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Public invited to launch of new book detailing the life of educator and TV producer Vera Good
Thursday, November 30, 2017 @ 8:02 AM
SIMCOE, ON — The public is invited to a celebration for a new book detailing the life of Dr. Vera Good, a pioneering educator and television producer from Waterloo County.
Good and author Nancy Silcox will be on hand to launch The Exceptional Vera Good: A Life Beyond the Polka Dot Door on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 2:00 PM. The launch will take place in the party room at Norview Lodge Retirement Home in Simcoe, ON (44 Rob Blake Way). All are welcome to attend.
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: November 2017
Sunday, November 26, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
Sunday@CMU is a 15-minute radio program that features biblical meditations from current and emeritus professors, music from CMU ensembles and choirs, and interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Host and Producer: Aaron Epp, Alumni Writer & Social Media Coordinator
Listen NowCONNECT Campaign reaches $14.4 million goal
Saturday, November 25, 2017 @ 4:30 PM
A fundraising campaign to build Marpeck Commons, the library, learning commons, and bridge at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), has reached its goal. “It is our great pleasure and gratitude to announce that the CONNECT Campaign goal of $14.4 million has been achieved in gifts and commitments,” CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls said during a speech she gave on Saturday, November 25 at the university’s annual Christmas concert.
Continue ReadingCommunity invited to celebrate Christmas at CMU
Monday, November 20, 2017 @ 7:37 AM
The event takes place on Saturday, November 25 at the university (500 Shaftesbury Blvd.). There are two concerts: one at 2:00 PM and the other at 7:00 PM. Admission for both concerts is free.
“All are welcome to attend this magnificent event,” says Dr. Dietrich Bartel, Dean of the CMU School of Music. “The decorations have been hung with care, people are baking cookies, Father Christmas is preparing to join us, and musicians from the CMU community are eagerly anticipating their chance to perform.”
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: October 2017
Sunday, October 29, 2017 @ 12:00 PM
This month on Sunday@CMU we are broadcasting recordings from this past April’s With Gratitude event. With Gratitude is a CMU graduation weekend event at which class members share their experiences through spoken word or musical performance. It gives graduates a valuable opportunity to showcase what their studies have meant to them.
Sunday@CMU is a 15-minute radio program that features biblical meditations from current and emeritus professors, music from CMU ensembles and choirs, and interviews with faculty, staff, students, and alumni.
Listen NowCMU and Kenji Dyck Present: Reflections on Student Life (video)
Wednesday, October 18, 2017 @ 12:24 PM
As a self-directed project, CMU student Kenji Dyck recently shot and produced a video which highlights an significant part of any student’s post-secondary education and sense of belonging—student life.
Here’s a look at what he chose to capture as a reflection on what makes the CMU experience special.
View Details2017 CMU Distinguished Alumni Story | Ken Esau (video)
Thursday, October 12, 2017 @ 7:26 AM
Born and raised in Coaldale, AB, Ken Esau was planning to become an engineer before studying at MBBC led him in the direction of becoming a teacher.
Since 1991, Esau has been part of the Biblical Studies faculty at Columbia Bible College in Abbotsford, BC.
View DetailsFall@CMU 2017
Thursday, October 12, 2017 @ 7:22 AM
Conversation, laughter, food, and song filled another successful Fall@CMU, the university’s annual autumnal gathering.
More than 900 people gathered at CMU September 22-23 for the event, formerly known as Fall Festival.
View Details2017 CMU Distinguished Alumni Story | Joanne Thiessen Martens (video)
Thursday, October 12, 2017 @ 7:22 AM
Joanne Thiessen Martens is an agricultural research technician in the Plant Science Department at the University of Manitoba (U of M) in Winnipeg.
For the past 13 years, Thiessen Martens has worked on ecological and organic agriculture research, including a wide variety of projects like cover crops, integrated crop-livestock systems, soil fertility management for organic farms, and more.
View Details2017 CMU Distinguished Alumni Story | Henry Neufeld (video)
Thursday, October 12, 2017 @ 7:17 AM
Henry Neufeld has spent more than six decades building positive relationships among Mennonite and Indigenous peoples.
Born in Moscow, Russia and raised in Leamington, ON, Neufeld studied theology at CMBC.
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