Beryl Brubaker
Administrator Emerita
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E-Mailbrubakeb@emu.edu
Education
- BS, Case Western Reserve University
- MS, University of Pennsylvania
- PHD, University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Biography
Dr. Brubaker started her long EMU career in the nursing department, which she chaired for 10 years. Recognized for her administrative ability, she was appointed vice president for enrollment management in 1994 and then provost, EMU’s second-highest post, 2000-2008. She also served briefly as interim president and at one point took on double duties as music department chair (an area that was her first major in college). After that, Brubaker led EMU’s reaccreditation effort with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Currently she serves half-time as director of the Sadie A. Hartzler Library.
In semi-retirement, Brubaker is active in her church, Park View Mennonite, and chairs the board of Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center. Previously she chaired the board of Mennonite Mutual Aid (now Everence).
Mission Statement
For over 40 years God has continued to call me to the work of equipping students at Eastern Mennonite University to become part of God’s reconciling work in the world. “To this end we commit ourselves to do justice, love mercy and walk humbly with God.”
Publications
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Scholarly Presentations and Abstracts
“Achieving Compliance on Faculty Credentials,” Southern Association of Colleges and Schools annual meeting, December 2010
“Justice and the Liberal Arts at Eastern Mennonite University,” Westmont College Third Annual Conversation on the Liberal Arts, January 2003
Other Presentations
SACS Roundtable Discussion leader, Orlando, December 2006
Harrisonburg-Rockingham County Chamber of Commerce Community Leadership Program Education Session, December 2006
Church, Community and Professional Service
Board member and chair, Valley Brethren-Mennonite Heritage Center
Chair, Nominating Committee, Park View Federal Credit Union
Member, Virginia Mennonite Conference Constitution and Bylaws Committee
President/Chair, Harrisonburg Everence Fraternal Chapter
SACS visitor, chair of visiting committee March 2008
Member of SACS annual meeting program committee, 2007-08
Chair of Virginia Mennonite Conference Organizational Review Task Force, 2006
Honors, Awards and Grants
2012 Alumnus of the Year, Belleville Mennonite School
Beryl H. Brubaker Endowed Scholarship for Nursing established by administration at EMU upon retirement in 2008
Appointed Provost Emeritus, June 2008
Anabaptist Health Care Award, 2000 recipient “In recognition of her commitment to increased understanding of how health care can promote faithful communities.” Presented by MMA at Mennonite Health Assembly, Williamsburg, Virginia, March 25, 2000
Along with other staff wrote successful planning, implementation and sustainability Lilly grants on “The Theological Exploration of Vocation,” 2001-2009
Wrote successful Title III grant to build campus network, July 1994
Isabel McIssac Award for doctoral study, 1980
Elected Outstanding Nurse from EMC, District 9, Virginia Nurses’ Association, May, 1974
Hampton-Robb Prize for Academic Achievement at graduation, Case Western Reserve, 1967
Academic Achievement award at graduation, Riverside Hospital School of Nursing, 1964
Valedictorian, Belleville Mennonite School, 1960
Certifications and Licenses
Professional Memberships
Mennonite Healthcare Fellowship
Charter member of Nurses’ Educational Foundation, December 1998
Inducted into Sigma Theta Tau International, Pi Mu Chapter, and Phi Delta Kappa
Professional Conferences Attended
Library Assessment Conference, Charlottesville, VA, October 2012
SACS-COC annual meeting, Louisville, KY, December, 2010
Virginia Library Association annual conference, Williamsburg, VA, October 2009
SACS Fourth Annual Small College Initiative Atlanta, GA, April, 2009
Mennonite Assembly, San Jose CA, July 2007
Programs for the Theological Exploration of Vocation, Indianapolis IN, February 8-10, 2007
EMU Service
1970 – present
Chair, Library Task Force 2011-12
Member, Seminary Enrollment Strategies Group, 2009-10