Canadian Mennonite University

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Coordinates: 49°51′26.61″N 97°13′54.34″W / 49.8573917°N 97.2317611°W / 49.8573917; -97.2317611

Canadian Mennonite University
The Canadian Mennonite University logo
Established 1999
Type Independent
Religious affiliation Mennonite
President Gerald Gerbrandt
Undergraduates 1,678
Location Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Campus Urban
Sports teams CMU Blazers
Colours Green     
Affiliations Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), CHEC, ACCA
Website www.cmu.ca

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a Christian university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that awards three and four-year degrees in a variety of programs. A member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), CMU offers classes in three different settings: its Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, at Menno Simons College, its campus at the University of Winnipeg, and Outtatown, a one-year international certificate program with training in Canada and Guatemala or South Africa.

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[edit] History

Canadian Mennonite University was formed through the almagamation of three different colleges: Canadian Mennonite Bible College (founded in 1947), Concord College (founded as Mennonite Brethren Bible College in 1944), and Menno Simons College (founded in 1988).

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, 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, located on the north-west corner of the same intersection.

[edit] Academic programs

[edit] Degrees

Canadian Mennonite University offers several degrees, including:

[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] 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] Winnipeg Theological Cooperative

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] Outtatown

Outtatown is an eight-month adventure and discipleship school that finds students studying and serving in Canada, Guatemala and South Africa. In the first semeseter students travel in Western Canada. After the Christmas break, they live in Guatemala or South Africa. It was formerly called the School of Discipleship.

[edit] Sports

The University is represented by the CMU Blazers in hockey, soccer, volleyball and basketball. Teams play in the Manitoba Colleges Athletics Conference (formerly the Central Plains Athletic Conference) and the Association of Christian College Athletics (ACCA).

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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