 In 1965, after several decades of growth and change on the Harrisonburg campus, the seminary was re-established with its formal name and an acting dean.EMS was an outgrowth of the curriculum in Bible at what was then known as Eastern Mennonite College.EMU and EMS together are considered the embodiment of a vision held by the Mennonite leaders from Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania who first established EMC in 1917.