Student life news
RMH Recognizes EMU Nursing Alum
May 25th, 2012RMH has named three nurses the first recipients of the Excellence in Nursing Practice awards—Eliza Burkholder, RN, 5 West; Eileen Phillips, RN, Pre-/Post-Surgical Care; and Gina Yost, RN, Information Systems. The RMH Nursing Division created the new Excellence in Nursing Practice Awards to recognize outstanding nurses. RMH nurses are nominated for the awards by their …More
Couple Competes Separately, Wins Together
May 25th, 2012What do you do with old research papers? If you are Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) graduates Kaitlin Heatwole and Nathan Hershberger, you submit it to a competition and win $500 each. Heatwole and Hershberger tied for top honors in the Anabaptist research paper contest, sponsored by the Sider Institute at Messiah College. The institute awarded …More
EMU Student Wins “Best Internship on Earth”
May 17th, 2012While most students were heading home after graduation, Joaquin Sosa was preparing for the “best internship on Earth.” Sosa, a rising senior and digital media and photography major at Eastern Mennonite University, was selected out of 99 applicants to become the outdoor youth ambassador for the Sierra Club. For the internship, Sosa will travel around …More
Kidney Donor Miller to Share Story on Radio
May 17th, 2012Courtesy MennoMedia Laurie Miller, director of student programs and recreational sports at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU), went to UVA Medical Center in Charlottesville last year to donate one of his kidneys to someone he didn’t know. He tells what that was like and why he did it on the nationally produced Shaping Families radio program …More
Tyson To Head Women’s Volleyball
May 14th, 2012Eastern Mennonite University has announced the hiring of Jeff Tyson as head women’s volleyball coach. Tyson comes to EMU from Marion, IN, when he has been heavily involved in the region’s volleyball scene, including four years as an assistant coach at Indiana Wesleyan University. He will become the EMU program’s ninth head coach when he …More