The Alumni Committee of Conrad Grebel University College is pleased to announce the selection of John Wideman (BA 2009) as the 2015 recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
Conrad Grebel University College at the University of ݮƵ is pleased to be offering a new course titled “Refugees and Forced Migration” in Winter 2016. This course will assist students in understanding and responding to the current global refugee crisis.
ݮƵ is a thriving hotbed of innovation. With tech start-ups emerging daily, there is much focus on business, technology, and entrepreneurship. Adding to this concentration of ideas and change, the MSCU Center for Peace Advancement (CPA) is joining ݮƵ’s innovation ecosystem with the launch of the Frank and Helen Epp Peace Incubator.
Eager faces showing a little bit of nervousness arrived at Conrad Grebel University College on Labour Day for the new school year.
Sound continues to fill the halls over the spring term in the University of ݮƵ’s Department of Music, housed at Conrad Grebel University College. This summer, there were several courses and numerous studio lessons taught, along with many ensemble rehearsals and concerts. The end of August is also a time when Grebel hosts Ontario Mennonite Music Camp which also brings energy and creativity to the halls of Grebel.
"As we listen more clearly to the music of our planet, we can seek to create music that celebrates not only the sounds of the earth and the larger universe but the silences from which these sounds emerge."
-- CA Weaver
The Ripple Effect of Peace Camp: Small actions with big impact
WATERLOO, ON -- Plans are underway at Conrad Grebel University College to host a Global Mennonite Peacebuilding Conference and Festival on June 9-12, 2016. In addition to academic papers, workshops, and networking opportunities, the event is intended to be a festival that will include art, drama, and music on the campus of this Canadian Mennonite College.
More than twenty choristers with ties, past and present, to Conrad Grebel University College’s Music program joined a cast of nearly 1000 for the Luminato Festival’s epic production of R. Murray Schafer’s dzat Toronto’s Sony Centre on June 26-28.