Student Profiles
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."