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Sunday@CMU: October 2025
Sunday, October 5, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Peace with Creation
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from CMU alumna Zoe Matties. Zoe is Manitoba Program Manager for A Rocha Canada, a Christian environmental organization dedicated to caring for creation through conservation research, education, and community engagement. She graduated with an International Development Studies major, and holds a Master of Science in Food Systems and Society. In this new series of reflections, Zoe is exploring Peace with Creation, the theme of this year's Season of Creation—a period in the liturgical calendar dedicated to prayer, education, and action to protect the gift of God's creation.
Read MoreProfessor brings innovative environmental justice course to social work program
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 @ 8:14 AM
"Social workers are uniquely qualified to work at the front lines of catastrophes." So why hasn't the field engaged more with the global climate crisis?
Dr. Alexander Sawatsky, CMU Professor and Chair of Social Work, is asking this question with a course he introduced this semester: Environmental Justice and Social Work Practice.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: January 2024
Sunday, January 7, 2024 @ 12:00 AM
Our Human Place in Creation
This month on Sunday@CMU, we're hearing from Dr. Rachel Krause, Associate Professor of Biology at CMU. Rachel teaches courses like ecology and global health. In this rebroadcast of her series of meditations, she explores our human place in nature and God's desire for how God's creation should live together.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: May 2023
Sunday, May 7, 2023 @ 12:00 AM
Our Human Place in Creation
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Rachel Krause, Associate Professor of Biology at CMU. Rachel teaches courses like ecology and global health. In this new series of meditations, she explores our human place in nature and God's desire for how God's creation should live together.
Read MoreForestry management helps alumnus find a just and equitable world
Monday, February 28, 2022 @ 10:38 AM
Hearing Darcy Reimer ('15, Environmental Studies) reflect on this time at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), you see how CMU was a place of intersection, bringing together his passions and helping direct him into his career.
Reimer appreciated the small, interactive biology classes with Dr. Rachel Krause where he had the freedom to explore individual curiosities. Important to these classes was how the dialogue between science and faith were incorporated into his education, through which Reimer found a congruity between faith and science.
Read MoreStudent climate ambassador finds hope in raising awareness and inspiring action for sustainability
Tuesday, February 15, 2022 @ 8:49 AM
CMU student Ruby Anderson is passionate about sustainability and climate justice. That's why she is the Student Climate Ambassador to CMU through the Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions (CSCS) for the 2021-22 academic year.
CSCS is an initiative of Eastern Mennonite University, Goshen College, and Mennonite Central Committee. It works in Anabaptist and other faith communities to respond to climate change challenges by researching climate solutions, developing and equipping leaders, building networks, and inspiring action.
Read MorePolar bear research connects CMU alumna to the natural world
Monday, December 20, 2021 @ 1:02 PM
For Sara Wolowich Brown (CMU' 19, Environmental Studies), going to the zoo is more than just entertainment. It's become a passion.
Every year, she takes a pilgrimage to Assiniboine Park Zoo on her birthday. It's an almost ritualistic experience that connects her to the disorder of nature. "I always [been] very interested in science, and the natural world was always super fascinating to me. I always loved going to the zoo," says the alumna who graduated with Environmental Studies major.
Read MoreSomething worth protecting: a practicum story
Thursday, December 12, 2019 @ 11:59 AM
Graham Peters is completing his fourth and final year of a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies. He arrived on campus in the first year of CMU's expanded Biology program and, though he was not yet sure what he wanted to do, he quickly began to rediscover and expand his love of ecology. This led to a major in Environmental Studies, and a practicum focused on conservation ecology.
Read MoreDiversity and Connection: Environmental Studies at CMU
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 @ 12:19 PM
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Read MoreFaculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. Rachel Krause
Thursday, November 2, 2017 @ 11:34 AM
Dr. Rachel Krause, Assistant Professor of Biology, has taught at CMU since 2015.
What are you teaching right now that you're most excited about?
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