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  Eastern Washington University - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Eastern Washington University, public, coeducational institution in Cheney, Washington, about 30 km (about 20 mi) southwest of Spokane.
Eastern Mennonite University, private, coeducational institution in Harrisonburg, Virginia, about 60 km (about 40 mi) northwest of Charlottesville....
University of Mary Washington, public, coeducational institution in Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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  EMU - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The emu is a large, flightless bird, native to Australia.
Eastern Michigan University is a University in the United States.
Eastern Mennonite University is a University in the United States.
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 US Universities and Colleges Program - Eastern Mennonite University
University Attributes: "Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) is a four-year Christian liberal arts university in the Anabaptist tradition, located in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
EMU offers over 40 student organizations, NCAA Division III sports, and more than 50 undergraduate and graduate programs of study to equip students for careers in fields such as medicine, education, law, and peacebuilding.
EMU's unique Global Village Curriculum emphasizes interdisciplinary and cross-cultural learning and prepares students to follow Christ's call to witness faithfully, serve compassionately, and walk boldly in the way of peace.
www.usuniversities.com /listingsp3.cfm/listing/5195   (225 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University - College Closeup
Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), a private Christian university that was founded in 1917, provides a high-quality liberal arts education that emphasizes spiritual growth and cross-cultural awareness.
EMU’s 92-acre campus on the edge of the growing city of Harrisonburg is located in the scenic Shenandoah Valley, with spectacular views of the famous Blue Ridge Mountains.
Eastern Mennonite is one of the few universities to include a cross-cultural study requirement of 9 semester hours as part of the general education curriculum.
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 Information about the Mennonites provided by Goshen College
Mennonites believe they are called to work for peace, justice and reconciliation on every stage — from worldwide to interpersonal relationships.
Attending a Mennonite school means surrounding yourself with people who believe in discipleship — a life consistent with Christ's teachings and call — and are committed to living together in a community that shares life with one another.
While many people confuse Mennonites with their historical brethren, the Amish, most Mennonites are indistinguishable from the broader society in appearance and use of technology.
www.goshen.edu /aboutgc/mennonites.php   (307 words)

  
 Fall Sports
Eastern Mennonite was really bunkered in and was able to truly frustrate the Eagles offense.
Eastern came out in the second half determined to score a goal but were shocked again by a long ball by EMU that resulted in another goal.
Eastern gave a remarkable effort and never gave up but just was unable to solve the EMU defense.
www.eastern.edu /athletics/menssoccer/2004mssoccer/04emu.htm   (173 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite's President to Discuss University's Policy on Unacceptable Behavior | Christianpost.com
Eastern Mennonite University President Loren Swartzendruber has agreed to speak at a forum Tuesday to those concerned about the firing of two homosexual faculty members before his term and the resignation of another who objected to the act.
Swartzendruber confirmed that the university’s recent decision to not rehire a faculty member identified as homosexual after his contract expired was also not based on reasons unrelated to the man’s sexual orientation that were attentively considered by the university.
The students and faculty at Eastern Mennonite University pledge to a “community lifestyle commitment” which ensures the predominant 1,400 Mennonite students at the Christian private school can be in a learning atmosphere free of sexual relationships outside of marriage, abusive or demeaning language, and alcohol and tobacco.
www.christianpost.com /article/20040413/7069.htm   (422 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University: Menno Simons Historical Library/Archives - Religion Collections in Libraries and Archives ...
Eastern Mennonite University has perhaps the most extensive collection in North America of the etchings (mostly in books), of the Dutch artist, Jan Luiken (1649-1712)
The Archives contains the official papers of the Eastern Mennonite University and the several schools that developed since Eastern Mennonite School began in 1917.
There are personal papers, mostly Mennonite, of leaders and lay people who had institutional ties as well as Virginia Mennonite Conference ties, (e.g.
www.loc.gov /rr/main/religion/emu.html   (587 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University
The Eastern Mennonite University policy is unique because it is not as vague as "homosexual behavior" which is often cited by school policies.
It seems, however, that Eastern Mennonite University enforces the sexual misconduct policy differently in regards to whether the offender is heterosexual or homosexual.
EMU enforced their sexual misconduct policy when it dismissed a gay professor in 2004 for homosexual behavior.
www.equalityride.com /article_46.html   (455 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University - Department of Business and Economics
EMU educates students to live in a global context.
Consistently ranked among the top liberal arts schools of the South, EMU is a warm and friendly community that takes both faith and academics seriously.
In addition to studying the traditional business disciplines, EMU's MBA core program goes "beyond the briefcase" to look at issues and questions regarding the proper role of business in society, as well as the role of faith in business.
www.allbusinessschools.com /schools/ID478?src=   (577 words)

  
 MennoLink Information Source -- Schools
Elkhart, Indiana—Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary is an inter-Mennonite educational institution committed to the Anabaptist heritage and the Christian church’s global mission.
Eastern Mennonite University pursues creativity, innovation, and excellence in all educational programs and challenges students to answer Christ's call to a life of nonviolence, witness, service, and peacebuilding.
Eastern Mennonite University offers accredited undergraduate academic programs in the arts, humanities, sciences and professions, as well as graduate theological education and select graduate degrees.
info.mennolink.org /schools.html   (1289 words)

  
 PEACE MENNONITE CHURCH
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is a relief, service, and peace agency of the North American Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches.
Mennonite Disaster Service is a channel through which various constituencies of the Anabaptist church can respond to those affected by disasters in North America.
Mennonite Mission Network exists to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ in a broken world.
www.peacemennonite.ca /links   (460 words)

  
 R-MC Women's Basketball vs. Eastern Mennonite
Two of Eastern Mennonite's five losses this year have come against Randolph-Macon.
Eastern Mennonite would gain the momentum and went ahead, leading by as many as eight points.
Eastern Mennonite was led by freshman guard Carrie Grandstaff (Luray, VA/Mt. Carmel Christian), with a career and game-high 30 points, including perfect 7-of-7 free throw shooting, plus three assists and three steals.
www.rmc.edu /athletics/basketball/womens/2-7-03.asp   (500 words)

  
 Hesston College President is named the candidate for the President's post at Eastern Mennonite University--Hesston ...
Eastern Mennonite University announced on Friday, December 13, that Hesston College President Dr. Loren Swartzendruber is the candidate being considered to become president of the Mennonite university in Harrisonburg, Va.
Swartzendruber has worked tirelessly on behalf of Mennonite higher education, and in particular, Hesston College, in his travels across the country to speaking engagements at many, many congregations, alumni, conference, and church wide events.
While the final appointment as President of Eastern Mennonite University awaits a satisfactory campus visit in January, I expect that he will be named the next President of Eastern Mennonite University.
www.hesston.edu /NEWSPORT/archives/2002Fall/021216LSEMU.htm   (351 words)

  
 American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Eastern Mennonite University is located about 120 miles from Washington D.C. in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
The general education curriculum at EMU is called “The Global Village.” All students are required to either spend a semester abroad, or participate in a minimum of a three-week cross-cultural experience as part of the requirement.
Recently, the co-chair of EMU’s academic council asked me in front of my arts and science department colleagues this question, “Don, what is the single most important factor in your leadership and in the department’s success?” (The EMU Education Department had recently received accolades from the Harrisonburg local newspaper for its excellence in programming).
www.aacte.org /programs/Accreditation_Issues/steiner_presentation.htm   (1780 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Pennsylvania Germans, including the Amish and the Mennonites, dominate the area around the cities of Lancaster, York, and Harrisburg, with smaller numbers extending northeast to the...
Wyclif was a professor at the University of Oxford.
The Anabaptist tradition, made up of the Amish and Mennonites, is another significant branch of Protestantism that rejected the Catholic and Lutheran doctrines of infant baptism; this tradition...
www.college-searching.com /college/Eastern+Mennonite+University   (1264 words)

  
 NJCU Sports News
Ironically, CCNY and EMU were the first two teams to square off in match one of Pool B when the tournament commenced at 9 am, with the Virginia school bettering CCNY, 3-1 (30-23, 30-28, 30-32, 32-30).
Pool B was the City College of New York, Eastern Mennonite University, New Jersey City University, and Philadelphia Biblical University.
Eastern Mennonite proved to be the number one seed in Pool B, followed by CCNY at 2-1.
www.njcu.edu /athletics/mvolleyball/mvbrel021602.html   (505 words)

  
 Third Way Cafe - Mennonite Media
Kristin graduated from Eastern Mennonite University with a BA in art.
Besides working on her fine art projects, Kristin is currently teaching Irish Step Dance at a local dance company, studying dance at James Madison University and working part time as the registrar at Eastern Mennonite Seminary.
He has a Masters of Divinity from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and is doing Ph.D. studies in Media and Communication at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
thirdway.com /Jesus/artists.asp   (252 words)

  
 Graduate Programs at Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 20033-4097: Telephone number 404-679-4501) to award associate, baccalaureate and master degrees.
The State Council of Higher Education of Virginia has authorized EMU to confer the master of arts degree in conflcit transformation, counseling, education and the master of business administration.
Designed with the working professional in mind, The EMU MBA is focused on developing a perspective that promotes the common good, views business as service, and evolves around principles of ethics, stewardship, peace building and promotion of stakeholder wealth.
schools.gradschools.com /graduate-schools/Eastern-Mennonite.html   (373 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University: from the EdRef college search directory
Eastern Mennonite University has a Mennonite Church religious affiliation.
Eastern Mennonite University reports that it is nationally accredited.
Eastern Mennonite University is accredited regionally by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACSCC).
www.edref.com /school_list/eastern-mennonite-university   (365 words)

  
 Third Way Cafe - Mennonite Media
Kristin graduated from Eastern Mennonite University with a BA in art.
Besides working on her fine art projects, Kristin is currently teaching Irish Step Dance at a local dance company, studying dance at James Madison University and working part time as the registrar at Eastern Mennonite Seminary.
He has a Masters of Divinity from Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary and is doing Ph.D. studies in Media and Communication at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland.
www.thirdway.com /Jesus/artists.asp   (252 words)

  
 TimesDispatch.com | 10 years of peace work   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Philosophy: "The educational task of Eastern Mennonite University is rooted in the Christian faith and its scriptures as they have been interpreted and lived out in a unique 476-year Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition.
In a room inside the University Commons building, Abdalla taught the class "Navigating Cultural Influences on Conflict and Peacebuilding." As the session wound down last week, Abdalla's students mulled how best to approach the conflict between Zimbabwe's oppressive government and the opposition.
The EMU Justice and Peacebuilding Center began with two faculty members, one staffer and two students.
www.timesdispatch.com /servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783300451   (831 words)

  
 GoLookOn: Destinations > Eastern Mennonite University
Eastern Mennonite School, as it was first called, began as a Bible academy and is now a fully accredited university with over 1,400 students in the undergraduate, seminary and graduate programs.
EMU was founded to provide a setting for young men and women of the Mennonite Church to deepen their biblical faith, study the liberal arts and gain specific skills in a variety of professions.
The school's name was changed from "college and seminary" to "university" in August 1994.
rockingham.va.golookon.com /destinations/eastern_mennonite_university   (226 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University Admission Application Introduction
The application deadline is 30 days prior to the beginning of the semester for which you plan to enroll.
EMU's SAT code is 5181 and the ACT code is 4348.
Each applicant must read the Community Lifestyle Commitment and be willing to cooperate with the standards and purpose of the university.
www.electroniccampus.org /applications/Christian_Colleges_Common/apply.html?application_id=1353   (608 words)

  
 About Conrad Grebel University College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She is currently associate professor of biblical studies and church history at Eastern Mennonite University.
She holds an M.Div from Eastern Mennonite Seminary and a Ph.D. in Religion from Temple University.
The Bechtel Lectures in Anabaptist Mennonite Studies were established in 2000 by Waterloo County businessman and farmer, Lester Bechtel, in honor of his late wife, Alma.
grebel.uwaterloo.ca /aboutgrebel/releases/2004_2_bechtellecture.shtml   (373 words)

  
 Rockingham Bibliography - Religion
A map is used to show the distribution of Mennonites throughout the state.
This is followed by a table listing cities or towns, Mennonite population, percent of state total, and county.
A historical sketch of the periodical The Sword and Trumpet from its origins in 1929 is presented.
www.lib.jmu.edu /rockbib/bibs/defm.htm   (884 words)

  
 The Daily News Record: Local News
Lisa Schirch, associate professor at Eastern Mennonite University, reads a quote from former EMU student Tom Fox, who is being held hostage in Iraq.
A group of students, teachers and community members gathered Monday evening at Eastern Mennonite University to pray for Tom Fox, who has been held hostage in Iraq since Nov. 26.
Lisa Schirch, associate professor at EMU, said Fox was one of her students.
www.dnronline.com /news_details.php?AID=2758&CHID=2   (728 words)

  
 Eastern Mennonite University Nursing Program
EMU nursing students learn to combine compassion and competency to make a difference in the lives of their patients.
Approved by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education, EMU's respected nursing program is known for producing graduates with marketable skills and caring hearts.
Learn more about the Adult Degree Completion Program's R.N. to B.S.N. course of study, offered at EMU's main campus as well as EMU at Lancaster.
www.emu.edu /nursing   (162 words)

  
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With product discounts and implementation services cut in half, Eastern Mennonite's out-of-pocket expenses for the Web module were extremely low.
Located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, Eastern Mennonite University's mission is to educate students to live in a global context.
Founded in 1917, the university has a total enrollment of 1,429 students and is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
www.jenzabar.com /news/press_releases/easternmennonite.html   (496 words)

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