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From Classroom to complex systems: learning to make good decisions

Sunday, September 28, 2025 @ 12:00 AM

Dean Dueck began his studies at CMU in 2009, transferring from Steinbach Bible College (SBC). "CMU had a really good relationship and good credit transfers between the two universities," he says. This allowed him to dive into a business program that was launching, gaining experiences that would shape his career and approach to problem-solving.

From peacebuilding to conservation: A CMU alum’s journey of justice, community, and care for creation

Tuesday, September 23, 2025 @ 8:00 AM

Aaron Janzen knows being an environmentalist is as much about working with people as it is with the land.

The self-described "social scientist type-person," graduated from CMU in 2008, majoring in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS).

CMU unveils new visual identity: built on tradition, bold for the future

Friday, September 19, 2025 @ 11:25 AM

CMU has unveiled a new visual identity that reflects its deep roots in the Anabaptist tradition while boldly articulating its vision for the future. The refreshed identity features a new logo, a renewed colour palette, and a modern design system that will be integrated across campus, digital platforms, and publications in the coming months.

The rebrand comes as CMU celebrates its 25th anniversary as a university. "This is more than a new logo," said Dr. Cheryl Pauls, CMU President. "It offers a visual expression of a university moving ahead with clarity and courage, remaining deeply grounded in the faith, learning, and pursuit of peace-justice that endures and continues to shape our story."

Stitching together community and sustainability

Thursday, September 18, 2025 @ 8:00 AM

Anna-Marie Janzen's earliest childhood memory is sewing.

She recalls sitting on the kitchen floor with her grandmother, playing with giant, oversized plastic needles and shaped cards as her grandma taught her the fundamentals of stitching and threading.

Through the lens: How CMU helped an Indigenous storyteller find her voice

Thursday, September 18, 2025 @ 12:00 AM

Gindalee Ouskun points to the great paradox in her life—she is shy and introverted, yet her work is public-facing and relational. "It's kind of ironic that I would choose a career where ... I'm always interacting with people and really putting myself out there," she laughs. "But being in the role brings out a sort of confidence that I don't necessarily always have."

CMU launches first-of-its-kind district geothermal energy system

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 @ 2:31 PM

On Saturday, September 20 at 2:00 PM, Canadian Mennonite University will launch the new academic year with a celebration of the first district geothermal energy system at a Manitoba post-secondary education institution.

"As we welcome our students and community back to campus, I am proud to showcase this important milestone in our efforts to build a more sustainable future," said Dr. Cheryl Pauls, CMU President. "Poettcker Hall is just the first of many buildings we will connect to the district geothermal system on our journey to a net zero campus."

Advancing reconciliation through storytelling

Tuesday, September 16, 2025 @ 8:00 AM

"I have always been a storyteller," says Ben Borne over a Zoom call from his home in Saskatoon, SK. "And what I'm really good at is bringing people together."

Since graduating from CMU with a Bachelor of Arts in 2013, Borne's various endeavors and accomplishments—which are far too innumerable to list but include podcast host and founding his own public relations firm—all share that similar theme: storytelling.

From newcomer to community-builder: A CMU alum’s journey of purpose, justice, and leadership

Monday, September 15, 2025 @ 12:28 PM

When Gode Katembo thinks about his time at CMU, he doesn't just remember classes and assignments. What stands out is how the experience reshaped his sense of direction.

"For me, CMU did not prepare me for a career," he said. "It prepared me for purpose."

From martyrology to herpetology: A CMU alum's global journey of curiosity, community, and conservation

Thursday, September 11, 2025 @ 8:19 AM

A few days after graduating from CMU in 2025, Tai Linklater was in an airplane on the way to the Netherlands. The 23-year-old from Altona, MB travelled an ocean away from CMU, and yet it was present in almost every adventure of their two-week trip, a microcosm of their university experience: curiosity and community.

While at CMU, Linklater took a course on The Martyrs Mirror, a chronicle of the persecution and martyrdom of Anabaptist Christians particularly in the 16th century with Dr. Chris Huebner, Professor of Philosophy and Theology. Linklater and a fellow classmate met up with Huebner, who was on sabbatical doing research in Amsterdam, and together they toured many of the historical sites where the book's stories took place. They even did an escape room based on one of the martyr accounts, in the very area where it occurred hundreds of years ago.

Finding connection as an outsider: How CMU shaped a public servant

Thursday, September 11, 2025 @ 12:00 AM

Marvin Marcial didn't mean to become a CMU student. What was initially supposed to be one music elective as a visiting student from the University of Winnipeg turned him into a full-time student who ended up graduating from CMU with a Bachelor of Music in 2007. "I ended up in choir and that changed the whole trajectory of my education, and I transferred over to CMU the next year," he says.

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