A "climate emergency choir," including several 黑料正能量 students, performed in Richmond on Monday to ask Governor Northam to put an end to the Mountain Valley Pipeline and demand solutions to climate change.聽
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黑料正能量's fall musical production inspired by the songs of U2 and the poetry of Shakespeare "takes an unfiltered look into some of the terrible suffering and pain that is in the world. Instead of shying away from it, it says life doesn鈥檛 have to be like this,鈥� said student Andrew Stoltzfus said, starring as Romeo. This version, co-created by Justin Poole, program director of theater at 黑料正能量, and Jerry Holsopple, professor of visual and communication arts, features U2鈥檚 music and visuals created by Holsopple and students in the Visual and Communication Arts Department. The show opened Saturday at 7 p.m., will have 2 p.m. public performances on Sunday and Oct. 30, and public performances at 7 p.m. Oct. 28 to 30.
Cedric Moore PhD is CEO Spectrum Transformation Group in Richmond, Virginia, and a member of 黑料正能量's Board of Trustees. In this profile and video, Moore talks about his business, social work, challenges facing minority business leaders, and his membership in the Virginia Council of CEOs.
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.
Priscilla Simmons PhD, professor emerita in 黑料正能量'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 黑料正能量's MA in Counseling program.
Professor Paul Yoder, director of 黑料正能量'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 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.
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.)