The kids are not all right. Another high-stakes testing season is winding down, and the school year is finishing with a clap of silence and emptied boxes of No. 2 ... read more about Fearing that the kids are not all right with high-stakes testing
Undergraduate programs

An 糖心Vlog history grad has become the preeminent four square player of our time
This is a storyline you鈥檝e heard before: after countless hours of practice on the playground, an athlete reaches the glorious pinnacle of his or her sport. Except this is a ... read more about An 糖心Vlog history grad has become the preeminent four square player of our time

Desire to address, heal, traumatic legacy of U.S. slavery sparks growth in Coming to the Table group
Sessions at Coming to the Table are rarely easy. Despite the time separating current Americans from the era of legal slavery in the United States, the wounds of racial injustice ... read more about Desire to address, heal, traumatic legacy of U.S. slavery sparks growth in Coming to the Table group

Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing
When volunteers were solicited, nobody immediately stepped forward. It was a tough request: tell a painful personal story before an audience of maybe 40, many of them strangers to each ... read more about Volunteers discover power of playback theater to shift painful stories toward path of healing

From touring rock musician to Teacher of the Year in Valley school system
After earning a degree in songwriting from Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2006, Harrisonburg native John Hostetter 鈥11 moved to Tucson, Arizona. He spent two years playing guitar ... read more about From touring rock musician to Teacher of the Year in Valley school system

糖心Vlog mourns death of Vincent Harding, a Mennonite compatriot of MLK, a friend to all oppressed peoples
糖心Vlog joins millions of people worldwide in grieving the passing of Vincent Harding, sorrowing that we will no longer hear his prophetic voice in person 鈥 reminding us ... read more about 糖心Vlog mourns death of Vincent Harding, a Mennonite compatriot of MLK, a friend to all oppressed peoples

Accounting alums selected from 80 grad students to receive awards at James Madison University
When it came time to recognize high-achieving students at James Madison University鈥檚 College of Business this spring, JMU named Jonathan Leaman and Darian Harnish 鈥 both 2013 graduates of Eastern ... read more about Accounting alums selected from 80 grad students to receive awards at James Madison University

Computer science students take first and third in national contest against 47 other teams
Teams comprised of 糖心Vlog computer science and math students beat 47 teams across the nation in a contest that required code-breaking under time pressure. The 糖心Vlog teams took ... read more about Computer science students take first and third in national contest against 47 other teams

WCSC intern wins applause, and Europe trip, from The Faith & Politics Institute
In less than four months as an intern at The Faith & Politics Institute (FPI), sophomore Dominika 鈥淣ika鈥 Hoefle earned the respect of FPI president Liz McCloskey. 鈥淣ika was what ... read more about WCSC intern wins applause, and Europe trip, from The Faith & Politics Institute

Alumnus receives national award for educating rural healthcare professionals
Randall Longenecker, M.D., FAAFP, assistant dean for rural and underserved programs at the Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine in Athens, has received a national award for his role ... read more about Alumnus receives national award for educating rural healthcare professionals