EMU Core

AAt Eastern Mennonite University we engage learning through com- bining the life of the mind and
the heart and hands of a servant - a lib- eral arts education put into action. Our mission statement embraces these ideals:
EMU prepares students to serve and lead in a global context. Our community of learning integrates Christian faith, academic rigor, artistic creation and reflective practice informed by the liberal arts, interdisciplinary engagement, and cross-cultural encounter.
To that end, the EMU Core, our general education program at Eastern Mennonite University, is a call to action through active learning in the liberal arts emphasizing engaging faith, peacebuild- ing, creation care, experiential learning and cross-cultural participation.
Creative arts and humanities invite our students to examine and make meaning of their complex world. An understanding of social and behavioral sciences allows our students to explore the world of human diversity. Knowledge of the natural sciences and mathematics encourages students to employ skills in investigation leading to effective action. In today's world, with rapid technological changes, cultural shifts, and an informa- tion explosion, college graduates need to know how to learn, unlearn, and relearn.
The kinds of work they may be doing
in the future cannot even be imagined today. As a faith-based university com-
mitted to following God as revealed through scripture and the way of Jesus, we offer study in the liberal arts informed by the Anabaptist Mennonite faith. It
is through such an education that our future generations will be equipped to "do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God" as they serve and lead in a global context.