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.
Bridge-builder profile: Julian & Lynnette Regehr
Starting medical school is challenging enough when you’re in your early 20s – never mind starting when you’re 33 with a wife and children.
But that’s what Julian Regehr did. After working as a paramedic for 10 years, he quit his job in the summer of 2005 and started med school that September.
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Bridge-builder profile: Pam Peters-Pries honours her father, Ron Peters
Pam Peters-Pries attended Canadian Mennonite Bible College (CMBC), just as her father, Ron Peters, did. During her time as a student, Pam knew exactly where her father’s Class of 1965 graduation photo hung.
“I was always conscious of his photo as I walked passed it,” says Pam, who graduated from CMBC in 1989 with a Bachelor of Theology degree. “It was interesting to picture my father as a young adult, having the same experiences I was having, especially knowing how significant his experience at CMBC had been.”
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CMU alumnus awarded prestigious $50,000 fellowship
How are people in Colombia formed by finance? What are the hopes of everyday people in their use of credit cards, bank accounts, as well as alternative economic systems, in a country at war?
Those are the questions at the heart of the dissertation Rebecca Bartel is writing to fulfill the requirements of her PhD program in the Department for the Study of Religion and the Center for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto.
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Swords into Plowshares (Guns into Saxophones)
This Friday—only 4 days away—PIT begins.
Anticipation is building for us at CMU, and especially those on the PIT committee. We have over 100 youth coming this weekend. It is going to be a dynamic, challenging, thought provoking and fun couple of days. There is a lot to take in over the weekend: music, meals and stories to share, Acts of Peace, PIT stop activities, and worship times with our keynote speaker, Shane Claiborne.
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Beautiful Connections - A New Act of Peace
We’ve added another Acts of Peace project to this year’s PIT!
Art as a Universal Language with Manju Lodha. Manju was born in India, and came to Winnipeg in 1972. Her life, art and faith is rooted in non-violence, peace, healthy living and the preservation of culture and traditions that lead to harmony in diversity. Her vibrant work explores the themes of peace, war, non-violence, the environment, and multicultural cooperation.
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