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EMU's director of aviation honored with FAA Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award
At age 16, working as a “line-boy” at a local airport, John Sibole began dreaming of a career in aviation.In the years since, he’s flown in the US Air Force, run his own flight school, worked as an engineer, airline pilot and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety inspector. Since 2019, Sibole has served as director of aviation at Eastern Mennonite University at Lancaster. On Saturday, the full measure of his accomplishments and legacy in aviation was honored with the prestigious Wright Brothers
Complimentary Heat Stress Training Now Required by OSHA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ashley Gordon-Becker, Business & Industry Liaisonagordon@telamon.org, 540-235-1900 NATIONAL EMPHASIS PROGRAM ANNOUNCEDProtecting Workers from Indoor and Outdoor Heat Hazards HARRISONBURG, VA (May 6, 2022) – Last month, Secretary Marty Walsh, joined Vice President Kamala Harris to announce the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration first National Emphasis Program, to protect workers from indoor and outdoor heat illness
CJP’s 29 peacebuilding graduates from the Class of ‘22 are ‘already changing the world’
The day before acclaimed human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson gave the Commencement address at Eastern Mennonite University, 29 graduates of the university’s Center for Justice and Peacebuilding gathered virtually for the traditional Ceremony of Blessings. Joined by faculty, family, friends and supporters, the graduates – many of whom are already working in peacebuilding and adjacent professional fields – shared gratitude for lives changed and transformed in their time together. “Deep soul-searching,
EMU's online RN-BSN program is ranked #1 in the state
Eastern Mennonite University's online RN to BSN program has been recognized as the best in the state for 2022 by RegisteredNursing.org, a nursing advocacy organization. Nursing programs were assessed on several factors which represent how well a program supports students during school, towards licensure, and beyond. Those factors include accreditation, total numbers of student completions, tuition, ratio of tenured instructional faculty, acceptance rate percentages, and graduation rates. "We're
EMU confers 408 degrees, as Bryan Stevenson is awarded university’s second honorary doctorate
Eastern Mennonite University’s 104th Commencement ceremony was marked by the conferring of only its second honorary doctorate in its history — to human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. EMU awarded 408 total degrees on Sunday, May 8. The total included 260 undergraduate degrees, 92 master’s degrees, 54 graduate certificates, one doctorate, and one honorary doctorate. Among those were 29 graduates of the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding and 10 graduates of Eastern
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