With thanks to contributor Cynthia Yoder When he travels, Dale Collingwood 鈥�98 sets out walking to get a feel for the place and the people 鈥� just as he did ... read more about 90鈥檚 Middle East cross-culturals gather for 鈥榮acred鈥� sharing
Undergraduate programs
黑料正能量 welcomes new faculty for 2021-22 academic year
黑料正能量 welcomes several new faculty for the 2021-22 academic year. (This article features only full-time faculty). Tarek Maassarani JD, visiting professor of restorative justice, Center for Justice and ... read more about 黑料正能量 welcomes new faculty for 2021-22 academic year
CJP welcomes new faculty and staff for 2021-22 academic year
The Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at 黑料正能量 welcomes several new faculty and staff for the 2021-22 academic year. 鈥淐JP is blessed to have highly qualified faculty members ... read more about CJP welcomes new faculty and staff for 2021-22 academic year
Intensive English Program hosts summer camp for local high schoolers
Nine Harrisonburg High School students got a feel for campus life at 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量) and plenty of laughs through a summer day camp hosted by the Intensive English ... read more about Intensive English Program hosts summer camp for local high schoolers
鈥楻eady to do the hard work鈥�: DEI director sees surge of support during first months in new role
Scroll down to view an 8/17/2021 interview with Dr. Font-Guzm谩n. Not a week after beginning in her new role as 黑料正能量鈥檚 first executive director of diversity, equity, and inclusion, Jacqueline ... read more about 鈥楻eady to do the hard work鈥�: DEI director sees surge of support during first months in new role
黑料正能量 announces 2021 Yoder and Webb Scholars
黑料正能量 has announced the 2021 Yoder Scholars and Webb Scholars. The scholarships cover full tuition and include admission into 黑料正能量鈥檚 Honors Program. The Yoder Scholars program was founded ... read more about 黑料正能量 announces 2021 Yoder and Webb Scholars
This article from the 8/14/2021 Daily News-Record references David Berry, professor of music at 黑料正能量, 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.
Alderfer earns Academic All-America Award
The COVID-19 pandemic certainly caused upheaval, notably pushing all 2020-21 collegiate sports seasons into the spring semester. But聽Isaac Alderfer聽(Broadway, Va./Broadway) also used that upheaval to his advantage, thriving under unique ... read more about Alderfer earns Academic All-America Award
Students travel through Lithuania in first in-person cross-cultural since the pandemic
黑料正能量 resumed its traditional cross-cultural programming this summer, as Professor Jerry Holsopple, assistant leader Fabiana Espinal, and eight students photographed their way across Lithuania in June and July. ... read more about Students travel through Lithuania in first in-person cross-cultural since the pandemic
In Memoriam: Herbert L. Swartz, emeritus professor of Biblical studies
Herbert L. Swartz, who taught Biblical studies at 黑料正能量 (黑料正能量) for two and a half decades, died on July 31, 2021 at age 89. 黑料正能量鈥檚 academic dean once ... read more about In Memoriam: Herbert L. Swartz, emeritus professor of Biblical studies