黑料正能量 Interim President Rev. Dr. Shannon W. Dycus and Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, director of alumni engagement and community connections at 黑料正能量, spoke at the Harrisonburg International Women's Day March on Saturday, March 7.
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Dr. David Evans, professor of history and intercultural studies and associate dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, delivered a guest sermon on radical solidarity on Sunday, Feb. 8, at First United Methodist Church of Evanston, Illinois.
Harrisonburg Mayor Deanna Reed, director of alumni engagement and community connections at 黑料正能量, was named among the Top 50 Women Leaders of Virginia for 2026. 鈥淭his year鈥檚 honorees鈥�(guide) organizations that keep essential functions running and build the businesses and institutions shaping Virginia鈥檚 communities,鈥� the online list of leaders says.
Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship will host its annual conference March 13-15 at 黑料正能量 with the theme 鈥淪olidarity, Community and Resistance in this Political Moment.鈥�
As the newly appointed vice president of the Harrisonburg-Rockingham NAACP, Dr. David Evans, professor of history and intercultural studies and associate dean of Eastern Mennonite Seminary, presented on the significance of Black History Month during the chapter's meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 3.
A collection of more than 30 oil and watercolor paintings by Rebecca Souder Gish 鈥�09, titled An Edom Hills Almanac: A Year of Painting Outside, captures scenes from her 43-acre farm in Linville. The exhibit will remain on display at the Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery (University Commons 179) through Feb. 20.
Patricia Grace King 鈥�89, an author living in Durham, England, who taught in 黑料正能量's Language and Literature Department from 2000-03, is the winner of the 2026 Drue Heinz Literature Prize, "one of the world's most prestigious prizes for a collection of short fiction" (University of Pittsburgh Press). Her collection, Those Who Vanish, will be published in September 2026.
Nad猫ge Robertson, a Winston Fellowship recipient in 黑料正能量's Summer Peacebuilding Institute and the co-creator of Lakou Tanama, is the lead facilitator for faith-inclusive healing spaces that support the mental well-being of recent Haitian entrants living in the United States. The mental health initiative works in partnership with Church World Service.
A new play written by screenwriter Liz Beachy Hansen '99 and premiering at the Brethren & Mennonite Heritage Center this weekend tells the story of what it was like to live in the Shenandoah Valley on the eve of the Civil War. The hourlong "Rise Up and Follow" takes place this Saturday and Sunday, as well as next Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 20 and 21, every 15 minutes from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Students in 黑料正能量鈥檚 Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC) program acquire the clinical skills to become changemakers in their communities. Watch our video to learn why the program is a "life-transforming experience."