as student chaplains for nurturing faith and spiritual life in various ways this year: Micah Buckwalter, sustainability; Alyssa Breidigan, worship; Natallie Brown, discipleship; Elizabeth Eby, engagement; Kate Landis, worship; Emma Nord, community; Reah Clymer, community; and Halie Mast, service.

The Campus Activities Council All-Star Award is given to EMU students for volunteering over 200 hours for CAC or working more than 350 hours.

Two EMU psychology students were awarded the Galen R. Lehman Outstanding Achievement in Research Award. Both had exceptional designs, data collection and interpretation of results in their research.