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NEWSFor the third consecutive year, Earl Zimmerman, assistant professor of Bible and Religion, took his students to prison for Alternatives to Violence training.
Eleven students from Zimmerman's Building and Sustaining the Peacebuilder class attended the three-day workshop last weekend at the State Correction Institute at Graterford, a maximum security prison in Pennsylvania. Read more...
BURGStudents suffering from the Harrisonburg weekend blues, can find the cure in nearby Charlottesville.
Last weekend many EMU students made a 60 mile trek to enjoy the sights and sounds of Nickel Creek... Read more...
SPORTSThe sports world is full of siblings who play against each other at some point during their careers. Take, for example, Peyton and Eli Manning in the NFL, or Venus and Serena Williams in tennis. They've all faced each other. Read more...
BURGIn the heart of the Shenendoah Valley this past Thursday and Friday, Oct. 6-7, EMU social work students and faculty went to a gathering at Massanuttan Springs for not one but two birthday celebrations. Read more...
OPINIONIf the 91 members of the EMU Facebook group "Classes are Ruining my College Experience" are representative of student opinion, the message is clear: students want an education that is about more than bookwork. Read more...
