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CMU student wins international oratorical contest
Recent CMU graduate Amelia Warkentin (class of '19) is the winner of this year's C. Henry Smith Oratorical Contest. Her first-place speech, titled "Finding Health and Peace Through Self-Care", has earned her $400 USD in prize money, forthcoming publication in Mennonite Weekly Review, and a scholarship for participation in a peace-related conference of her choice.
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Educating for the 'W' (Winnipeg Free Press, August 10, 2019)
Canadian Mennonite University is taking a page out of the books of some of the most prestigious schools in the world with its latest academic offering.
The Winnipeg-based post-secondary institution is preparing to welcome students for a second year of "W" courses, all of which are designed to develop and fine-tune students' writing skills.
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Winnipeg’s meth crisis: community-based responses needed NOW
The drug methamphetamine is running rampant in Winnipeg and it affects everyone, from families to workplaces to public spaces. The city urgently needs community-based action, and several organizations are uniting to bring it about.
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and Menno Simons College (MSC), along with numerous other organizations, are hosting a series of public events this week, titled, "Meth in Winnipeg: A Community Response."
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MSC faculty and team awarded $119,000 federal grant
An instructor from Canadian Mennonite University's Menno Simons College (MSC) and a team of other professors are the recipients of a prestigious federal grant.
Karen Ridd, Instructor in Peace and Conflict Resolution Studies, received a three-year Partnership Development Grant worth $119,000 through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
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CMU and the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference granted CCAA membership
The CMU Blazers and the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference have jumped another hurdle. The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association, the national body that governs sports competitions and national championships between Canadian colleges and universities, formally and unanimously accepted the Winnipeg-based university as part of the MCAC's application for conference membership on Tuesday at the CCAA's Annual General Meeting in Calgary.
The six-member provincial conference consisting of Assiniboine Community College, Brandon University, Providence University College, Red River College, Université de St-Boniface and CMU will become the sixth regional conference to compete in the CCAA, joining the PacWest (B.C.), ACAC (Alberta-Saskatchewan), OCAA (Ontario), RSEQ (Quebec) and ACAA (Atlantic-Canada) conferences. The CCAA currently boast a membership of 95 colleges and universities across the five Canadian conferences and with a successful two years on probationary status, the MCAC's membership will bring the national conference to an even 100.
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