Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 1607 students. The university was chartered in 1999 with a Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, as well as

Menno Simons College Menno Simons College is a Mennonite college in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is a college of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and is one of CMU's three founding colleges. Menno Simons College, located in downtown Winnipeg, is also affiliated w ...

and a campus at The University of Winnipeg.

History

Canadian Mennonite University was incorporated in 1999, through the amalgamation of Canadian Mennonite Bible College (founded in 1947), Concord College (founded as Mennonite Brethren Bible College in 1944), and Menno Simons College (founded in 1988). A fourth college,

Steinbach Bible College Steinbach Bible College is an evangelical Anabaptist college located in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. History The college opened in 1936 as a training school for Mennonite Brethren and Evangelical Mennonite Brethren churches of Canada. In 1947, ...

, was also involved, but later withdrew. The name, Canadian Mennonite University, was formally announced in early 2000 and classes began in September of that year on a new campus, composed of the campus of Canadian Mennonite Bible College on the south-west corner of Grant and Shaftesbury and the former campus of the Manitoba School for the Deaf. In 2009, Canadian Mennonite University opened a new Menno Simons College campus on Portage Avenue. In late 2010, a science laboratory was constructed and in 2011 the Redekop School of Business was opened.

Academic programs

Degrees

Canadian Mennonite University offers several degrees, including: * Bachelor of Arts * Bachelor of Science * Bachelor of Business Administration * Bachelor of Music *Bachelor of Music Therapy * Master of Arts in Theological Studies or Christian Ministry * Master of Business Administration

Schools and colleges

*Canadian School of Peacebuilding *Community School of Music & the Arts *

*Outtatown School of Discipleship *

Redekop School of Business The Redekop School of Business is a business program at Canadian Mennonite University. It was launched on October 19, 2011.CMU news release: "CMU Launches Redekop School of Business" http://media.cmu.ca/index.php/2011/cmu-launches-redekop-school-o ...

Sports

The university is represented by the CMU Blazers in soccer, volleyball and basketball. Teams play in the

Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (MCAC; french: Conférence athlétique des collèges du Manitoba), previously known as the Central Plains Athletic Conference, is an organization of college athletics in southern Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba C ...

(formerly the Central Plains Athletic Conference).

Notable alumni

* Di Brandt - poet *

Howard Dyck Howard Dyck, CM (born November 17, 1942) is a Canadian conductor, public speaker, and radio broadcaster born in Winkler, Manitoba, now living Waterloo, Ontario. He is most well known as the longtime host of CBC Radio programmes ''Choral Concert' ...

- conductor and radio broadcaster * Beth Goobie - Canadian poet and writer *

Jan Guenther Braun Jan Guenther Braun is a Canadian writer from Osler, Saskatchewan. Braun is best known for her 2008 novel ''Somewhere Else'', which is considered an important early work of Queer Mennonite literature. She has also published poetry and literary criti ...

- writer *

Chris Huebner Christopher Kennedy Huebner (born 1969) is an associate professor of theology and philosophy at Canadian Mennonite University, as well as co-editor of Herald Press's Polyglossia series. Huebner was born and raised in Winnipeg. He received a B ...

- Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Canadian Mennonite University; co-editor of the Polyglossia series in Herald-Press * Sarah Klassen - Canadian author * Royden Loewen - historian *

Leonard Ratzlaff Leonard Peter Ratzlaff, CM, AOE (born January 27, 1949) is the choral conductor for Edmonton's Richard Eaton Singers. Born in Swalwell, Alberta, he obtained his graduate degree in choral conducting from the University of Iowa, and his doctoral di ...

- choral conductor for Edmonton's Richard Eaton Singers *

A. James Reimer Allen James Reimer (August 10, 1942 – August 28, 2010) was a Canadian Mennonite theologian who held a dual academic appointment as Professor of Religious Studies and Christian Theology at Conrad Grebel University College, a member college of the ...

- Canadian Mennonite theologian; held a dual academic appointment as Professor of Religious Studies and Christian Theology at Conrad Grebel University College *

Katie Funk Wiebe Katie Funk Wiebe (September 15, 1924 – October 23, 2016) was an influential Canadian-American writer, speaker and historian of Russian Mennonite background. Funk Wiebe was born and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada, and attended Mennonite Brethren B ...

, writer * Rudy Wiebe - Canadian author; Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992

References

External links

* {{authority control Mennonite schools in Manitoba Universities and colleges in Winnipeg Universities and colleges affiliated with the Mennonite Church Private universities and colleges in Canada Educational institutions established in 1999 1999 establishments in Manitoba Tuxedo, Winnipeg