Within CMU blogs, you'll find fascinating stories and pieces on current students and accomplished alumni. You'll also hear directly from students, faculty, and staff, as they tell their personal CMU stories in their own voices.

Alumni in Toronto start CHOIR! to build community, have fun singing

When Sarah Quartel and Damaris Schmucker decided to start a community choir, they hoped at least 10 people would join. Imagine their surprise when nearly 40 people registered.

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Michael P. Falk: Winnipeg music mogul

It’s difficult to overstate the contribution Michael P. Falk has made to Winnipeg’s music scene.

Over the past 15 years, Falk (nee Petkau, CMBC 1997-99) has carved out an impressive career as a recording engineer, working with some of the city’s best-known bands including Moses Mayes and Mahogany Frog.

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Press release: Conference to explore human right to freedom of movement

Menno Simons College to host 9th Canadian Association for Refugee and Forced Migration Studies conference

The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights (Article 13) states that everyone has the right to freedom of movement within and across borders. Today unprecedented numbers of people are being denied this right. How can host states, origin states, the international community, private citizens, and civil society act to address the escalating global crises triggered by forced migration?

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Photo courtesy Barbara Davis

Managing change successfully

When she heard about conflict resolution, Barbara Davis (MSC '07, CRS 3–year) knew she had found what she wanted to study.

"When I found conflict resolution, I thought this is it, this is me," she says. "It is exactly what I wanted in terms of the skill set I wanted for life and a career."

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Tiffany Carther-Krone: From the swimming pool to a PhD


Tiffany Carther-Krone's PhD research involves using this
MRI machine in Thunder Bay, ON. (Click to enlarge.)

How does an aspiring music teacher end up doing a PhD in neuroscience? CMU’s meal plan is part of the answer.

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