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CMU25 Celebration

CMU25 Celebration

With joy we honour the 25-year story of a remarkable learning community and thousands of alumni whose lives call us forward." These words written by CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls welcomed people into the celebration of CMU's 25th anniversary on September 19.

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Dr. Cheryl Pauls speaks at the CMU 25th Anniversary Celebration

President's Message

This year we celebrate the story of Canadian Mennonite University at its 25-year cadence. This is a worthy breathing place—a time to say thank you, tell stories, reckon with the times, and attune ourselves to gifts in much vaster spans.

We offer tribute to generations of people who had a stake in building and nourishing CMU since long before the notion of coming together as a university was even a dream. We're inspired by thousands of alumni of CMU and predecessor colleges, whose lives bear witness to why this place matters to church and society.

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This century has 25 years

This century has 25 years

On an unseasonably warm fall evening, the annual J.J. Thiessen Lecture series at CMU was underway. The Scriptures had been read, and for the night of October 22, 2024 it came from Hebrews 12:1-2 where the Christian faithful are reminded of being surrounded throughout history by a "great cloud of witnesses" as an encouragement to put off all weights and sins to run the race set before them, focused on Christ.

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'Go beyond what you can imagine': Green energy grows at CMU (Winnipeg Free Press)

'Go beyond what you can imagine': Green energy grows at CMU (Winnipeg Free Press)

Canadian Mennonite University is unveiling a new "district geothermal energy system" — a first on a post-secondary campus in Manitoba — this weekend.

The project is estimated to cost $8.4 million.

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CMU welcomes new faculty to start 2025/26 academic year

CMU welcomes new faculty to start 2025/26 academic year

CMU enters a new academic year with both excitement and gratitude, welcoming five new faculty members whose expertise spans music, biology, social work, psychology, and chemistry.

Together, these teaching appointments highlight the university's ongoing commitment to interdisciplinary teaching, faith-integrated scholarship, and nurturing students in ways that prepare them to engage the world with curiosity, compassion, and purpose.

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