EMU responds to Bluffton tragedy
A bus accident in Atlanta, Ga., in the early morning hours of Friday, March 2 resulted in the deaths of four Bluffton University baseball team players, as well as the driver and his wife. The event has reverberated across Mennonite Church USA and particularly Bluffton’s sister universities; EMU is one of those. The EMU community was perhaps also uniquely touched because Bluffton’s team had been scheduled to play EMU the next day in Sarasota, Fla.
The EMU community has watched the unfolding news coverage with interest and many prayers. Here are some links to events and information happening in Ohio, Florida, Atlanta, and Harrisonburg, Va., related to the crash.
Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the Bluffton community during this time.
See Mennonite Education Association website for coverage of events by all Mennonite Church USA-affiliated colleges and universities. 
View national coverage of the event, including EMU men’s baseball team response. 
A memorial service for the student-athletes who lost their lives will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 12, in Founders Hall. 
"We have this shared experience that we will never forget. Although painful, this will provide a bond that we'll remember forever."
A fund has been established at for the Bluffton University baseball team student-athletes that were involved in a charter bus accident. 
It's at such times, as puzzling, seemingly unfair and devastating as they are, that human beings have opportunity to exhibit their full potential. 
See photos and hear clips from President Swartzendruber's message at Bay Shore Mennonite Church service 
A message by President Swartzendruber – "Life is difficult… How could it be that in a few brief seconds sleep turns to flight, and quiet turns to chaos?" 
We’re not promised tomorrow…We're not promised 10 minutes from now. 
