"Good teaching is just simply good teaching." After 20 years of teaching at CMU, Dr. Janet Brenneman is still learning and finding ways to change up her instruction methods

Children in the classroom

If you had walked into Dr. Janet Brenneman's Early Musical Development course last semester, you might have been surprised at what you would have found: a group of preschoolers.

Brenneman, Associate Professor of Music at CMU, invited children from Assiniboine Castle Daycare to come to her university class for five weeks, so her students could gain hands-on teaching experience.

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Sunday at CMU

Sunday@CMU: April 2020

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.

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Bridging the COVID-19 Study-Gap: CMU’s volunteer tutoring collective goes online to help students finish strong

Bridging the COVID-19 Study-Gap: CMU’s volunteer tutoring collective goes online to help students finish strong

PAL, or Peer Assisted Learning, is a peer-tutoring program run each year at CMU by a collective of student volunteers. Normally, PAL holds drop-in hours on campus throughout the week, offering fellow students help with homework, essay writing, test prep, study skills, and more. This year, with courses moved suddenly online, students are grappling with new challenges, and PAL is offering new solutions.

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2020 Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition winners (videos)

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Outtatown group stranded in Guatemala following border closures, now homeward bound

Outtatown group stranded in Guatemala following border closures, now homeward bound

The group of 36 students, five leaders, and two staff left Guatemala aboard a repatriation flight bound for Quebec on Friday afternoon.

BREAKING: The good news is finally in! CMU has received word that the Outtatown group awaiting repatriation secured passage on an Air Transat flight leaving Guatemala on Friday afternoon, March 27, and arrived in Quebec that same night. 

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