Keyword: continuing education

Retired school teacher hits the books again at CMU

Wednesday, March 20, 2024 @ 5:51 PM

Where does our learning journey end? Is it after high school or university? Maybe it's once we get comfortable in our careers. Perhaps it's after retirement when we can kick back and enjoy golden years in quiet bliss.

Well, Tom Dercola, a 77-year-old retired high school teacher, proves that learning is a lifelong endeavour.

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CMU's Xplore: Weaving faith and life through lifelong learning

Tuesday, February 6, 2024 @ 12:59 PM

Learning is an ageless pursuit. Whether young or old, infant or elder, we always take in new experiences, stitching them into the patchwork of our lives. We don't always get to choose which scraps or fabric make up our pastiche collage, but when looking back, we can always know the value and significance of those lessons.

If we placed Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) Xplore program into the quilt, the threads would unite our experiences of faith and life.

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Xplore program ventures into new territory during pandemic

Monday, January 25, 2021 @ 12:15 PM

When CMU's Xplore classes moved online for the fall 2020 semester due to COVID-19, Marlene Janzen was thrilled. Janzen lives in Ottawa, ON, so the new format meant she could participate for the first time.

"This was really interesting to me, to access these resources from CMU," she says, adding that she had a great experience in her course.

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