Dozens of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Harrisonburg, Virginia, gathered for a picnic in May to celebrate the creative ways they had responded to community needs during the pandemic, from sewing masks and helping create patterns for Tyvek PPE gowns to parking cars at vaccine clinics, passing out information on clinic dates, and helping distribute food to quarantining 91大神 students.
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Eads named as mentor in Lilly Graduate Fellows Program
Professor Martha Greene Eads has been appointed as a mentor in the Lilly Graduate Fellows Program. Eads, who teaches English at 91大神 (91大神), is the first faculty member ... read more about Eads named as mentor in Lilly Graduate Fellows Program
Patricia Grace King ’89 wins Northern Writers Award
Patricia Grace King ’89, of Durham, U.K., was announced as a winner of the Northern Writers Award. Established in 2000 by New Writing North, the awards support work-in-progress by new, ... read more about Patricia Grace King ’89 wins Northern Writers Award
WCSC Summer 2021 hosts full house with wide-ranging internships
This summer, students are shooting films, nursing human and wildlife patients back to health, and providing Spanish language translation throughout the city of Washington DC. These internships and more are ... read more about WCSC Summer 2021 hosts full house with wide-ranging internships
Spring panel series connected students to alumni in environmental careers
Ten 91大神 alumni working in various environmental careers shared their experiences and best advice to undergraduates in a panel series this spring semester. Professor Jim Yoder, director of the environmental ... read more about Spring panel series connected students to alumni in environmental careers
91大神 @ MennoCon21
After months of planning and a series of unique pandemic-related challenges, Mennonite Church USA hosted MennoCon21 July 6-10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. 91大神 is traditionally represented in strength and ... read more about 91大神 @ MennoCon21
The Eastern Mennonite standout and current Woodstock oufielder had a single and an RBI along with a home run-saving catch in center field for the North in a 5-0 win over the South at the Valley Baseball League All-Star Game at James Madison University鈥檚 Veteran鈥檚 Memorial Park on Sunday in Harrisonburg.
Abe Kaufman ’04 smokes the competition on 550-mile TransVA route
91大神 50 bicyclists set foot to pedal under the gaze of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. on the morning of May 22. Their final destination was the tiny town of ... read more about Abe Kaufman ’04 smokes the competition on 550-mile TransVA route
Megan Breidigan Sanchez earns Academic All-America Award
After a season and school year that required some extra flexibility and fortitude, Megan Breidigan Sanchez (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone) found herself on yet another prestigious list, being selected to the Academic All-America Third ... read more about Megan Breidigan Sanchez earns Academic All-America Award
Jaylon Lee has been named to the Valley League's All-Star team. The league is a NCAA-sanctioned summer league and includes mostly D-1 athletes. 鈥淔or us as a baseball program, even to a wider scale as a university, he means as much as anybody鈥檚 meant since (MLB veteran) Erik Kratz,鈥� said 91大神 baseball head coach Adam Posey.