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Story by Laura Lehman Amstutz As second-year Eastern Mennonite University students anticipate the start of the new school year, they usually think about one thing – the internship. Seventeen second-year seminary students began internships this fall. The internship is part of the “Formation in Ministry” course, required for students in the three-year master of divinity…
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Story by Chris Graham The Federal Communications Commission is opening a window for local groups across the country to apply for full-power FM-radio noncommercial educational frequencies. A Valley-based chapter of the OrangeBand Initiative is aiming to bring one of these stations to Western Virginia – but it is running out of time. “This is a…
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Story by Jim Bishop It’s been “five wonderful years,” but he wants to retire from Eastern Mennonite University in order to “devote more time to family, other organizations and several entrepreneurial interests.” Allon H. Lefever, 61, who has directed the master of business administration program at EMU since 2003, plans to leave that role on…
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Item by Chris Graham Bridgewater College has begun a public campaign to raise millions of dollars for endowed scholarships, academic enhancement, facilities improvements, laboratories and more. Harrisonburg lawyer Nathan H. Miller is serving as the chair of the $40 million capital campaign. Miller is a 1965 alum of Bridgewater College. “This campaign is a wonderful…
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Story by Jim Bishop Alumni of Eastern Mennonite University are sending their children to the school in numbers that far surpass most colleges nationwide.
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Story by Jim Bishop “A teacher in whose classroom wit and wisdom vied for supremacy.” That was one of many tributes paid to G. Irvin (“G.I.”) Lehman at a recognition and retirement dinner held in his honor May 1, 1980 at Eastern Mennonite University. Dr. Lehman died Monday at Oak Lea Nursing Home in Harrisonburg….
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Story by Chris Graham All politics is local – but to Connie Brennan, it is also true that all Virginia politics emanates out of Richmond. “I think being on the board of supervisors was sort of a catalyzing event for me – because I now see that everything that happens in Richmond profoundly affects us…
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop It’s that tad sad time of year. Temperatures and humidity assure us that it’s still summer, but subtle changes are blowin’ in the wind.
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Bishop’s Mantle column by Jim Bishop I’m an inveterate list-maker. Preparing a weekly “to do” list first thing Monday morning increases the odds of my remembering and actually completing important tasks – at work, home and elsewhere.
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Story by Chris Graham Jerry Venable was a shining star on the basketball court – averaging 15.5 points a game in two years at Kansas State, getting drafted by the NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers, playing five years on the most famous hoops team in the world, the Harlem Globetrotters. But the Staunton native concedes that he…
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