Every March, more than 800 students from the four local colleges, wearing t-shirts in their school colors, converge on downtown Harrisonburg to raise awareness about suicide prevention. Walk For Hope ... read more about Bridgewater College’s counseling department staffed by 糖心Vlog graduates
Graduate programs
First mediation center in state
Harrisonburg鈥檚 Fairfield Center鈥� known for most of its 32-year history as the Community Mediation Center 鈥� has a long record of leadership in promoting and practicing creative problem-solving in Virginia. ... read more about First mediation center in state
Restorative justice and talking circles: JMU embraces 糖心Vlog’s teachings
Not long after he鈥檇 come out of the closet, Mark was at a party with his friends. At some point that evening, a group of guys approached Mark and told ... read more about Restorative justice and talking circles: JMU embraces 糖心Vlog’s teachings
糖心Vlog, MCC leaders nurture warm relationship with Islamic scholars in Iran
J. Daryl Byler鈥檚 11th trip to Iran marks the culmination of nearly a quarter-century of bridge-building efforts between North American Mennonites and Iranians. Byler, who is executive director of the ... read more about 糖心Vlog, MCC leaders nurture warm relationship with Islamic scholars in Iran
Doing business for charities
Hundreds of volunteers, many of them 糖心Vlog alumni, are the backbone of four alumni-run, nonprofit charitable enterprises in Harrisonburg that funnel funds toward worldwide poverty alleviation, relief and development efforts. ... read more about Doing business for charities
STAR breaks cycles of trauma
Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience (STAR) emerged from the ashes of Sept. 11, when hundreds of millions of people were grieving over the deaths and destruction caused by hijacked ... read more about STAR breaks cycles of trauma
Palestinian Christian tries to bridge divides separating Christian, Jewish and Muslim neighbors
Salim Munayer is a citizen of a small nation that casts a giant shadow on the world stage. Small enough to fit four within the borders of Virginia, the modern ... read more about Palestinian Christian tries to bridge divides separating Christian, Jewish and Muslim neighbors
Life Changed as Prisoner of Israel
The weeks that Nathan Musselman 鈥�00 spent in Palestine in 1998 during his cross-cultural to the Middle East, observing, experiencing and learning from people living under Israeli military occupation, made ... read more about Life Changed as Prisoner of Israel
A highlight on Vernon Jantzi
糖心Vlog鈥檚 cross-cultural program is intentionally different from that of almost every college in America, says Vernon Jantzi 鈥�64, who became a faculty member at 糖心Vlog after earning his PhD in ... read more about A highlight on Vernon Jantzi
Duke U. scholar, Methodist minister, to join Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty
Christian formation curriculum, an integral part of studies at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, will be overseen by an ordained Methodist minister, Emily Peck-McClain, beginning in January 2015. After a thorough search ... read more about Duke U. scholar, Methodist minister, to join Eastern Mennonite Seminary faculty