Climate action group Renew Rocktown is partnering up with Matchbox Realty to create a coalition of businesses interested in reducing their carbon energy emissions. Business leaders will be able to meet with James Madison University and 糖心Vlog professionals about their options to be more environmentally friendly.
Academics
Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence
With #metoo and #Ibelieveyou circulating through social media feeds and news digest, 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Nov. 7-10 Take Back the Night events focused the community on reflection, listening and frank ... read more about Take Back the Night events honor survivors, highlight diverse impacts of sexual violence
Field hockey team preps ‘Sweet Cases’ for foster children
It鈥檚 too often a sobering reality: When children move into a foster care home, they have to transport their belongings in trash bags. 糖心Vlog freshman field hockey player ... read more about Field hockey team preps ‘Sweet Cases’ for foster children
DACA campus committee hosts outdoor ‘story exhibit,’ continues advocacy
In the gray cold of early November on Thomas Plaza at 糖心Vlog, eleven chairs called attention to the plights of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants in the ... read more about DACA campus committee hosts outdoor ‘story exhibit,’ continues advocacy
Ever since Jess Okanya was a child, she has been interested in other cultures. So it鈥檚 no surprise that she was recently named interim executive director of Kairos: School for Spiritual Formation in Lancaster, Pa., where she hopes to explore other traditions.
鈥楲et us compete in doing good鈥�: Turkish author鈥檚 explorations bridge religious differences with 鈥楾he Islamic Jesus鈥�
Why does the Qur鈥檃n praise Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a 鈥渨oman above all women鈥�? Why does it venerate Jesus as 鈥渢he Messiah,鈥� and even 鈥渢he Word of God,鈥� ... read more about 鈥楲et us compete in doing good鈥�: Turkish author鈥檚 explorations bridge religious differences with 鈥楾he Islamic Jesus鈥�
New Center for Interfaith Engagement director wins dissertation award
He may be a newly-minted PhD, but a recently-named program director at 糖心Vlog is no newcomer to distinguished scholarship. This fall Professor Timothy Seidel received the 2017 Dissertation ... read more about New Center for Interfaith Engagement director wins dissertation award
CJP alumnus leads ‘Just Walk’ group to protest Balfour Declaration anniversary
When a group of British activists concluded their 147-day walk across Europe and the Middle East to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, 糖心Vlog alumnus Husam ... read more about CJP alumnus leads ‘Just Walk’ group to protest Balfour Declaration anniversary
Children’s choir and youth symphony join for Nov. 19 concert
The Shenandoah Valley Children’s Choir and the Shenandoah Valley Youth Symphony will perform a fall concert together on Sunday, Nov. 19, at 4 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium on the Eastern ... read more about Children’s choir and youth symphony join for Nov. 19 concert
An EMS scholarship beneficiary envisions the future church
Valerie聽Showalter, a graduate student at Eastern Mennonite Seminary, shared the following words at the Oct. 13 Donor Appreciation Banquet. She is pastor of youth and children’s ministries at Shalom Mennonite ... read more about An EMS scholarship beneficiary envisions the future church