In this unique educational history, Donald B. Kraybill traces the sociocultural transformation of Eastern Mennonite University from a fledgling separatist school founded by white, rural, Germanic Mennonites into a world-engaged institution populated by many faith traditions, cultures, and nationalities. The founding of Eastern Mennonite School, later Eastern Mennonite University, in 1917 came at a pivotal time for the Mennonite community. Industrialization and scientific discovery were rapidly changing the world, and the increasing availability of secular education offered tempting alternatives that threatened the Mennonite way of life. In response, the Eastern Mennonites founded a school that would “uphold the principles of plainness and simplicity,” where youth could learn the Bible and develop skills that would help advance the church. In the latter half of the twentieth century, the university’s identity evolved from separatism to social engagement in the face of churning moral tides and accelerating technology. EMU now defines its mission in terms of service, peacebuilding, and community. Comprehensive and well told by a leading scholar of Anabaptist and Pietist studies, this social history of Eastern Mennonite University reveals how the school has mediated modernity while remaining consistently Mennonite. A must-have for anyone affiliated with EMU, it will appeal especially to sociologists and historians of Anabaptist and Pietist studies and higher education.

The Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism is the most comprehensive resource about evangelicalism available. With nearly 3,000 separate entries, the Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism covers historical and contemporary theologians, preachers, laity, cultural figures, musicians, televangelists, movements, organizations, denominations, folkways, theological terms, events, and more. Students, scholars, and libraries will all benefit from it.

For well over a half century, American Universities and Colleges has been the most comprehensive and highly respected directory of four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. A two-volume set that Choice magazine hailed as a most important resource in its November 2006 issue, this revised edition features the most up-to-date statistical data available to guide students in making a smart yet practical decision in choosing the university or college of their dreams. In addition, the set serves as an indispensable reference source for parents, college advisors, educators, and public, academic, and high school librarians. These two volumes provide extensive information on 1,900 institutions of higher education, including all accredited colleges and universities that offer at least the baccalaureate degree. This essential resource offers pertinent, statistical data on such topics as tuition, room and board; admission requirements; financial aid; enrollments; student life; library holdings; accelerated and study abroad programs; departments and teaching staff; buildings and grounds; and degrees conferred. Volume two of the set provides four indexes, including an institutional Index, a subject accreditation index, a levels of degrees offered index, and a tabular index of summary data by state. These helpful indexes allow readers to find information easily and to make comparisons among institutions effectively. Also contained within the text are charts and tables that provide easy access to comparative data on relevant topics.

"Here a father's history-telling combines with a daughter's personal journey of remembrance, loss, and grief. The voice of Nelson Good intertwines with that of his young adult daughter, Deborah Good, as he fights the cancer that will kill him while telling her the stories of seven projects, communities, and organizations he had cared about."

An indispensable reference with detailed information on the Mennonite Church.In delegate sessions held July 23-27, 1999, in St. Louis, Missouri, the Conference of Mennonites in Canada, Mennonite Church General Assembly, and General Conference Mennonite Church took steps to create the new, integrated Mennonite Church, a binational entity comprised of two national bodies -- Mennonite Church Canada and Mennonite Church USA.The sections of the Mennonite Directory 2000 reflect these changes.Canadian delegates established Mennonite Church Canada. Section 1 lists the organization of Mennonite Church Canada. Area conferences and congregations affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada are found in Section 2.U.S. delegates established a Mennonite Church USA Executive Board and approved a plan to create Mennonite Church USA. Section 3 lists current programs. Current area conferences and congregations are found in section 4.Canadian as well as U.S. delegates gave authority to the U.S. board to oversee binational programs until 2001. These binational organizations are listed section 7.Two new sections are North American Mennonite Bodies (section 13) and Independent Mennonite Area Conferences (section 15).The Mennonite Directory 2000 continues to provide detailed information that users have come to expect, including a listing of name, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail of Mennonite bodies, churchwide and conference boards, agencies, area conferences, and associate group offices.

Finally! Prestigious scholarships and fellowships for doing good! This is the make a difference generation and all over America high school and college students are rolling up their sleeves and devoting their time and energy to causes they believe in. And like most students, they could use some extra money when heading to college - so why not take advantage of the many scholarships available for doing community service? Making a Difference Scholarships is a unique guide written especially for caring students. The guide lists distinguished scholarships awarded for social service, social entrepreneur funds for young people who start their own non-profits, college-based service scholarships, and fellowships for studies such as labor, peace, and the environment. While most scholarship guides are filled with obscure small scholarships that very few students are eligible for, anyone doing community service anywhere in the U.S. can try for most making a difference scholarships. Many of these scholarships are exceptionally large-in the $5,000 to $10,000 range. And winners of these awards substantially increase their chances of being admitted to the college of their choice. Today's students really deserve honors for their acts of community building and environmental stewardship! A wonderful gift for students who care and a great companion guide to Making a Difference College and Graduate Guide, Miriam Weinstein has been active in environmental and social causes since her teens. She has been publishing the Making a Difference College Guide since 1992. Weinstein is a graduate of the New College of California and lives in San Anselmo, California.

It offers honest and up-to-date profiles of more than 100 distinctive colleges and graduate programs, from hidden gems to Ivy League schools, religious colleges, innovative state schools, and unique graduate schools. It's filled with hundreds of amazing opportunities, ideas for meaningful courses of study, and advice for service-related career paths. Nowhere else can students learn where they, can help save endangered species, monitor rivers for pollution, study marine ecology on coral reefs, design affordable housing, or tutor at-risk children while getting college credit.And now, for the first time, this guide also includes vital information about graduate fields, including law, health, international relations, environment, spirituality, and urban planning, plus more than fifty pages of information about the Peace Corps, such as how to combine Peace Corps work with graduate school.