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Jul 01

Eastern Ranked #3 of The Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Programs

Eastern University was recently ranked #3 in a list of the Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership programs in 2019, and was the highest ranked PhD program on the list.
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Jul 01

Eastern Ranked #5 of The Best Online Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership Programs

Eastern University was recently ranked #5 in a list of the Best Online Bachelor’s in Organizational Leadership programs in 2019.
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Jul 01

Eastern Ranked #9 of The Best Nursing Programs in Pennsylvania

Eastern University was recently ranked #9 in a list of the Best Nursing Programs in Pennsylvania in 2019.
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Jul 01, 2019

Eastern Ranked #9 of The Best Nursing Programs in Pennsylvania

Eastern University was recently ranked #9 in a list of the Best Nursing Programs in Pennsylvania in 2019.
McInnis Hall
Jul 01, 2019

Eastern Ranked #5 of The Best Online Bachelor's in Organizational Leadership Programs

Eastern University was recently ranked #5 in a list of the Best Online Bachelor’s in Organizational Leadership programs in 2019.
Campus Purple Flowers
Jul 01, 2019

Eastern Ranked #3 of The Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership Programs

Eastern University was recently ranked #3 in a list of the Best Online Doctorate in Organizational Leadership programs in 2019, and was the highest ra...
Jun 03, 2019

Professor JoAnn Flett Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program Award

Eastern University is pleased to announce that Professor JoAnn Flett has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Trinidad and Tobago to tea...
Campus Purple Flowers
Apr 01, 2019

Eastern University Welcomes 2 New Members to Board of Trustees

Eastern University is proud to welcome two new members to the Board of Trustees.  With strong ties to the Eastern community, both Dr. Stacey Sauchuk a...
Mar 26, 2019

Eastern University Celebrates Inauguration of 10th President, Dr. Ronald A. Matthews

Eastern University celebrated the inauguration of their 10th President, Dr. Ronald A. Matthews, on Friday, March 22, 2019.
Mar 26, 2019

Eastern University Welcomes Guest Students with 50% Off Undergraduate Online Summer Courses

Eastern University is excited to invite guest students to take advantage of our new 50% off tuition for traditional undergraduate online summer course...
Mar 25, 2019

Professor Steven Ford Featured on WHYY’s “Movers and Makers”

Professor Steven Ford, Chair of Eastern’s Music Department and Executive Director of the Fine and Performing Arts Division, was featured on WHYY’s “Mo...
Mar 14, 2019

Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. Announced as 2019 Commencement Speaker

Eastern University is pleased to welcome Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. as the May 11, 2019 commencement speaker.
Feb 19, 2019

Tony Campolo and Lyndell D. Backues Invited to Serve as New Co-Pastors of St. John’s Baptist Church

In efforts to resurrect a once-thriving congregation, the historic St. John’s Baptist Church, whose impact has also reached around the world, has turn...

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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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College of Business & Leadership Webinar

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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Graduate Education and School Health Services Open Office Hours

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Traditional Undergraduate Open House

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Harrisburg Campus Open House

Harrisburg Location, 4201 Crums Mill Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112
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Adult Undergraduate, Graduate and Palmer Seminary Open House

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Traditional Undergraduate Open House

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Jul 26, 2019

Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

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College of Business & Leadership Webinar

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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

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Undergraduate Summer Visit Friday

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Aug 20, 2019

Graduate Education and School Health Services Open Office Hours

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Oct 14, 2019

Traditional Undergraduate Open House

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087
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Harrisburg Campus Open House

Harrisburg Location, 4201 Crums Mill Rd, Harrisburg, PA 17112
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Oct 19, 2019

Adult Undergraduate, Graduate and Palmer Seminary Open House

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Nov 02, 2019

Traditional Undergraduate Open House

St. Davids Campus, 1300 Eagle Road, St. Davids, PA 19087

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May 24

An Abundance of Grace

We knew that our sixteen-year-old daughter’s anxiety and depression were more than we could handle. We knew she would need to leave home, bound for a long stay in a therapeutic boarding school in Arizona. She knew it too. But then something happened and I felt God’s presence and care for Lizz and me as sure as the chair I was sitting in.
May 24

God Around The World

It is not hard to experience wonder in my discipline. Anthropology is the study of people and cultures around the world, and it produces an endless fascination with the human condition. For a Christian anthropologist, it also provides the opportunity to see God at work in the world, both through the church and beyond it.
May 17

Wednesday Night Wonder

String lights illuminate the floor and music spills out of Gough Great Room as the doors swing open and students funnel into the sacred space. This is Wednesday Night Worship — a weekly gathering for collaborative worship amongst the Eastern community: kneeling in awe, praying in confidence, and singing with boldness.
May 24, 2019

Traveling Starlight

Astronomy is a field of study that evokes awe and wonder at every turn. Despite my decades of research, I am still amazed that we can we take thousand...
May 24, 2019

God Around The World

It is not hard to experience wonder in my discipline. Anthropology is the study of people and cultures around the world, and it produces an endless fa...
May 24, 2019

A Faith of Their Own

New students arrive each semester with a sense of belonging and connection to their own families, religious denominations, and home communities. Once ...
May 24, 2019

Joy of Teaching

During my fifth year as an elementary school teacher, I had a student— let’s call him Jake—who was considered a “behavior problem.” That year, I start...
May 24, 2019

The Power Of Music

The wonder of music has been the love of my life. Throughout that lifelong relationship, I have come to know that the fulfillment of my love for music...
May 24, 2019

The Math Factor

Mathematics allows us to catch glimpses of the Infinite in ways that nothing else can. Of course, we finite creatures cannot hope to take in all of th...
May 24, 2019

An Abundance of Grace

We knew that our sixteen-year-old daughter’s anxiety and depression were more than we could handle. We knew she would need to leave home, bound for a ...
May 22, 2019

Wonder in the Details

Driving along the California coast, Barbara Burger ’71 watched the city of Santa Barbara race into view. With the world at her fingertips and a fresh ...
May 22, 2019

Creation Station

It's a Saturday afternoon at Esperanza College of Eastern University. Brightly-colored tables speckle the student lounge, mini-lava lamps bubble vibra...
May 22, 2019

Resilience through Unconditional Love

The word "principal" often times conjures up images of stuffy and severe authority figures. As the youngest principal in Denver Street School history,...