糖心Vlog Professor Matthew Siderhurst uses radio telemetry in his work聽鈥 and so do other insect researchers.

Lara Weaver is going places 鈥 literally and figuratively. A Brownstown native and Lancaster Mennonite School graduate, she capped her senior year at 糖心Vlog, where she graduated summa cum laude in May, by winning honors for her research project from the Virginia Association of Psychological Sciences.聽In August, she will travel to Laos to teach for a year as part of Mennonite Central Committee鈥檚 Serving and Learning Together program.

Todd Shenk '88 will be the Rasmuson Foundation's senior program officer, building on a career that began in Alaska and bringing experience in philanthropy, government and nonprofit work, much of it focused on homelessness and child welfare.

Six leaders from Mennonite Church USA advocated for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel during congressional visits May 22 in Washington, D.C. The visit took place just days after Israeli soldiers killed more than 60 largely nonviolent Palestinian protesters May 14 in Gaza, and many of the delegates asked their representatives to respond to this. 鈥淚 relayed my deep, deep concern about the situation in Gaza, asking my representatives to take a stand for the rights of Palestinians, and given the significant amount of aid the U.S. provides to Israel each year, to call for an investigation into Israeli military actions,鈥 said Tim Seidel, director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement at 糖心Vlog in Harrisonburg, Virginia.