Announcing the CMU 2020 High School Essay Contest Results
CMU is pleased to announce the winners of this year's High School Essay Contest: in order of placement, congratulations to Emily Katsman (Grade 11) of Shaftesbury High School, Grace Gong (Grade 12) of Erindale Secondary School, and Katrina Lengsavath (Grade 12) of Gordon Bell High School.
Contestants were asked to respond formally, in a roughly 1000 word essay, to one of the following three questions:
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Sunday@CMU: June 2020
Theme: Elijah the Prophet
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting a sermon series by Moses Falco on the life and times of Elijah the prophet. Moses is a CMU alumnus and the pastor at Sterling Mennonite Fellowship in Winnipeg.
Listen NowGod of all mercy and consolation, come to the help of your people
I'm Anna Nekola, a Professor of Music at CMU. I'm from south Minneapolis and I have been worshipping for several years (and this spring via Zoom) with my family's congregation at Calvary Lutheran Church at 39th and Chicago, one short block from where George Floyd was murdered. This has been a hard week, watching my home community devastated by yet another brutal act of police brutality. Minneapolis, a northern city where racism has at times been more covert and insidious than in other parts of the US, can no longer deny the inequalities and oppression that are a long part of its history.
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Business co-op program gives alumna head start in career
Kayla Yanke (CMU '18) was one of the first students to graduate with CMU's Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Co-op degree, majoring in Accounting. After walking across the convocation stage in cap and gown, she was ready to join the workforce.
But just five months later, she suddenly faced being uprooted from the network she had established when she and her husband had to move across the country from Winnipeg, MB to Victoria, BC for his job in the military.
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CMU continues to invest in practicum program, hires Director of Practica
The Practicum program at CMU is integral to the learning experience. In fact, every student is required to complete a practicum in order to graduate. It is these opportunities that help students weave together their learning in the classroom with their interests outside of it. CMU is committed to continue growing and enriching this program, which has included appointing Dr. Christine Kampen Robinson as Director of Practica.
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