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    Landises Books Chronicle Life, Family and EMU Careers

    April 17th, 2013

    Peggy Heatwole Landis and Jay B. Landis have a long history with Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), one that began more than half a century ago. The two met, fell in love and cultivated successful careers at EMU, whose campus they can see from their nearby home. Thursday, April 11, 2013, the duo fittingly celebrated their …More

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    Peace Oratorical Winner Ties Mennonite Hymnal to 2012 Election

    April 10th, 2013

    Peace and the U.S. presidential election would not seem to be partners, yet an Eastern Mennonite University student made a winning case for joining them during the annual C. Henry Smith Oratorical contest. Emily Harnish, a senior biochemistry major from Strasburg, Pa., won first place with her speech, “Lessons from the hymnal in an election …More

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    Writers Read Author Discusses Leaving the Amish

    March 19th, 2013

    Saloma Miller Furlong always liked the way Burlington, Vt., looked in her school history books. So, when she decided to leave her Ohio Amish community at the age of 20, that’s where she headed. When she got there, she felt like a new person. “I got my dream job as a waitress at Pizza Hut,” …More

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    Upcoming Writers Read Author Left Amish for Freedom and Education

    February 21st, 2013

    What would cause you to leave your faith? Saloma Miller Furlong, an author who grew up in and left an Amish community in Ohio, will be the last “Writers Read Dinner and Author series,” guest of the year on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 5:30 p.m., in Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Martin Chapel. Furlong will read …More

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    Writers Read Jan. 31: Katie Fallon Writes Gently on Her Environmental Passions

    January 14th, 2013

    Katie Fallon, an outdoor enthusiast and bird lover who authored Cerulean Blues: A Personal Search for a Vanishing Songbird (Ruka Press, 2011), kicks off the spring “Writers Read Dinner and Author series,” on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 5:30 p.m., in Eastern Mennonite University’s (EMU) Campus Center room 105. Reserve tickets online at emu.edu/langlit/writers-read/ or by …More

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