Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Colleges and seminaries

Feb. 13 issue

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  CMU board selects president

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Cheryl Pauls has been appointed Canadian Mennonite University’s second president by the university’s board of governors.

  Pauls, a faculty member, will assume her new duties Nov. 1. She follows President Gerald Gerbrandt, who will retire June 30.

Jan. 23 issue

• Conrad Grebel launches master of peace studies

  WATERLOO, Ont. — Culminating more than a decade of dreaming and a year of intense work, Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo announced the launch of a new master of peace and conflict studies program in December.

Jan. 9 issue

• CMU professor pressed for details

  WINNIPEG, Man. — As 2011 concluded, so too did the 400th anniversary of the 1611 King James Bible’s publication.

Dec. 5, 2011 issue

• Future of seminary training

  Six students and I are exploring Missio Dei (the reign of God) in the basement of New Life Plaza, next to Nueva Vida Norristown (Pa.) New Life Mennonite Church.

• Family’s generosity, born of suffering, benefits university

  WINNIPEG, Man. — Multiple harrowing escapes from Soviet captivity were the inspiration for generosity in the Redekop family, who recently gave a multimillion-dollar gift to Canadian Mennonite University.

Nov. 21, 2011 issue

• Sunshine to brighten Goshen rec center showers

  GOSHEN, Ind. — People taking showers in Goshen College’s Roman Gingerich Recreation- Fitness Center will soon have the sun — and the physics department — to thank for their warm water. Members of the Sun Shower Collective, consisting of students, faculty and staff, are building solar panels to heat the water in the RFC.

Nov. 14, 2011 issue

• Goshen College ends Mennonite faculty quota

  The Goshen College board of directors has changed a religious requirement in the school’s faculty hiring policy, joining the majority of U.S. Mennonite colleges that do not set a Mennonite or Anabaptist quota.

• Hesston’s Thanksgiving event is a running tradition

  HESSTON, Kan. — Like most holiday celebrations, Thanksgiving Weekend at Hesston College is full of tradition.

Nov. 7, 2011 issue

• FPU athletics are moving up to NCAA Division II

  Big changes at Fresno (Calif.) Pacific University include the athletic department. Last year Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary became Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary. This fall FPU opened its fourth off-campus regional center.

• Hesston College event gets beyond ‘them and us’ to ‘we’

  HESSTON, Kan. — Most people are not attracted to the Mennonite church because of its rich heritage and traditions, Hal Shrader believes.

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