Bursary helps recipients develop and explore
In 2021, there were three recipients of Mennonite Church Alberta tuition bursaries, which offer an incentive for young people who attend an MC Alberta congregation and have enrolled in a Mennonite/Anabaptist post-secondary institution. Bryant Neufeldt of Foothills Mennonite Church in Calgary and Danika Warkentin of Springridge Mennonite Church in Pincher Creek were asked what they are…
Music comes alive through synesthesia, art
Imagine if you could see sound. When Anna Schwartz listens to music, she not only hears the different instruments, keys and dynamics—she sees them. That’s because she has synesthesia, a neurological condition in which information entering a person’s brain stimulates multiple senses at once. Only four percent of people worldwide are synesthetes. For some, biting…
CMU alumni collaborate on book featuring women in music
Anneli Loepp Thiessen A vibrant children’s book featuring 26 women in music will soon hit bookstore shelves, and it was created by two Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) alumni. Anneli Loepp Thiessen first wrote The ABCs of Women in Music in the fall of 2020 as a creative project for a feminist theories class at the…
CMU music students break pandemic ‘fast’
The Mennonite Community Orchestra (MCO) broke the pandemic silence with a concert featuring two Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) students on Nov. 14 in Winnipeg. The concert was the ensemble’s first since November 2019, after which the novel coronavirus postponed all further productions. Soprano Johanna Klassen, pictured front right, is a fourth-year music education student who…
CMU announces fall 2021 enrolment
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) began the 2021-22 academic year with fall enrolment holding strong and steady. Preliminary results for all CMU programs indicate a student complement of 875 (full-time equivalent). This includes 615 FTE at the Shaftesbury main campus and 260 FTE at the Menno Simons College campus. At the main campus CMU has seen…
CMU honours Class of 2021
After a year of mingling on Zoom and many online classes, the Canadian Mennonite University community gathered in person on Aug. 21 to celebrate the Class of 2021. At an outdoor convocation ceremony on CMU’s grounds, CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls conferred 68 undergraduate degrees, 20 master’s degrees and three certificates. “This afternoon we celebrate…
CMU planning for mostly in-person classes and campus life this fall
WINNIPEG—Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) anticipates that about 90 percent of its classes will happen in person, and 10 percent online. Also, there will continue to be some hybrid extensions of in-person classes for students who are not able to attend in person for COVID-19-related reasons. Providing provincial testing and vaccination goals are met—and currently the…
CMU launches new Centre for Career and Vocation
WINNIPEG—Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) celebrated the launch of its newest initiative, the Centre for Career and Vocation on March 1. The centre’s mission is “to equip members of the CMU community to purposefully connect calling, courses and career through curriculum-integrated academic and vocational advising, experiential and work-integrated learning, and encouraging interdisciplinary exploration and creativity.” It…
CMU Xplore program ventures into new territory
When Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) moved its Xplore classes online for the fall 2020 semester due to COVID-19, Marlene Janzen was thrilled. Janzen lives in Ottawa, so the new format meant she could participate for the first time. “This was really interesting to me, to access these resources from CMU,” she says, adding that she…
Practising hope
People who arrived on the Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) campus last fall were greeted by singing, soaring not through the windows of the music wing, but from outside. In order to create a safe environment during COVID-19 but still continue voice lessons, CMU scheduled them outside. This is just one of the many ways faculty…
