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Jan 05

Eastern Year In Review 2020

2020 has been a year like no other, not just for Eastern but for the entire world. Here are just a few of the significant moments that the Eastern University community experienced in 2020.
Dec 04

Eastern University Ranked in Top 25 Best Online Christian Graduate Schools

Eastern University was recently ranked one of the top 25 Best Online Christian Graduate Schools by Online Christian Colleges for 2020. The ranking considers accredited institutions’ online master’s programs, as well as the number of programs available, faculty to student ratio, and students enrolled.
Nov 13

Eastern University Establishes New School of Nursing

Eastern University is pleased to announce the establishment of the new School of Nursing, which will be the home of Eastern’s four nursing programs: the traditional BS in Nursing, the Second Degree BS in Nursing, the MS in Nursing (Nurse Educator Concentration), and the School Nurse Certification.
Nov 12, 2019

Eastern University’s College of Education Awarded OCDEL Grant

Eastern secured the Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning Strengthening and Aligning Higher Education Systems for Early Care a...
Nov 01, 2019

Eastern University Ranked Among Top 20 Colleges & Universities in PA for 2020

Eastern University was recently ranked among the top 20 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania for 2020 by WalletHub. Other schools in Pennsylvania...
Oct 22, 2019

Eastern University Ranked Among Top 25 Online Colleges in PA 2020

The list, which ranks schools based on their alumni salaries and affordable tuition, was compiled by the SR Education Group. Eastern currently offers...
Oct 22, 2019

Howard Stevenson, Audrey Assad, and Ted & Co. to Visit Eastern in Spring 2020 as part of Windows on the World Transformation

Eastern University is delighted to announce the transformation of its distinctive lecture series, Windows on the World. Starting Spring 2020, Eastern ...
Sep 26, 2019

Eastern University's Prison Education Program Receives Grant

The Prison Education Program (PEP) at Eastern University was recently selected to receive a grant from the Corporate Social Responsibility fund of Cap...
Sep 18, 2019

Adam Carroll to present “Mastery of Money for Students” at Eastern University on September 26

Two-time TED talk speaker, author and financial literacy expert, Adam Carroll will present “Mastery of Money for Students” at the Eastern University M...
Sep 18, 2019

Eastern University Again Named Top College for Veterans

Eastern University has once again been listed as one of the Best Colleges for Veterans among North Regional Universities by U.S. News and World Report...
Sep 09, 2019

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.
Sep 04, 2019

"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.
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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.

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Jan 15

MLK Day Reflection: The Fierce Urgency of Now

On August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial on the Washington, D.C. National Mall, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. In that speech, Dr. King made a clarion call for racial and social justice. The phrase “The fierce urgency of now” is not only bold but prophetic. It is a call not just for the 1960s but for today.
Jan 11

Ways To Grow In Your Faith at EU

Coming to a college campus may be scary when it comes to growing your faith, especially because there are different perspectives and points of view that you never considered before. You may have thoughts like, “What if I don’t fit in?” or “How can I be a Christain and still have the best four years of my life?”
Dec 01

The COVID-19 Chronicles: Reflections on the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic

For our Eastern community, most of 2020 has been a whirlwind of continual reset: leaving campus in the middle of the Spring semester, adjusting to virtual teaching and learning, then returning to campus and establishing a new sense of “normal”.
Nov 21, 2019

Just Mercy Movie: Q&A with Bryan Stevenson

As he said goodbye to his time at Eastern University, political science graduate Bryan Stevenson ’81 never dreamed that the next generation of Eastern...
Nov 20, 2019

The Roots of Hope

Empowerment, grit, and hope stem from the heart of Esperanza. What started as a local initiative back in 1986 has quickly become one of the leading vo...
Nov 20, 2019

Tend the Garden

Dan Main ’23's deep appreciation for gardening has provided him with a very tangible and tactile way of experiencing God’s grace, presence, and partne...
Nov 20, 2019

Love Beyond the Bars: Cultivating Connections through Prison Ministry

The door buzzes as we are ushered onto the floor of the juvenile detention facility. We leave behind our phones, pass through metal detectors, and wat...
Nov 20, 2019

Anchored in the Spirit

If you are familiar with the history of Eastern University, you will know that our story began with the founding of Eastern Baptist Theological Semina...
Oct 22, 2019

Reflection on a Prison Education Program Visit

The day dawned as one of those crisp not-quite-fall-weather days, the kind that makes you want to sit outside on your lunch hour and feel the sun on y...
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...