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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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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] You don’t want the new Rockingham Memorial Hospital to be all sterile-looking, do you? Of course not. So help them out by submitting your artwork for display at the new RMH. “I encourage all artists to submit their work for review. Aside from an opportunity for visibility, it is an…
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Item by Chris Graham [email protected] The Harrisonburg New Horizons Band wants … you. The project of the James Madison University Lifelong Learning Institute offers the opportunity to those who want to learn a band instrument and want to learn to play in an ensemble the chance to do so every Thursday afternoon from 4-6 p.m….
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