Canadian Mennonite University

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Canadian Mennonite University


Motto	?
Established	1999
Type	Private
President	Gerald Gerbrandt
Staff	?
Undergraduates	1,862
Postgraduates	?
Location	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Campus	Urban
Sports teams	CMU Blazers
Website	www.cmu.ca

Canadian Mennonite University is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Three-year and four-year degrees are granted in a variety of programs. The university offers classes in three different settings: its main campus in southwest Winnipeg; its downtown campus at Menno Simons College; and a one-year international certificate program with training in Canada and Guatemala or South Africa.

There are three residential blocks on the main campus.

1 History
2 Programs and opportunities
3 External links

[edit] History

The Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) was formed through the almagamation three different colleges: the Canadian Mennonite Bible College, Concord College (formerly Mennonite Brethren Bible College), and Menno Simons College. The colleges were involved in cooperative projects as far back as 1945 but it was not until 1980 that an amalgamation project was seriously discussed.

The process for creating one Mennonite university in Manitoba began in the 1990s. A fourth college, Steinbach Bible College, was also involved, but later withdrew. In 1998, the provincial government awarded a charter to the Mennonite College Federation, and for the next two years the three colleges worked towards offering cooperative post-secondary programs. The name Canadian Mennonite University was formally announced in early 2000 and classes began in September of that year on a new campus, comprised 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, located on the north-west corner of the same intersection.

[edit] Programs and opportunities

[edit] Degrees

Canadian Mennonite University offers several degrees, including:

Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts in Theological Studies
Bachelor of Theology
Bachelor of Church Ministries
Bachelor of Musical Arts
Bachelor of Musical Therapy

[edit] Seminary programs

An arrangement with other graduate schools allows students to take one of two seminary programs from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Winnipeg on the CMU campus.

[edit] The Winnipeg Centre for Ministry Studies

This program is a cooperative effort of Mennonite colleges across Manitoba as well as colleges in California and Indiana. Anabaptist introductions to biblical studies, theology, history and ethics, and practical theology are offered to ministry candidates from any denomination.

[edit] The Winnipeg Theological Consortium

This program, formed in 1988, allows students from across Winnipeg to earn a Master of Divinity degree while attending another university. The program has three sub-divisions: congregational ministry, pastoral care and counseling, and theological studies.

[edit] Sports

The University is represented by the CMU Blazers in hockey, soccer, volleyball and basketball. Teams play in the Central Plains Athletic Conference (CPAC) and the ACCA.

[edit] Outtatown

Outtatown is an approximately six-month discipleship school where students travel to various locations around the world. Over the first three months, students travel all over Western Canada. After the Christmas break, students travel to Guatemala or South Africa depending on the program that they've chosen. It was formerly called the School of Discipleship.