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Research, Art, and Advocacy: Threads That Began at CMU
Monday, September 1, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
This September, Jess Klassen co-created an art installation at Nuit Blanche, a night of art, music, and festivities that lights up Winnipeg's downtown. Along with fellow CMU alumna Chantel Mierau ('05), Klassen hosted a communal art project to dream up an alternative municipal budget in response to the one put forward by the City of Winnipeg. Up on the roof of a parkade at the Forks, participants could select a strip of cloth in a colour that corresponded with a budget category—housing, library services, and public transit were just a few—and weave it into a tapestry.
Read MoreFrom student council to corporate communications: A CMU alum’s journey of curiosity, community, and connection
Monday, September 1, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Zachary Peters came to CMU for adventure.
In 2005, Peters joined CMU's Outtatown Discipleship School, a program that enabled students to experience travel through a mission trip while still keeping up with their studies.
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 taught alum how to think "inside out and upside down"
Tuesday, August 19, 2025 @ 4:05 PM
The current Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Winnipeg came to CMU from Providence University College, by way of the University of Manitoba, where he initially planned to become a dentist.
After a conversation with a friend attending CMU, who mentioned a course on the history of rock music, he quickly changed direction. That pivot eventually led him to CMU's Music Department in the early 2000s, where he graduated in 2006.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: August 2025
Sunday, August 3, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Voices of the CMU Community
This month on Sunday@CMU, we highlight student voices from the CMU community. Listen to stories produced by Communications and Media students in CMU's radio team course and hear performances from this year's 20th annual Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition finals.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: July 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
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.
Read More#myCMUlife | “Well… it depends…”: Four insights into studying music therapy at CMU
Thursday, June 5, 2025 @ 9:00 AM
Four years ago, I had never heard of music therapy. Now, I can't imagine doing anything else.
In the fall of 2017, I was heading into the last year of my Bachelor of Music in piano at King's University in Edmonton, trying to figure out what to do afterwards. As I skimmed through a promotional brochure about what to do with a music degree, the words "music therapy" caught my eye. I was instantly intrigued. I remember phoning a music therapist to get more information. When I asked what a typical music therapy workday might look like, she replied with, "Well... it depends...." While I thought this answer was profoundly unhelpful in the moment, I've seen how true it is after studying music therapy at CMU.
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Read MoreSunday@CMU: June 2025
Sunday, June 1, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Reflections on Five Parables of Jesus
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from CMU alumnus Kenny Wollmann, a teacher and member of Baker Hutterite Community. In this rebroadcast of his series of meditations, he reflects on what Jesus' parables tell us about the Kingdom of God.
Read MoreCMU celebrates the Class of 2025: a landmark year in the CMU story
Wednesday, May 7, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Under the vaulted arched ceilings of the historic Knox United Church in downtown Winnipeg, Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) celebrated its 25th graduating class on April 26, 2025. This landmark year for the university saw 97 graduates receive their diplomas in front of a large gathering of family, friends, CMU faculty, and staff.
CMU President Cheryl Pauls opened the ceremony by saying, "As a university moved and transformed by the life and teachings of Jesus Christ, CMU is gifted by the diverse range of people and communities who entrust themselves to learn together."
Read More#myCMUlife | Finding your people at CMU
Monday, May 5, 2025 @ 3:59 PM
Life at CMU is full of unexpected lessons. Some come from professors, others from classmates, and many from late-night lounge chats or spontaneous games of hide and seek in the forest. For CMU students Ella, Jewels, and Adalynne, living and learning on campus has been just as much about personal growth as it has been about academics.
Ella doesn't just participate in student life—she's practically the poster child for it. "How much time do you have?" she joked, before listing off an impressive roster of roles: soccer and futsal player, Indigenous student leader, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion volunteer, member of the Music Student Association, CMQ, Arts and Entertainment, and the list goes on. Somehow, she does it all and still manages to sound genuinely joyful about it.
Jewels keeps busy too, but with a slightly different flavour. She works as a barista at folio café on CMU's campus and sings in two CMU choirs. Adalynne brings a thoughtful energy to their many contributions. They've volunteered in the student-run Blaurock Café and Meraki Maker Space, performed at coffeehouses, and played in the Mennonite Community Orchestra. "It's been a really nice experience," they said simply, the kind of understatement that hints at something richer beneath the surface.
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