Rebekah Miller (CMU '18) practices music therapy with two-year olds one day, 102-year olds the next

Music Therapy degree opens worlds of opportunity for graduate

Rebekah Miller sees the effects of music's transformative power in countless different ways every week. No two days on the job are ever alike for the music therapist and educator.

"One day I'm working with two-year olds and then the next I'm working with 102-year olds," says Miller, who graduated from CMU with a Bachelor of Music Therapy in 2018. "What I love the most about my work right now is the diversity. I love working with different age groups and having different goals."

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Some keen students on CMU's Shaftesbury Campus get the jump on the upcoming requirement

CMU faculty and students mandated to don academic regalia starting 2019/20

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Winnipeg, April 1, 2019 – Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Senate has passed a motion to institute academic dress as required day-wear for all CMU faculty and students. Faculty will don their robes and the hoods entitled to them by their credentials, while students will wear plain robes until receiving the appropriate hoods upon graduation.

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Canadian Mennonite University signs MOU with Filipino peacebuilding institute

Canadian Mennonite University signs MOU with Filipino peacebuilding institute

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has entered into a collaboration agreement through a memorandum of understanding with the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI). The memo states the intention of cooperation for collaboration on mutually beneficial grant opportunities, curriculum development, and activities for the advancement of programming between the two entities.

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New book from CMU Press explores history of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate

A new book published by the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) Press presents a detailed account of the history of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate, a private Mennonite high school in Winnipeg.

Necessary Idealism: A History of Westgate Mennonite Collegiate is written by Dr. Janis Thiessen, Associate Professor of History at the University of Winnipeg.

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CMU to honour writer Rudy Wiebe with 2019 PAX Award

CMU to honour writer Rudy Wiebe with 2019 PAX Award

Renowned writer Rudy Wiebe will receive the 2019 Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) PAX Award.

CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls will present the award to Wiebe on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Spring at CMU, an annual fundraiser in support of the university.

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