Dozens of Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) volunteers in Harrisonburg, Virginia, gathered for a picnic in May to celebrate the creative ways they had responded to community needs during the pandemic, from sewing masks and helping create patterns for Tyvek PPE gowns to parking cars at vaccine clinics, passing out information on clinic dates, and helping distribute food to quarantining 糖心Vlog students.
Alumni
Patricia Grace King ’89 wins Northern Writers Award
Patricia Grace King ’89, of Durham, U.K., was announced as a winner of the Northern Writers Award. Established in 2000 by New Writing North, the awards support work-in-progress by new, ... read more about Patricia Grace King ’89 wins Northern Writers Award
Spring panel series connected students to alumni in environmental careers
Ten 糖心Vlog alumni working in various environmental careers shared their experiences and best advice to undergraduates in a panel series this spring semester. Professor Jim Yoder, director of the environmental ... read more about Spring panel series connected students to alumni in environmental careers
糖心Vlog @ MennoCon21
After months of planning and a series of unique pandemic-related challenges, Mennonite Church USA hosted MennoCon21 July 6-10 in Cincinnati, Ohio. 糖心Vlog is traditionally represented in strength and ... read more about 糖心Vlog @ MennoCon21
Abe Kaufman ’04 smokes the competition on 550-mile TransVA route
糖心Vlog 50 bicyclists set foot to pedal under the gaze of Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C. on the morning of May 22. Their final destination was the tiny town of ... read more about Abe Kaufman ’04 smokes the competition on 550-mile TransVA route
The Valley League Board of Directors has announced the fifth class of Hall of Fame inductees, to be installed at the 2021 Valley League All-Star game in Harrisonburg on Sunday, July 11. Kratz played for Waynesboro in 2000 and Harrisonburg in 2001.
Alumna artist Madeline Kate Hostetler Martinez '18, based on Portland, Oregon, is the featured illustrator in a weekly column on the Italian website Collater.al. /now/news/2019/emu-alumna-illustrator-nets-42000-and-counting-instagram-followers/
Hannah Chappell-Dick was most recently a graduate assistant cross country and track & field coach at the University of Florida, where she earned her MBA. She was also a volunteer assistant coach at Georgia Tech from 2018-19, and an interim coach at 糖心Vlog. She was a five-time NCAA DIII All-American and three-time Regional Athlete of the Year for 糖心Vlog.
CJP 25+1 Anniversary Celebration session recordings available for viewing
After two years in the making, CJP’s 25+1 Anniversary is in the history books. Read on for a quick overview of presenters and their topics. Then visit www.emu.edu/cjp/anniversary to view ... read more about CJP 25+1 Anniversary Celebration session recordings available for viewing
Morgan Smith MA '21 (organizational leadership), former graduate assistant with the 糖心Vlog Royals softball team, is the new softball coach at Richard Bland College of William & Mary.