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Eastern Alumna Named National School Nurse of the Year

Emily Hunter, M.Ed ’21, BSN, RN, CSN ’19, a dedicated school nurse at Rhawnhurst Elementary School in Philadelphia, has been named the 2025 National School Nurse of the Year for PA

New Foundations of Theological Education Certificate Launched by Palmer Theological Seminary

Palmer Theological Seminary of Eastern University is excited to announce the launch of its Foundations of Theological Education certificate.

Eastern University Welcomes E. Shepard Farrar to Board of Trustees

Eastern University is proud to announce the appointment of E. Shepard Farrar, MBA ’95 to its Board of Trustees.

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Softball wins MAC Conference Title

Eastern University Softball rode an outstanding pitching performance from Danika Barthol '27 to a 5-1 win over the York College Spartans and the prog...

Eastern Launches “A Time to Rise” Campaign As It Enters a New Era of Transformative Growth

As Eastern enters its 100th year, the community is excited to launch A Time to Rise, a $30M comprehensive fundraising initiative that will serve as a ...

Eastern Launches 100% Online PhD in Professional Practice

Eastern is now offering a PhD in Professional Practice, designed to provide professionals an opportunity to examine and assess the outcomes and contri...

Eastern Professor Pete Enns Featured as Scholarly Expert in Netflix MiniSeries Depicting Story of Moses

Dr. Pete Enns, Professor of Biblical Studies, is featured in the new Netflix documentary mini-series, Testament: The Story of Moses.

Eastern Business Students Take 2024 Drexel Fraud & Internal Control Case Competition By Storm

This past February, Eastern College of Business & Leadership sent four teams of students to compete in the Drexel Fraud & Internal Control Case Compet...

Eastern University Launches 100% Online BA in Ministry Leadership

Eastern is now offering a 100% online Bachelor’s degree in Ministry Leadership. This program provides impactful, relevant ministry education within a ...

Eastern Alum Named School Nurse of the Year

Eastern graduate, Emily Hunter, M.Ed., BS, RN, CSN, has been named the 2024 Pennsylvania School Nurse of the Year by the National Association of Schoo...

Eastern Launches New BS in Health & Physical Education

Eastern University is excited to announce it is now offering a Bachelor’s degree in Health & Physical Education.

Rev. Dr. Tony Sundermeier Announced as Commencement Speaker

Eastern University is pleased to announce Rev. Dr. Tony Sundermeier as the 2024 commencement speaker.

EU Offers Total Tuition Award to Pennsylvania Residents

As part of Eastern’s mission to make higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone, the University offers an award covering the total t...

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Reflecting On Sacrifice This Memorial Day

Each year, Memorial Day invites us to pause, amid picnics, parties, and the start of summer, to remember and reflect.

Jubilee Honors Tony Campolo and Launches Next Chapter for Campolo Center for Ministry

On May 22, the Campolo Center for Ministry gathered for an unforgettable evening of celebration, reflection, and storytelling.

14 Self-Care Tips From Social Work Professionals

In the daily work of caring for others, it’s easy to overlook the impact it has on our own well-being. Yet, tending to ourselves is not a luxury, but a necessity.

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Juneteenth: Counting the Cost

Juneteenth is the oldest national commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. While President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamatio...

International Alumna Turns Childhood Dreams Into Reality as a TV Anchor

Currently a TV Anchor at BBS in Bhutan, Choni reflects on the power of taking a leap of faith and the connections she made at Eastern University.

The Wonders of Biology

There is nothing I have experienced in life that reveals the existence of God as our Creator in the way that biology does. My fascination with biology...

The Marriage of Education and Therapy

When I was preparing for college, I found myself standing at the intersection of two roads: education and therapy. Both of these pathways equally allo...

Harmonized Horizons

The fusion of Church and Academy parallels the process of making an alloy by melding two metals together in extreme heat, with the goal of creating a ...

Blazing the International Trail for Social Justice

This year’s Lamplight Society award winners, Jared ’07 and Chloe Bass ’06, have shaped their careers for helping others around Eastern University’s mi...

Eastern Food & Hygiene Pantry Expands To Fight Food Insecurity

Throughout Scripture, we are called to care for others in a way that we would want to be cared for ourselves. In response to this mandate, the Student...

Data and Discovery

On a surface level, Data Science may seem to be a strictly statistical and fact-driven field - and indeed, it is! Yet, it also requires an incredible ...

Home For Discovery & Creativity

Joy and gratitude define moments like these in the history of our university. From our beginning, the arts and humanities have offered a path for stud...

Championing Change: An Alumna’s Advocacy for an Equitable World

From her childhood in Ghana to the legal advocacy she currently engages in as an attorney, it’s clear that God has directed Maame (Yankah) Boateng's p...

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