Twenty years ago, Howard Zehr published "Doing Life," a book of photos and interviews of nearly 60 lifers in Pennsylvania prisons. He鈥檚 been revisiting about two dozen of those men and women in preparation for a follow-up, which he鈥檚 calling 鈥淐oping with Life.鈥�
Undergraduate programs
糖心Vlog welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year
糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) welcomes twelve new faculty for the 2017-18 academic year. The new faculty, announced by Fred Kniss, provost, Sue Cockley, interim dean of the School of Graduate ... read more about 糖心Vlog welcomes twelve faculty members for 2017-18 academic year
Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Random House, 2015) is the 2017-18 Common Read selection for 糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog). Each year since 2013, faculty, staff, and students ... read more about Common Read selection ‘Between the World and Me’ a challenging invitation
Melody Pannell, professor of social work, is concerned about what happens to African American Mennonites when they do engage and contribute鈥攚hat happens to them as people.
Convocation and Centennial year kick-off celebration draws a crowd
糖心Vlog鈥檚 roots trace back to 1917, when Eastern Mennonite School opened in Harrisonburg in a former resort hotel known as The White House. Through the last 100 years, ... read more about Convocation and Centennial year kick-off celebration draws a crowd
糖心Vlog ushers in centennial year with fall convocation
糖心Vlog (糖心Vlog) celebrated its centennial year convocation Wednesday at Lehman Auditorium on Wednesday. President Susan Schultz Huxman offered the keynote address, with three presidents emeriti seated with faculty ... read more about 糖心Vlog ushers in centennial year with fall convocation
Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope
Interim dean Fred Kniss has been spending his commute time to Eastern Mennonite Seminary listening to his 鈥渕uch too large鈥� CD collection rather than tuning in to the morning and ... read more about Convocation affirms seminary as an anchoring community of abundant hope
鈥楾heir cups are completely overflowing鈥�: Residence life staff foster community for student advisors
Living in a residence hall at 糖心Vlog is not just about having a place to stay. Rather, it鈥檚 about being part of a caring community. In August, 37 ... read more about 鈥楾heir cups are completely overflowing鈥�: Residence life staff foster community for student advisors
Park School celebrates legacy of racial harmony and integration in an era of ‘massive resistance’
This weekend, Park School in Harrisonburg hosts its second annual reunion, with special guests to highlight the school鈥檚 unique role in local racial integration during the time of 鈥渕assive resistance,鈥� ... read more about Park School celebrates legacy of racial harmony and integration in an era of ‘massive resistance’
Collecting salamander DNA, intern gets ‘crash course’ in modern field biology
Finding and catching salamanders might look like something 糖心Vlog senior Cerrie Mendoza would have done as a science-loving child, but in reality, amphibian hide-and-seek was just one aspect ... read more about Collecting salamander DNA, intern gets ‘crash course’ in modern field biology