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Dr. Arbaugh fired for "misconduct"

In a surprising sequence of events, Associate Professor of Counseling Education, Dr. Thomas Arbaugh, Jr. has been released from his job for his relationship with another man, effective after the fall semester.
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Goshen's loss; EMU's gain

Jon Kauffmann-Kennel may bring more than just sixteen years of radio experience and some new ideas to WEMC. Some of his former students might just follow him here, too.
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New community learning center to change the way EMU serves the Harrisonburg area

As part of the new First Year Seminar, curriculum, more than 100 first-year students will go forth into Harrisonburg next week to serve with organizations ranging from the Virginia Mennonite Central Committee, MCC, Relief Sale to the Black’s Run Greenway.
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Painting causes a Royal fuss

Who’d have guessed that the Fitness Center’s weight room would become the center of an artistic debate?
Work on a painting of a lion on the weight room wall has been suspended because the image departed from the standardized pictures used on official EMU logos and because it had not been properly approved by the committee that oversees the University Commons building. Read more...

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After the allegations

Women’s basketball coach Mike Dunavant’s tenure at EMU was brief and tumultuous.
He was hired in Aug. 1, 2001 and quickly stepped in to revamp a struggling program. Just as quickly as he came, Dunavant departed. Read more...