The walled city of Harar in eastern Ethiopia.

MSC to host public lecture on interfaith peacebuilding

Menno Simons College is pleased to present Dr. Jan Bender Shetler in a public lecture on interfaith relations in the city of Harar, Ethiopia, later this month.

The result of an eight-year collaborative research project between Dr. Bender Shetler and fellow academic Dawit Yehualashet, the lecture explores how Muslims and Christians have been able to maintain relatively peaceful relations in Harar over the last century, despite close and potentially volatile interaction.

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Jonathan Dueck: A sort of homecoming

For Dr. Jonathan Dueck (CMBC '97), Canadian Mennonite University is a dream come true.

While studying at Canadian Mennonite Bible College in the early ‘90s, Dueck and one of his fellow students wrote a series of posts on the Wittenberg Door, an on-campus forum for student discussion.

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David Atem gives an inspirational message to the 2017 graduates of Menno Simons College.

Former child soldier awarded MSC's Distinguished Alumni Award

Menno Simons College (MSC) is pleased to announce David Atem as the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award.

A former child soldier from South Sudan, Atem came to Canada as a refugee in 2001.

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Neil Funk-Unrau, Associate Dean of Menno Simons College

Currently Reading: Neil Funk-Unrau

We asked Neil Funk-Unrau what he's reading, and his answer might surprise you.

What do you like to read?

My fiction interests are fairly wide ranging. Take murder mysteries: the ones I like the most are the ones that take you to a new place, and give you the opportunity to learn about a different part of the world, and a different time.

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MSC opens doors for mom of four

When Rosa Robert decided to go back to school and enrolled at Menno Simons College (MSC), she knew it would take careful planning. A mother of four, Robert took two courses each semester while working full-time.

“It was challenging at times, looking after my kids, being in school, and working full-time,” Robert says. “I had to be very organized.”

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