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Loren Swartzendruber, eighth President of Eastern Mennonite University, began his first semester of duties this month.
NEWSUpon taking office, President Loren Swartzendruber immediately proposed a multifaceted agenda for EMU, including issues of relating to the Board of Trustees and raising funds. Read more...
STYLEAfter six interstate moves, change is nothing new to Pat Swartzendruber, wife of EMU President Loren Swartzendruber. This latest move, though, has brought a change in lifestyle along with its change in location. Read more...
NEWSSlightly more than a dormitory and slightly less than Buckingham Palace: President Loren Swartzendruber has taken residence in EMU’s newest presidential house, a $325,000 acquisition. Read more...
SPORTSIn 8th grade, Lorachel (Lori) Castro was the ugly kid with big glasses and frizzy hair. She was picked on by some of her middle school classmates in Dover, Del., but to some she was a friend they could bring their problems to. Read more...
OPINIONLiving as close as you can to the EMU campus while still living off-campus, I have had plenty of occasion to view all of the students wishing to flee the university’s ban on tobacco use, since they come into my yard, or sit on the curb in front of my house to smoke. As I have become increasingly aware of just how sizeable the "smoking saints" contingent is here at EMU, even though my yard is often littered with cigarette butts and empty boxes, I thought that a good way to "turn the other cheek," would be to pen a health article on how to alleviate some of the health risk associated with smoking. Read more...
