Seth Crissman ‘09, MDiv ‘15, has been selected by 91¶ÌÊÓƵ’s Alumni Association and its Awards and Nominations Committee as the 2024 Outstanding Young Alum for his work through the collaborative faith-based ministry The Soil and The Seed Project.
Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Central Committee Central States and Eastern Mennonite Seminary provided an in-person conflict transformation training to 17 participants on Sept. 26-28, 2024, in Akron, Pennsylvania. The training was a potential model for future training sessions that will be offered more widely in the next year or two. The training was led by Lorraine Stutzman Amstutz, and Michelle Armster, with input from Rev. Dr. Jacob Alan Cook.
91¶ÌÊÓƵ and Eastern Mennonite Seminary welcome five new full-time faculty to the ranks for the 2024-25 academic year.
A group of Mennonites and interfaith allies—many of them students, faculty, staff, alumni, and other members of the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ and EMS community—marched more than 135 miles from Harrisonburg, Virginia, to Washington, D.C., on foot last month calling on lawmakers to support a cease-fire in Gaza.
The Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) in Peacemaking and Social Change program is an advanced, professionally oriented degree that will equip graduates to lead in faith-based settings, including in congregations, nonprofits, community organizing, and some teaching roles.
The 2024 Mennonite Higher Education Conference hosted by 91¶ÌÊÓƵ on Tuesday, May 14, and Wednesday, May 15, drew about 90 faculty and staff members from Mennonite institutions across the U.S. and Canada.
The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) has announced the two recipients of its 2024-2025 Hertzler-Koshy Faculty Fellowship grant awards: Dr. David Evans and Dr. Kate Clark.
Business leader and philanthropist Jose Koshy, class of ’76, delivered a Commencement address on Sunday, May 5, 2024, about the power of agape love and kindness. Chidi Ihezuoh, an MA in Christian leadership graduate, shared thanks for the relationships forged with faculty, friends and classmates at Eastern Mennonite Seminary.
91¶ÌÊÓƵ awarded 366 total degrees (with some students earning more than one degree) at its 106th annual Commencement on Sunday, May 5, 2024. The total included 207 undergraduate degrees, 88 master’s degrees, 62 graduate certificates, five Eastern Mennonite Seminary degrees and four doctorates.
