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Graduate studies at CMU
Tuesday, December 8, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
What makes graduate studies programs unique at CMU? Valerie Smith, Associate Registrar for Graduate Studies, says that "being rooted in the Anabaptist tradition, we specialize in peacebuilding and reconciliation-oriented programs, even in the ways we teach business. There is plenty of space for diversity within the programs, creating conversations that cross disciplinary boundaries. Dialogue is one of our greatest strengths."
Continue ReadingCMU celebrates Class of 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020 @ 2:34 PM
Canadian Mennonite University celebrated the achievements of its Class of 2020 at an outdoor convocation ceremony on August 26. Ninety-one students completed their degrees in April, receiving their diplomas in the mail, and 58 of them gathered on CMU's grounds to mark the occasion.
Graduations all over the world looked drastically different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At CMU it was faculty decked out in full regalia and sitting in lawn chairs, crickets chirping during speeches, and friends waving to each other across the field.
Continue ReadingConvocation 2019-20: Outdoor event honours the class of 2020 (video)
Thursday, August 27, 2020 @ 2:43 PM
View Details‘For the straight way was lost’: Navigating faith, grad studies, and mental illness
Tuesday, July 14, 2020 @ 12:04 PM
When MA Theology student Grace Kang was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, she found herself forced to re-evaluate almost everything. So she went to grad school.
Haeon Grace Kang—Grace, in Anglophone circles—came to CMU searching for God: "I thought that studying God might help me to find a more intimate relationship with God. So far, I'd say that has worked out," she says.
Continue ReadingStatement regarding the joint CMU/MB Seminary program
Tuesday, July 7, 2020 @ 1:05 PM
Dear students in the joint CMU/MB Seminary program,
You likely have heard that for reasons of financial exigency MB Seminary (MBS) informed CMU this spring of the Seminary's decision to withdraw from the Affiliation Agreement between MB Seminary and CMU and to do so by May 31, 2021. In withdrawing from this Agreement, MB Seminary will cease to invest in 1.5 faculty positions at CMU, those of Andrew Dyck (1.0) and Pierre Gilbert (0.5; Gilbert 's other half position always has been connected only to CMU and is not affected by the MBS change).
Graduate theology student awarded CMU’s first SSHRC scholarship
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 @ 10:45 AM
A CMU student has been awarded a prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarship worth $17,500 by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). This is the first year CMU has been eligible to distribute this scholarship, due to the university's successful federal research funding.
Sarah Deckert is a student in CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry, working on a Master of Arts in Theological Studies. The SSHRC scholarship will go towards the work she is doing on her thesis, which is currently titled, "Embodied Pneumatology: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Healing the Wounds of Colonialism."
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: April 2020
Sunday, April 5, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Voices of our 2020 Graduates
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are featuring interviews with three CMU students graduating this year. I recently sat down with them to ask about their experiences over the past few years and what's next. On April 12, we are broadcasting an Easter meditation by Dr. Sheila Klassen-Wiebe. Sheila is Associate Professor of New Testament at CMU.
Sunday@CMU: October 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: With Gratitude 2019
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are broadcasting the With Gratitude event that took place during CMU's graduation weekend this past April 2019. At With Gratitude, graduating students express what their studies have meant to them through sharing words or music.
Listen NowSunday@CMU: June 2019
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: With Gratitude 2018
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting recordings from CMU's With Gratitude event that took place in April 2018. At With Gratitude, graduating students express what their studies have meant to them through sharing words or music.
Listen NowGraduates receive award for scholarship, leadership, and service from CMU president
Friday, May 3, 2019 @ 3:00 PM
Erin Froese and Mackenzie Nicolle are the 2019 recipients of Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) President's Medal Awards.
CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls presented the awards during CMU's 2019 Graduation Exercises on April 27. Froese and Nicolle received the awards in recognition of their qualities of scholarship, leadership, and service.
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