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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz “It is impossible to follow Christ while fulfilling the demands of the American dream,” said Leonard Dow, pastor at Oxford Circle Mennonite Church in Philadelphia, Pa. He addressed students, faculty and staff at Eastern Mennonite Seminary in Spiritual life Week services, Sept. 23-25. “All upward mobility is resistant to the…
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Staff Report Fraternity and sorority philanthropies at James Madison University raised more than $67,000 for charitable causes and donated more than 15,000 hours to the Harrisonburg community in the spring 2008 semester. “Students in Greek organizations at JMU take pride in everything they do and they actively seek out opportunities to assist those in need,”…
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Story by Chris Graham [email protected] Richard Clarke never thought he’d be out on the stump for a presidential candidate. A counterterrorism expert who worked in the federal government for 30 years, his job was to make it so that nobody outside a small circle of people in the State Department ever knew his name. But…
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Staff Report Efforts by James Madison University and other area colleges and universities to boost enrollment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) majors have received nearly $1.5 million from the National Science Foundation. The NSF money will be used to run a summer “get ahead” type program for students who are interested in STEM…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz With the presidential race on many peoples’ minds these days, one Eastern Mennonite Seminary alumna is always thinking about the intersection of politics and Christian faith. Rachelle Lyndaker Schlabach, a 2006 graduate, is director of Mennonite Central Committee U.S.’s Washington Office. “The work of MCC’s Washington Office largely grows out…
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Staff Report Demolition of Veterans Memorial Stadium at the former Harrisonburg High School will begin at noon today. The facility will be replaced by a new softball/baseball complex but will retain the Veterans Memorial Stadium name. Veterans Memorial Stadium was dedicated in 1949 in honor of the area’s 139 veterans killed during World War II….
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Item by Jim Bishop/Photo by Jon Styer Demolition work began Friday, Sept. 12, on Oakwood residence hall at Eastern Mennonite University. The nearly 40-year-old facility, home to some 2,800 men between 1999 and 2008, will be replaced by a $6 million, three-story, 120-bed residence hall on the same site. A web cam has been set…
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Item by Jim Bishop Breast cancer will afflict one of every eight American women in her lifetime. A pharmacologist who is doing cutting-edge research on separating normal and cancer cells will discuss her work in this area at the second Suter Science Seminar of fall semester at Eastern Mennonite University. Jeannine Strobl, professor and pharmacology…
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Story by Jim Bishop Fall semester 2008 enrollment at Eastern Mennonite University finds a small drop in undergraduate numbers, while graduate programs held steady, and the Adult Degree Completion Program had a significant increase. EMU has 185 first-year students enrolled the fall semester compared to 203 last fall. Traditional undergraduate enrollment – first-year through seniors…
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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz “These are stories that grabbed me; some moved me to tears,” said N. Gerald Shenk, professor of church and society at Eastern Mennonite Seminary and author of the new book, Hope Indeed! “I was hungry to see peace and reconciliation in action,” said Dr. Shenk. “And so, I began collecting…
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