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Unmasking anxiety in pandemic times
Posted in Stories | Wednesday, October 7, 2020 @ 4:37 PM
Face2Face conversation panel discusses what to notice and how to see during COVID-19
How might COVID-19 invite us to think about the lenses through which we understand the world? Is it possible that this shared pandemic experience can offer new perspectives not only filled with grief, loss, and anxiety?
Continue ReadingStudent assistantship with Li Keur project yields golden opportunities for two PACTS majors
Posted in Stories | Monday, October 5, 2020 @ 12:00 PM
Peacebuilding students Bryna Link and Hannah Connelly describe joys and challenges of their work on the Li Keur Podcast, interviewing creators and collaborators from the eponymous new opera.
Bryna Link and Hannah Connelly joined the production team of celebrated new opera Li Keur: Riel's Heart of the North as student assistants back in July. What began as a summer position—and for Connelly, a practicum placement ahead of graduation next Spring—has developed into a long-term student assistantship that will take both women all the way through Summer 2021.
Continue ReadingSunday@CMU: October 2020
Posted in Audio | Sunday, October 4, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Stories from the Mennonite Heritage Archives
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from Conrad Stoesz. He will be sharing stories that have been preserved in documents and artifacts in the archives, which he also presents on his radio segment, Still Speaking. Conrad is the archivist at the Mennonite Heritage Archives, affiliated with CMU, where he has worked since 1999. He is also an alumnus of Canadian Mennonite Bible College, one of CMU's predecessor colleges.
Listen NowCMU launches new composting project
Posted in News Releases | Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1:18 PM
On Earth Day 2020, CMU officially became Climate Smart certified. Involved in this certification was a commitment to strategize various initiatives in which CMU would reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus and become a more environmentally sustainable community. CMU's newest initiative, a composting project headed by graduate student Justin Eisinga, constitutes the first steps toward reducing greenhouse gasses by lowering the amount of waste build-up in landfills that contribute to the rising release of methane into the atmosphere.
Continue ReadingFace2Face | Seeing Through the Pandemic: The Art of Noticing (video)
Posted in Video | Thursday, September 24, 2020 @ 10:00 PM
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