Eastern Mennonite University
Lindsey Martin, EMU Grad
"At EMU I was able to explore a wide variety of interests. Now I have the opportunity to pick from the best law schools in the country. The hard part is deciding which of my top five choices to attend!"

Lindsay Martin, ‘05
justice, peace and conflict studies
and economics major

*Lindsey juggled invitations
and scholarship offers to study law at Georgetown, Duke, Berkeley, NYU and University of Pennsylvania.

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Through a trans-disciplinary and experiential learning program, the Justice, Peace and Conflict Studies (JPCS) major and minor seek to foster the development of graduates committed to being catalysts for social and personal change at EMU, a small Christian liberal arts college dedicated to Anabaptist and Mennonite values of peacebuilding and service.

Careers include:

Focusing on the analytical and intuitive aspects of justice and peace work the program prepares students to engage in reflective practice, a balance between action and reflection.

As a program without walls, it draws on knowledge and skills from a variety of departments throughout the university, though the program has a clear theological and social science orientation. JPCS courses and activities give concrete expression to its commitment to nurture a lifestyle of justice and reconciliation.

It also encourages students to develop the disciplines and creativity needed to sustain such a lifestyle. The program emphasizes practical interaction with the local community, the church, the nation and the world at large.

Through thoughtful planning students can design a combination of core and elective courses to build on their particular strengths and interests. The program strongly recommends that:

The program emphasizes practical interaction with the local community, the church, the nation and the world at large. Three central emphases of the program include: