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CMU student receives prestigious Terry Fox Humanitarian Award

Posted in Student Profiles  •  Thursday, July 21, 2022 @ 11:14 AM

CMU student Katrina Lengsavath is one of only 17 Canadians to receive the 2022 Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. She was chosen from 503 applicants across the country for the prestigious scholarship, which honours Terry Fox's legacy by encouraging young people who are passionate about helping others and who demonstrate perseverance in the face of adversity.

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The collaboration of Anna Schwartz and Shirley Elias culminated with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's performance of Scheherazade and the projection of images that represent how Schwartz, a synesthete, sees the music as it is played by the orchestra. (photo: Chronic Creative)

CMU student and instructor make music come alive through synesthesia, art

Posted in Student Profiles  •  Tuesday, May 3, 2022 @ 10:00 AM

Imagine if you could see sound. When Anna Schwartz listens to music, she not only hears the different instruments, keys, and dynamics—she sees them. That's because she has synesthesia, a neurological condition in which information entering a person's brain stimulates multiple senses at once.

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CMU master's degree offers flexible practicality to those called to heal world injustices

CMU master's degree offers flexible practicality to those called to heal world injustices

Posted in Student Profiles  •  Thursday, March 3, 2022 @ 2:10 PM

"Students in the Master of Arts in Peacebuilding and Collaborative Development (MA-PCD) program are a diverse group. They come from around the world, and they bring a wide variety of educational, vocational, and life experiences," says Associate Registrar for Graduate Studies, Valerie Smith.

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CSOP course inspires student to navigate Indigenous and Christian identities

CSOP course inspires student to navigate Indigenous and Christian identities

Posted in Student Profiles  •  Tuesday, February 22, 2022 @ 9:00 PM

Katie Anderson signed up for the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) because with the notoriously full schedule of a music student, she wanted to spread out her course load. But the class quickly became so much more than just getting another credit under her belt.

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Daniel McIntyre-Ridd and Chloe Friesen, students majoring in Communications & Media and hosts of Wittenberg Radio

Wittenberg Radio hosts push the boundaries of traditional podcasting

Posted in Student Profiles  •  Tuesday, February 1, 2022 @ 3:34 PM

You can't find it on traditional radio airwaves, but broadcasting humbly, once a month from the studio space on Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) campus, the hosts of Wittenberg Radio treat their listeners to content they call "by students, for students."

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