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A chance to serve and lead on a global scale has led three 2011 spring graduates of Eastern Mennonite University far from the comfort and familiarity of Harrisonburg to a newly opened academic center in the Adriatic Sea town of Lezhe, Albania. The Lezha Academic Center opened during the summer of 2011 and has 33…
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Graduating with a liberal arts degree and a minor in pre-law from Eastern Mennonite University in 2010, Karissa Sauder wanted to challenge herself in the legal field but maintain a foundation of peacebuilding and conflict resolution. She found that unique blend at Harvard. “Harvard Law School has a growing commitment to public interest work and…
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A new report, “Alzheimer’s from the Frontlines: Challenges a National Alzheimer’s Plan Must Address,” offers the insights, perspectives and views from individuals across the country who participated in the Alzheimer’s Association’s® public input process. The Association and its more than 70 chapters throughout the country, including the Central and Western Virginia Chapter, provided a platform…
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Was it Mother Nature’s idea of improvisation? Participants in the Anabaptist Communicator’s annual conference sat around tables in Martin Chapel at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, mesmerized by actor-playwright Ted Swartz’s reflections on what he believes makes a “good Mennonite actor,” while outside, snow began to cover the EMU campus. It was Oct. 28, too early for frozen…
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Judith Shuey, director of the Virginia Quilt Museum in Harrisonburg, paid a visit to SSC last week, loaded down with an armful of Depression-era quilts. Shuey told us a little bit about the mission of the Museum, which is to preserve old quilts. Her program, called Stories Through Quilts, was very interesting and fascinating as…
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A former Iraqi investigative journalist, working through a Bridgewater College student as his interpreter, is giving a select group of Bridgewater students an immersive – and free – introduction to the Arabic language. Maged Mahdi, a native of Baghdad who now lives in Harrisonburg, Va., is teaching “Arabic for Beginners” as part of what he…
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Bridgewater College – in conjunction with the Old Dominion Athletic Conference – will participate in the Harrisonburg and Rockingham County area Special Olympics this year with an initiative designed to make selected participants an “Eagle for a Day.” Bridgewater’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee will have each of the college’s sports teams adopt a Special Olympian for…
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Tracey Michael joins the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum as the new museum educator. Michael will be responsible for developing and presenting programs for students, expanding outreach to schools, and coordinating general public programming. She will continue and expand the work of recent staff retirees, Karen Church and Ellen Abernethy. Don Wilson, President and…
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Thirteen members visited the Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center, which is a short five-minute drive from our senior center, on Oct. 6. Everyone learned from a video of Brethren and Mennonite life and toured the 1854 Burkholder-Myers home, the wash house, the blacksmith shop, and the 1904 WhitmerSchool which also served as a church before being…
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Nineteen East Rock Senior Center members and two volunteers attended the JMU Student Nurses’ Association “Monster Mash” themed senior prom at the JMU Festival Center on Oct. 5. The ghoulish decor provided us with some gentle reminders that October has, indeed, arrived. This annual event is always enjoyed and allows attendees to win a variety…
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