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Marvin Rees Announced as 2025 Commencement Speaker

Eastern University is pleased to announce Marvin Rees, 2001 EU graduate, as the 2025 commencement speaker.

Eastern University Awarded 40% More Funding From Hunger-Free Campus Grant For 2025

Eastern University is grateful to have received the PA Hunger-Free Campus grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education again for the 2024-2025 grant cycle.

Palmer Theological Seminary Launches 100% Online Doctor of Ministry in Contextual Leadership

Offered in Eastern's popular LifeFlex format, the entire degree costs only $11,880, making it an accessible, affordable, excellent option for anyone seeking a doctoral level education in ministry.

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Eastern University Once Again Rises in U.S. News and World Report Rankings of Best Regional Universities in the North

Eastern University has once again been ranked one of the Best Regional Universities in the North by U.S. News and World Report.

"Windows on the World" Presentations Engage Important Issues this Fall

Eastern University's distinctive lecture series "Windows on the World" will begin again this Friday, September 6.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 2025

Today, we celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day, honoring Dr. King's legacy with this year's theme: "The Journey of Hope and Healing: Advancing the Dream.”

The Importance of Self-Care in College

College is an exciting yet challenging time filled with demands, responsibilities, and obligations. Between balancing coursework, extracurriculars, jobs, and friendships, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.

Realizing the Good: A Tale of Two Days

A reflection on hope, opportunity, and the transformative power of education in the prison system. On Monday, August 19, 2024—Humanitarian Day—I had the honor of attending a college graduation in a place that was all too familiar to me: prison.

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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 ...

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 ...

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...

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,...

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...

Voices on Wonder

We surveyed a sampling of our faculty and staff from diverse fields and areas of specialty. We asked them to tell stories about times when they felt w...

2019 Faculty Book Releases

In honor of World Book Day, we’re excited to celebrate some recent publications by our very own faculty. In 2019, Drs. Pete Enns, Phillip Cary, and Jo...

Unexpected Blessings

In many ways, Palmer Seminary's move to Eastern University’s main campus in St. Davids two years ago was a full-circle moment. Over 90 years ago, the ...

When a Computer is Your Classroom

Can Eastern’s legacy of transformative, community-based Christian education translate to the world of online learning?

Sketches and Stethoscopes

With a paintbrush in one hand and a stethoscope in the other, resident assistant and nursing major Andrea Rapetti ’21 is poised to paint for herself a...

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