Eastern Mennonite University
This page is part of the 2008-09 EMU Graduate Catalog.

University Administration

Board of Trustees

  • Susan Godshall, chair, Mount Joy, Pa.
  • Paul R. Yoder Jr., vice chair, Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Wilma Bailey, Indianapolis, In.
  • John M. Bomberger, Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Andrew Dula, Lancaster, Pa.
  • Gilbert Flores, Newton, Kan.
  • Curtis D. Hartman, Bridgewater, Va.
  • Shirley N. Hochstetler, Kidron, Ohio
  • Gerald R. Horst, New Holland, Pa.
  • Joan King, Telford, Pa.
  • Linford D. King, Lancaster, Pa.
  • Herb H. Noll, Lancaster, Pa.
  • Kathleen Nussbaum, Grant, Minn.
  • Kathy Keener Shantz, Lancaster, Pa.
  • J. Richard Thomas, Ronks, Pa.
  • Lillis Troyer, Walnut Creek, Ohio
  • Diane Z. Umble, Lancaster, Pa.

Associate Trustees

  • Myron E. Blosser, Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Steve Brenneman, Nappanee, Ind.
  • Dan Garber, Hutchinson, Ks.
  • Robert P. Hostetler, Erie, Pa.
  • Charlotte Hunsberger, Souderton, Pa.
  • Clyde G. Kratz, Broadway, Va.
  • E. Thomas Murphy, Jr., Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Amy L. Rush, Harrisonburg, Va.
  • Judith Trumbo, Broadway, Va.


University Personnel

President Loren E. Swartzendruber 432-4100
Interim provost Lee F. Snyder   432-4105
Vice president for student life Ken L. Nafziger 432-4135
University registrar David A. Detrow 432-4109
Director of the academic support center Linda W. Gnagey 434-4355
Coordinator of student disability support services Joyce Hedrick 432-4233
Director of career services/testing     432-4131
Director of financial assistance Michele R. Hensley 432-4139
Director of information systems Jack Rutt 432-4478
Director of libraries Donald Smeeton 432-4170
Director of marketing services Andrea Wenger 432-4348
Director of physical plant C. Eldon Kurtz 432-4392
Health services coordinator Margaret Upton 432-4317
International student advisor Jonathan A. Kratz 432-4459
Interim graduate dean P. David Glanzer 432-4244
Assistant to the provost and graduate dean Lois R. Shank 432-4105


Graduate Program Personnel

Center for Justice and Peacebuilding

Director Lynn Roth
Administrative assistant/CTP registrar Janelle Myers-Benner
Director for the Practice and Training Institute Jan Jenner
Director of STAR Elaine Zook Barge
Director of Summer Peacebuilding Institute  

Master of Arts in Counseling

Director P. David Glanzer
Program administrator Pamela D. Comer
Administrative assistant Brenda Fairweather

Master of Arts in Education

Director Donovan D. Steiner
Administrative assistant (Harrisonburg) Yvonne Martin
Assistant director (Lancaster) Pamela Rutt
Graduate program assistant (Harrisonburg) Yvonne Martin
Graduate program assistant (Lancaster) Gloria Shenk Kniss

Master of Business Administration

Director Anothony E. Smith & Ronald L. Stoltzfus
Administrative assistant Patricia S. Eckard

Seminary

Vice president and seminary dean Ervin R. Stutzman
Associate dean Sara Wenger Shenk
Director of seminary and graduate admissions Don A. Yoder
(see Seminary catalog for more information about this program.)


President’s Cabinet

Loren E. Swartzendruber, 2003, president

B.A., Eastern Mennonite University;
MDiv., Eastern Mennonite Seminary;
D.Min., Northern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Lee F. Snyder, 2008, interim provost

B.A., Univeristy of Oregon;
M.A., James Madison University;
Ph.D., University of Oregon.

Marie S. Morris, 1984, vice president and undergraduate academic dean

B.S., Eastern Mennonite University;
M.S.N., University of Virginia;
Ph.D., George Mason University.

Kenneth L. Nafziger, 2003, vice president for student life

B.A., Eastern Mennonite University;
A.M., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign;
Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Ronald E. Piper, 1986, vice president for finance

B.B.A., University of Iowa; Certified Public Accountant.

Kirk L. Shisler, 2005, vice president for advancement

B.A., Eastern Mennonite University

Ervin R. Stutzman, 1998, vice president and seminary dean

B.A., Cincinnati Bible College;
M.A., University of Cincinnati;
M.A.R., Eastern Mennonite Seminary;
Ph.D., Temple University.

Twila K. Yoder, 1998, assistant to the president

M.A., Eastern Mennonite Seminary.

For more information, contact...

Provost's Office, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA 22802-2462
Phone: (540) 432-4105 | Fax: (540) 432-4600 | E-mail:

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