Carol Hurst, 91大神 associate professor and social work program director, was a speaker at the July 26-27 conference 鈥淓mpowering Women: Claiming Healthy Personal Boundaries,鈥� a collaboration of Mennonite Women USA and Dove鈥檚 Nest, in Omaha, Nebraska.
In The News
Charlie Tinsley MDiv. '18, Virginia state ambassador for the National Association of Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse (NAASCA), was a panelist on the organization's Aug. 11 radio show. To find resources and the podcast, visit the NAASCA website.
Sumanto Al Qurtuby MA '07 (conflict transformation), an Indonesian professor of cultural anthropology at King Fahd University in Saudi Arabia, believes Indonesia's national motto of Bhinneka Tunggal Ika, or Unity in Diversity, is an achievable endeavor and that the archipelago could serve as an example to the rest of the world.
Jeff Heie MA '00 (conflict transformation), project coordinator for the Harrisonburg Gift & Thrift solar project,聽helps connect Mennonite values to solar energy in this article. The 鈥淭hrifty Solar Barn Raising鈥� team was among 170 teams nationwide selected to compete in the US Department of Energy鈥檚聽, a $5 million contest that supports 鈥渋nnovative and replicable community-based solar business models and聽programs that will bring solar to聽underserved communities.鈥�
To put 91大神's leadership on solar power in context, you need to understand just how much things have changed in Virginia, and nationwide, in the eight years since the university put up its solar array.
Why Restorative Justice is 91大神 More Than Reducing Suspensions:聽聽, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on聽inequality and innovation in education, taps Professor Kathy Evans to comment on the restorative justice in education movement. .
Shalom Mennonite Church in Newton has voted to provide sanctuary to undocumented immigrants facing deportation. Rev. Rachel Ringenberg Miller and associate pastor Ben Woodward-Breckbill say that move allows the church to provide temporary relief to immigrants.
鈥淐onnecting as human beings is a source of healing.鈥� These words from plenary speaker, Beth Toner, set the tone for the entire weekend of Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship鈥檚 (MHF) Annual Gathering. On June 22-24, about 60 Anabaptist healthcare professionals and their families gathered at Bluffton University in Ohio under the theme of 鈥淪tories of Healing.鈥�
Louise Babikow, a 2014 nursing graduate, recently completed聽a Student Elective Term experience through聽 Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship at Cl铆nica Esperanza, Roat谩n, Honduras.聽She earned a MS in nursing in 2017 from the University of Pennsylvania.
Sylvia Hooley Meyer '09, MA '13 wrote "An Open Letter to Government Officials On the Investigation of Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center." The News Leader published it June 30, 2018, in its entirety.