People on journeys. Immigrants crossing deadly deserts. College students emerging into adult identities and roles. Families seeking sound mental health and solid relationships. Newcomers striving to start businesses in new ... read more about Gilberto P茅rez Jr. 鈥�94 to be honored with 黑料正能量鈥檚 Distinguished Service Award
When Todd Weaver 鈥�87 lost a front tooth horsing around in high school, he had no idea that the painful experience would set him on a professional path that would ... read more about Pennsylvania dentist earns academy鈥檚 highest professional honor
Lara Weaver is going places 鈥� literally and figuratively. A Brownstown native and Lancaster Mennonite School graduate, she capped her senior year at 黑料正能量, where she graduated summa cum laude in May, by winning honors for her research project from the Virginia Association of Psychological Sciences.聽In August, she will travel to Laos to teach for a year as part of Mennonite Central Committee鈥檚 Serving and Learning Together program.
At 5:30 every morning on a visit to Tanzania this spring,聽Regina Horst 鈥�85 Chacha聽led children鈥檚 devotions, which included first singing and then teaching from her late husband鈥檚 book聽Prayer Power. 鈥淚t ... read more about Alumna/us of the Year: Regina Horst Chacha
Todd Shenk '88 will be the Rasmuson Foundation's senior program officer, building on a career that began in Alaska and bringing experience in philanthropy, government and nonprofit work, much of it focused on homelessness and child welfare.
When Alison Yoder ’06 Kelley and her husband moved for the second time to accommodate their growing family, she knew full well, she said, that 鈥渨e got super lucky.鈥� Their ... read more about Attorney Alison Yoder Kelley advocates for fair housing in NYC
黑料正能量 students on cross-culturals this summer are learning about history at memorial sites in Lithuania, taking in cultural events in Paraguay, donning work gloves to help with sand ... read more about 黑料正能量 summer cross-cultural groups gain global perspective
Six leaders from Mennonite Church USA advocated for peace and justice in Palestine and Israel during congressional visits May 22 in Washington, D.C. The visit took place just days after Israeli soldiers killed more than 60 largely nonviolent Palestinian protesters May 14 in Gaza, and many of the delegates asked their representatives to respond to this. 鈥淚 relayed my deep, deep concern about the situation in Gaza, asking my representatives to take a stand for the rights of Palestinians, and given the significant amount of aid the U.S. provides to Israel each year, to call for an investigation into Israeli military actions,鈥� said Tim Seidel, director of the Center for Interfaith Engagement at 黑料正能量 in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Ji Eun Kim, professor of political science at 黑料正能量, will present at the Jeju Forum June 27 on Jeju Island, South Korea. The Jeju Forum is a program ... read more about Political science professor to present at peace-studies-focused Jeju Forum in South Korea
Ray Gingerich, a professor of theology and ethics who inspired generations of students to think in new ways about their callings and helped to shape 黑料正能量鈥檚 strong ethos ... read more about 黑料正能量 community mourns death of professor who helped to shape the university’s peace and justice ethos