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CMU names head coaches for new cross-country running program
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 @ 4:34 PM
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has appointed Calvin Reimer and Noel Kendle as head coaches of its new varsity cross-country running program within CMU Blazers Athletics.
Reimer and Kendle bring nearly two decades of combined experience as both student-athletes and coaches with the Manitoba Running Association.
Continue ReadingVerna Wiebe | 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award recipient (video)
Monday, March 16, 2026 @ 2:12 PM
Verna Wiebe, Teaching Assistant Professor of Music, worked at CMU and its predecessor college CMBC for 37 years, starting in 1988 and retiring in 2025. She and Dr. Paul Doerksen, Associate Professor of Theology and Anabaptist Studies and P.M. Friesen Co-Chair in Biblical and Theological Studies, are co-recipients of the 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award.
Continue ReadingDr. Paul Doerksen | 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award recipient (video)
Monday, March 16, 2026 @ 11:53 AM
Dr. Paul Doerksen, Associate Professor of Theology and Anabaptist Studies and P.M. Friesen Co-Chair in Biblical and Theological Studies, has worked at CMU since 2011. He and Verna Wiebe, Teaching Assistant Professor of Music, are co-recipients of the 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award.
The award, established in 2022, is granted annually to two faculty members who best exemplify CMU's commitment to excellent teaching.
Continue ReadingCMU students volunteer to rebuild homes after U.S. wildfire
Friday, March 13, 2026 @ 9:25 AM
Two years after a wildfire devastated Elk, Washington, ten students from Canadian Mennonite University joined Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) to help residents rebuild their lives and homes from the ground up.
The students spent their reading week on reconstruction projects, sanding drywall, mudding walls, and listening to residents recount the sudden loss of their homes.
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Continue ReadingFace2Face | Being Peacemakers For a World of Surging Polarization (video)
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 @ 7:00 PM
Recorded Wednesday, March 11 | 7:00 PM
View DetailsBeing Peacemakers For a World of Surging Polarization
Wednesday, March 11, 2026 @ 1:45 PM
"Engaging those we're in deep disagreement with doesn't mean pretending everything is okay... It takes time. It's not only talking about issues but getting to know one another as human beings, to share personal stories of pain and hope, to engage journeys together," says Dr. Chris Rice, Mennonite Central Committee alumnus, and co-founding director of Duke Divinity School Centre for Reconciliation.
Continue ReadingFrom Winnipeg to Zimbabwe, CMU grad explores resilience (CHVN)
Friday, March 6, 2026 @ 3:13 PM
Across Zimbabwe, communities are using innovative farming and conservation methods to fight a changing climate, and Kara LeBlanc's Digging In podcast brings Canadians face-to-face with the people finding real-world solutions.
For Kara LeBlanc, a podcast was the ideal way to make climate research accessible and personal. Her series, Digging In: Unearthing Stories of Climate Adaptation, shares insights from the LINCZ project – Locally Led Indigenous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe.
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Continue ReadingSunday at CMU: March 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
Broadening Our Capacity to Love
This month on Sunday at CMU, we are hearing from Jeff Friesen, Director of Leadership Ministries for Mennonite Church Manitoba. Jeff is an alumnus of CMU's undergraduate and graduate programs, and he spent almost 20 years as a pastor. In this sermon series we're rebroadcasting, he focuses on the politics of God's love as seen in 1 John and Acts and he explores how we can broaden our capacity to love.
Listen NowMCC alumnus Dr. Chris Rice in Manitoba for speaking events focused on peacebuilding and reconciliation
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 @ 5:39 PM
Dr. Chris Rice, a respected global voice in peacebuilding, Mennonite Central Committee alumnus, and an award-winning author, will be in Manitoba for a series of speaking events from March 11-15.
Rice is the featured speaker at the Canadian Mennonite University Face2Face speaker series event on Wednesday, March 11, 2026, at 7:00 PM. The event is co-presented by MCC Manitoba and CMU and takes place at Marpeck Commons, 2299 Grant Ave., Winnipeg. He will present an address titled, Being Peacemakers for a World of Surging Polarization.
Continue ReadingWinter 2025/26 alumni updates
Thursday, February 19, 2026 @ 9:46 AM
Readers of CMU's The Blazer magazine often say they flip right to the Alumni News section before reading anything else.
In the most recent, 25th anniversary issue of The Blazer, we were unable to squeeze in alumni news. Below is a compilation of updates provided to CMU by alumni.
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