Sunday@CMU: July 2025

Thirsting for Faith, Quenching Doubt: Stories of Water in Life and Scripture

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting a series from CMU's former Residence Director and CMU alumna, Mackenzie Nicolle. In these reflections, she speaks about the ways in which water, thirst, faith, and doubt interrelate in the Bible and in her own life.

Lynda Loewen | 2024 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award Recipient (video)

Lynda Loewen has worked at CMU for over 15 years, first as a sessional instructor and today as Teaching Assistant Professor of Psychology. In the 2024/25 academic year, she taught Interpersonal Communication, Counseling Theories, Counseling Techniques, and Trauma and Resilience. She also works as a therapist, her first vocation, which she has been doing since 2008.

Completion of geothermal field a milestone in renovation project and improved sustainability

Over the past few months, CMU's Uphold Campaign, which is revitalizing and renewing the Poettcker Hall residence at CMU, has made significant strides with the installation of a new geothermal field to provide heating and cooling to the dormitory.

Spring 2025 alumni updates

Readers of The Blazer magazine often say they flip right to the Alumni News section before reading anything else. With the next issue of The Blazer not scheduled to come out until this fall, here is a compilation of updates provided to CMU by you and your peers.

Alumni in their own words - Nathan Loewen (CMBC '94)

Where has life taken you since you left CMU?

Today, I'm a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama (UA).