housing assignments
life on campus
New students like Amanda, now a sophomore, and their parents transition during orientation weekend in August . Be prepared!
Creating Community at EMU
Excited to get away from home and be out on your own? Sure! Not so excited about living with someone you've never met? Yeah, we know! Life on a college campus can be thrilling, but it's a big change. At EMU, you'll find a campus full of caring people working to create a space of welcome as you move from one home to another.
At EMU, each dorm has a residence director (RD) who lives within the dorm with his or her family, on hand to help in every way. Student leaders serve as community and ministry assistants on each floor of each dorm, so there is always someone to turn to with questions or just to connect in friendship. (See a gallery of 2009-10 RDs and student leaders)
Nearly 40 students also serve as ministry or pastoral assistants, leading small group Bible studies and other fellowship activities in residence halls. These student leaders also plan and lead chapel services, organize sharing time in the residence halls, and more. Learn more about campus ministries
Living together, learning together
EMU is a Christian residential college committed to the education of the whole person. Here students face the challenges of personal growth and group sharing as they respond to the invitation to understand and respect each other.
As students share about their backgrounds, ideas, beliefs and personalities, they learn about each other and grow emotionally, intellectually, and spiritually. Our small but diverse campus community offers lots of opportunities for growth: nearly 20 percent of EMU students are from diverse racial, ethnic or international backgrounds.
And a low professor-to-student provides for meaningful connections with those you live and study with. At EMU you'll develop life-long friendships and learn a lot about yourself in the meantime.
Christian environment
Do I have to be Mennonite to feel at home? No! EMU's undergraduate students are a mix of more than 30 different denominations, with Mennonites making up only half. We share core values and together we worship, celebrate, challenge, encourage and inspire each other to grow in our relationship with God.
Opportunities for dialogue, to reach out and connect with other students, are everywhere.