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Sunday@CMU: September 2025
Sunday, September 7, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Reading the Gospel of Luke with Junior High Students
This month on Sunday@CMU, we hear from CMU alumna Julia Thiessen. Julia is a teacher at Westgate Mennonite Collegiate and a member of Charleswood Mennonite Church in Winnipeg. In this series of meditations we are rebroadcasting, she reflects on teaching the Gospel of Luke to grade eight students, and seeing the biblical stories through their lens.
Read MoreFrom Engineering to Pastoral Leadership: The Impact of Theological Study
Saturday, September 6, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
When Everton McLennon stepped onto CMU's campus for the first time, he was not like the majority of students. He was in his 40s, with a full-time career and an engineering degree under his belt. But he had also been called to pastor his congregation, and he took that call seriously.
"I wanted to educate myself to better serve the congregation and gain a deeper understanding of theology," McLennon says. "Reading the Bible, I felt, did not provide me with full background and prepare me properly for the role of pastoral ministry, and CMU did that for me."
Read MoreRelational Learning, Lasting Impact: Carrying the Spirit of CMU into Education
Friday, September 5, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Heather Schellenberg was thrilled when she found out about CMU's new education degree program. As a teacher herself, she's excited about how this will allow CMU to send even more thoughtful, well-equipped grads out into the world to nurture the next generation. "I feel proud to have gone there, and I know it shaped me a lot," she says.
Read MoreResponding to Crisis with Compassion: How CMU Shaped a Global Leader
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
When a humanitarian disaster makes headlines, some people read about it while drinking their coffee or share it on social media during their bus ride. Bruce Guenther, however, is already at his desk, organizing responsive action in the disaster's region.
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Faith in Practice: How CMU Inspires Community-Centred Leadership
Wednesday, September 3, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
For Kyle Penner, CMU was where he learned how to think about faith, community, and leadership in ways that continue to shape his life today. "My time at CMU helped shape who I am and how I think in the world," he says.
After graduating in 2005 with a major in youth ministry, Penner reflects on the practical lessons CMU offered. Courses on preaching, church history, and biblical texts didn't just give him knowledge, he says they taught him how to communicate with clarity across generations. Something that he says comes in quite handy in his current role as the pastor of Grace Mennonite Church in Steinbach, MB.
Read MoreRooted in Faith, Growing Through Ecology: A CMU Alum's Path of Environmental Leadership
Tuesday, September 2, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Sometimes the most pivotal moments are only possible because of the communities we've already been part of. For Joanne Moyer, that moment came at an airport.
While seeing off a friend who was volunteering in Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams (now Community Peacemaker Teams), she bumped into Esther Epp-Tiessen who then worked for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). Because they already knew each other through CMU's close-knit circles, the conversation quickly turned into opportunity.
Read MoreFrom basketball star to keeper of stories: CMU alum brings Mennonite history to life
Thursday, August 28, 2025 @ 8:06 AM
Andrew Klassen Brown makes working in archives sound as exciting as an experimental jet test pilot.
The 32-year-old CMU alum works as the Archivist and Records Manager with Mennonite Central Committee Canada, serves as the vice-president of the Manitoba Mennonite Historical Society, and spends his free time visiting secluded attractions important to Mennonite history, such as the Mennonite Memorial Landing Site on the Banks of the Red River near Ste. Agathe, MB.
Read MoreCMU psychology professor awarded grant for dementia research
Monday, August 18, 2025 @ 3:40 PM
Heather Campbell-Enns, PhD, has received a $200,000 grant co-funded by the Alzheimer Society of Canada and Research Manitoba for her work in dementia research. It will specifically support her current project, A Pilot Study of Ethnocultural Approaches to Family-Provided Dementia Care, which explores how caregiving is shaped by cultural knowledge, traditions, and intergenerational experiences.
Read MoreCMU professor selected for major financial literacy research advisory group
Friday, August 15, 2025 @ 10:08 AM
Jerry Buckland, PhD, CMU Professor of Economics and International Development Studies, was recently selected to be a member of the International Network on Financial Education (INFE), a leading institution in the field of financial literacy and education.
The INFE is a project of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), an organization with headquarters in Paris and approximately 70 member countries, which works to measure and improve financial literacy around the world. Buckland says, "The OECD's INFE has been a pioneer in promoting financial education internationally."
Read MoreProvince of Manitoba approves new Bachelor of Education at CMU
Thursday, August 14, 2025 @ 1:17 PM
CMU has received approval from the Province of Manitoba to launch a new condensed 16-month Bachelor of Education after-degree program. The first cohort will begin August 2026 and promises to prepare confident, community-minded teachers ready to enter classrooms across Manitoba and beyond.
The program features 28 weeks of practicum strategically scheduled throughout the school year, including longer placements in rural and northern communities. A co-teaching model pairs candidates with experienced mentor teachers, ensuring they can immediately apply classroom strategies and pedagogical skills.
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