EMU alumna wins Nobel Peace Prize
By Mike Zucconi of EMU Eastern Mennonite University alumna Leymah Gbowee is one of three women jointly awarded the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Oct. 7. Gbowee, who earned a master's degree in conflict transformation at EMU in Harrisonburg, Va., received the Nobel Prize for her work in organizing a peace movement to end the Second Liberian Civil War ... Read more ... |
Goshen home invasion scene still closed
By Everett J. Thomas The Goshen Police Department is not yet finished searching the home of Goshen (Ind.) College professor Jim Miller and his wife, Linda, and plan to release the official report later this week, chief Wade Branson said on Oct. 10. Jim Miller was killed during a home invasion early on Oct. 9. Branson also said an autopsy has not been completed ...  Read more ...Goshen College president Jim Brenneman held a press conference Oct. 9 after a candle-light vigil for slain professor Jim Miller. Photo by Everett J. Thomas.
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Women empowering other women
By Anna Groff A new volunteer taskforce comprised up of women in Mennonite Church USA will work to empower other women leaders. Joanna Shenk, who coordinates the Women in Leadership Audit, will also oversee this project called the Women in Leadership Taskforce ... Read more ...
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College Corner: Juhnke memoir traces 'small steps' in a journey of peacemaking
 By Melanie Zuercher of Bethel CollegeJames Juhnke, Bethel College professor emeritus of history, has spent a significant part of the past five years working on family history--including, most recently, his own. Juhnke has just published Small Steps Toward the Missing Peace--A Memoir, which he will be selling and signing at Bethel's Fall Festival in North Newton, Kan., Oct. 8 ... Read more ...
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Tim's blog: Another summer's end: four years of photography in The Mennonite
Four years ago I published my first blog of photographs here on The Mennonite's Website. It was entitled A celebration of summer's end. Since then I've published 45 photography posts ( browse them here). This week I passed 100,000 views on Flickr ... Read more ...
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