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Sunday@CMU: May 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: CMU's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
CMU's Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate alumni who embody CMU's values and mission of service, leadership, and reconciliation in church and society. The awards are presented to alumni from CMU and its founding colleges. This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting the speeches given by this year's award recipients.
Read MoreCMU 2019 Graduation Ceremony | April 27, 2019 (video)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 @ 3:36 PM
Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me--put that into practice. And the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:9)
Valedictory address by Tegan Willick.
Read MoreWith Gratitude 2019 (video)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 @ 3:16 PM
With Gratitude is a CMU graduation weekend feature during which class members share their experiences through spoken word or musical performance. The event brings together family members, graduates, students, faculty, and staff, and affords graduates a valuable opportunity to showcase what their studies have meant to them.
Marta Bunnet, Vitor Jara Leite, Hannah Derksen, and Kenji Dyck provided their refelctions as 2019's With Gratitude participants.
Read MoreCanadian Mennonite University celebrates Class of 2019
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Another academic year came to a close as Canadian Mennonite University recognized the accomplishments of 96 graduates on Saturday, April 27, 2019.
CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls conferred 78 undergraduate degrees, 15 master's degrees, and three undergraduate certificates at the convocation service held at Portage Avenue Church.
Read More2019 Graduation
Monday, April 29, 2019 @ 4:07 PM
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Read More2019 CMU PAX Award Presentation to Rudy Wiebe (video)
Tuesday, April 9, 2019 @ 12:58 PM
Rudy Wiebe, is best known for his novels set in the Canadian prairies and his representations of Indigenous people. He was awarded the Governor General's Award for Fiction twice, for The Temptations of Big Bear (1973) and A Discovery of Strangers (1994) and won the Charles Taylor Prize for Of This Earth: a Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest (2006).
Read MoreSunday@CMU: April 2019
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: If We Walk in the Light
Speaker: John Brubacher
Dr. John Brubacher, Assistant Professor of Biology, presents a four-part sermon series exploring 1 John 1:5-7.
Read MoreNew book from CMU Press explores history of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate
Monday, March 25, 2019 @ 8:00 AM
A new book published by the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Press presents a detailed account of the history of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, a private Mennonite high school in Winnipeg.
Necessary Idealism: A History of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate is written by Dr. Janis Thiessen, Associate Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg.
Read MoreCMU to honour writer Rudy Wiebe with 2019 PAX Award
Tuesday, March 12, 2019 @ 9:19 AM
Renowned writer Rudy Wiebe will receive the 2019 Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) PAX Award.
CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls will present the award to Wiebe on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Spring at CMU, an annual fundraiser in support of the university.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: March 2019
Friday, March 1, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Metaphors in Scripture
Speaker: V. George Shillington
Dr. V. George Shillington, Professor Emeritus at CMU, presents a five-part sermon series exploring metaphors in scripture that we often quote or cite.
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