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Impactful work-integrated learning experience leads alumna to pursue decolonization efforts and Indigenous solidarity work
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 @ 9:24 AM
Ask any Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) graduate the most impactful learning experience during their undergrad, and they will most likely say their practicum placement.
As the only university in Canada that includes a work-integrated learning placement for all undergraduates, CMU's Practicum Program gives students practical, hands-on opportunities to work in their desired fields of study. Most students look at their practicum placement as a turning point in their education; they get a fully realized vision of the types of impacts they can make in the world and can be inspired to reach further heights in their academics or career.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: December 2021
Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Readying Ourselves for Christ's Coming
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Laura Funk, CMU alumna and Spiritual Director in Residence at Mennonite Church Manitoba. Throughout this series of meditations, Laura will lead us through the Advent season as we prepare for Jesus' birth.
Read MoreClimate: Daily Worries
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 12:30 PM
Are we all hypocrites? Jonas talks to James Magnus-Johnston (CMU Teaching Assistant Professor) and Anna Bigland-Pritchard (CMU '15) about life in a world where not enough is being done to address the climate crisis.
Anna's "Self-Care as Creation Care" workbook: https://fortheloveofcreation.ca/resources/
Read MoreCMU student perseveres, receives one of four national scholarships
Thursday, November 18, 2021 @ 1:47 PM
If you looked at photos from CMU student Tai Linklater's childhood, you'd see countless shots of her holding different reptiles, unable to control the excitement on her face. Her dream career was to be a herpetologist, studying reptiles and amphibians. Until she found out it required calculus.
That's because Linklater has Specific Learning Disorder, a disability that in her case manifests itself in trouble with visual spatial awareness and extreme difficulties with mathematics.
Read MoreDeaf first-year student finds place at CMU, both on the court and in class
Tuesday, November 16, 2021 @ 1:58 PM
Adaptability might be Annika Goodbrandson's greatest strength. As a multi-sport athlete, Goodbrandson understands the importance of versatility and flexibility. Goodbrandson is lacing up for Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) Blazers women's basketball team this year, and her greatest strength will be to the test.
As a deaf individual, the prevalence of adaptability has been lifelong for the first-year CMU student. Goodbrandson's family became aware that she was deaf at the age of two, and shortly after, the decision was made to get cochlear implant surgery and start speech therapy. Because of this, Goodbrandson can hear relatively clearly and fills in what she can't by reading lips.
Read MoreSupporters impact CMU students in a time of uncertainty
Monday, November 15, 2021 @ 8:00 AM
When Bryant Neufeldt started studying at CMU in the fall of 2019, he didn't expect it to turn out the way it has. His first year came to a strange end when in-person activities on campus abruptly shut down because of the arrival of the COVID-19 in Manitoba. Yet despite the uncertainty and change ahead, he still decided to return to CMU the following year.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: November 2021
Sunday, November 7, 2021 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Taste and See that the Lord is Good
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from CMU's newest faculty member, Sunder John Boopalan, assistant professor of biblical and theological studies. He has previously taught at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts and pastored in a Baptist church in the Boston area. Throughout this series of meditations, John will dive into CMU's chapel theme of the year, Taste and See, based on Psalm 34:8.
Read MoreFall 2021 alumni updates
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 8:00 AM
Readers of CMU's The Blazer magazine often say they flip right to the Alumni News section before reading anything else.
Unfortunately, the past several issues of The Blazer in its digest format were not able to include alumni news. Below is a compilation of updates provided by a few of our alumni (including the most adorable baby photos).
Read MoreCMU Blazers unveil Treaty One inspired uniforms
Friday, October 29, 2021 @ 10:28 AM
On October 24, the CMU Blazers unveiled new athletic uniforms inspired by the Treaty One land that is home to CMU.
The uniforms were designed by Indigenous artist Amber Green and feature floral patterns and "Treaty One Territory," along with other words and symbols connected to the treaty.
Read More2021 J.J. Thiessen Lecture Series - Mediation and the Immediate God (videos)
Thursday, October 28, 2021 @ 2:10 PM
In this lecture series, amplified in a forthcoming book, Mediation and the Immediate God (Darton, Longman, and Todd 2022), Edith M. Humphrey pursued a long-standing debated question: how we can both say that God has a direct relationship with each Christian, and that God uses others in order to bring us to health and glory? Guided by key scriptural passages, and key understandings of this topic and these passages, we probe the significance of intercessory prayer and our mutual dependence in the body of Christ.
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