Couple competes separately, wins together
What do you do with old research papers? If you are Eastern Mennonite University graduates Kaitlin Heatwole and Nathan Hershberger, you submit it to a competition and win $500 each.
Heatwole and Hershberger tied for top honors in the Anabaptist research paper contest, sponsored by the Sider Institute at Messiah College. The institute awarded Heatwole and Hershberger first place without knowing one small detail about the duo. Read more
Wendell Eberly to head EMU’s new golf programs
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Wendell Eberly as the school’s first-ever head golf coach.
Eberly, also an alumnus and former women’s basketball coach, will head both the men’s and women’s golf teams at EMU, both of which will be a varsity sport for the first time this fall. Read more
EMU, Catholic offer joint engineering program
Eastern Mennonite University has partnered with Catholic University of America for a new dual degree program that will prepare students to pursue peacebuilding and sustainability through engineering.
“We envision the dual degree program as one that will allow students to embrace the Anabaptist mission and vision that EMU espouses while also obtaining the training needed to put their skills to work as an engineer,” said Deirdre Smeltzer, PhD, chair of mathematical sciences. Read more
Jeff Tyson set to head EMU women’s volleyball program
Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Jeff Tyson as head women’s volleyball coach.
Tyson comes to EMU from Marion, Ind., when he has been heavily involved in the region’s volleyball scene, including four years as an assistant coach at Indiana Wesleyan University. Read more
27 nationalities at Summer Peace Institute
On the week that Bill Goldberg welcomed 67 people from 27 countries to the first session of the 2012 Summer Peacebuilding Institute, he pondered the changes he has seen since his arrival at Eastern Mennonite University 14 years ago.
“Probably 80 percent of the people who sign up for SPI today heard about it by word of mouth from veteran peacebuilders,” he said. “In the 1990s SPI was relatively new and the people coming were pioneers in the then-fledgling field of peacebuilding.”
By the time SPI wraps up on June 15, 2012, Goldberg expects nearly 200 people from 40 countries to have cycled through at least one of its 19 classes on topics ranging from psychosocial trauma to leadership for healthy organizations. Read more
Mennonite Colleges collaborate for IEP students
Menonnite Education Agency announced a new three-year agreement among all five colleges/universities of Mennonite Church USA that will facilitate the success of undergraduate international students.
Bethel (Kan.) College, Bluffton (Ohio) University, Goshen (Ind.) College and Hesston (Kan.) College have each signed a memo of understanding with Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Intensive English Program (IEP). Each college/university has agreed to do an initial screening of students who apply to the institution and then recommend IEP to those who could benefit from the one-semester, or more, English language immersion experience. Read more
EMU honors WMHS grad among stellar student-athletes
Eastern Mennonite University held its Athletic Honors Banquet on April 17 in a time of reflecting upon and honoring the journeys of the Royals’ student-athletes. Seniors Andy Richter (Perkasie, PA/Christopher Dock) and Marla Young (Fishersville, VA/Wilson Memorial) won the President’s Awards, the highest athletic award given out by EMU. Read more
