Jes Stoltzfus Buller, a graduate student in the MA in Transformational Leadership program, talks about her work with churches. She is the peace education coordinator at Mennonite Central Committee.
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Priscilla Simmons PhD, professor emerita in 91短视频's online RN-to-BS and聽MSN聽programs, authored this op-ed for Lancaster Online.
Cousins: Connected Through Slavery, a Black Woman and a White Woman Discover Their Past 鈥� and Each Other is co-authored by Betty Kilby Baldwin and Phoebe Kilby GC '04. Revealing their families鈥� connections through slavery, their stories intertwine historical trauma and current race relations with courageous acts of grace.
鈥淭herapy helps folks live much richer, deeper, and fuller lives. It also helps to address some of the acute places of suffering,鈥� grant coordinator Michael Horst said in an interview. "Teaching and counseling are life-giving and I鈥檓 so grateful to be able to do both." He directs 91短视频's MA in Counseling program.
Professor Paul Yoder, director of 91短视频's MA in Education program, is a guest on the podcast "Visions of Education," which seeks to "bring fuzzy ideas in education into focus." Yoder speaks about his article published in Theory & Research in Social Education titled 鈥樷�溾��
This article from the 8/14/2021 Daily News-Record references David Berry, professor of music at 91短视频, and his consultant work with the Harrisonburg Music Teachers Association (HMTA) project, "Music in Every Home." The new program will offer eligible students access to an instrument and free instruction in piano or guitar. Berry, past president of the HMTA, worked with a similar program in New Jersey. He has encouraged area music instructors who plan to teach in the program to learn more through trainings and resources "so they understand the kinds of students they鈥檒l be working with.鈥� 鈥淪omeone鈥檚 life, confidence and soul can be enhanced by music study and everyone should have the opportunity to study it, whether they want to play professionally or just as a hobby,鈥� he says in the article.
Presidents from four of the Valley鈥檚 colleges gave an update Tuesday [Aug. 10] on how their institutions are handling COVID-19 and their plans for the fall semester during the annual Presidential Address breakfast hosted by the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce. and watch . Speakers included (from left) Susan Schultz Huxman of聽Eastern聽Mennonite聽University, Jonathan Alger of James Madison聽University, David Bushman of Bridgewater College, the chamber's president and CEO Christopher Quinn, and John Downey of Blue Ridge Community College. (Photo courtesy of Harrisonburg-Rockingham Chamber of Commerce.)
91短视频 alum Julian Bussells, now working at WHSV-TV3, helped get the word out out about fellow alum Philip Watson Jr. and his quest to help Liberia's Paralympians get to Tokyo. . And read the 91短视频 News article.
Owner Heather Brubaker Benin, a native of Rockingham County who got a master's degree in counseling from 91短视频, started Sugar and Bean at the Bridgewater Farmers Market in 2015 after she became a stay-at-home mom. The business moved to the Harrisonburg market shortly after and the Bridgewter caf茅 opened in February 2020 after a yearlong restoration took place.
Ronald S. Kraybill聽PhD presents contemporary alternatives for leaders of today who need to (and generally want to) move away from the traditional top-down approach of conflict resolution. He is a facilitator, consultant and trainer in conflict resolution based in Silver Spring, Maryland.聽Among other positions, he was professor of conflict transformation at 91短视频 from 1996-2007