Canadian Mennonite University

About Canadian Mennonite University

Campus: Facilities, Residence and Location

The College has the Institute of Theology and The Church, The Institute for Community Peacebuilding, School of Writing, Canadian School of Peacebuilding, Community School of Music and the Arts, and the Braintree Creation Care Centre. The CMU Library is located in the lower level of the Mennonite Heritage Centre, on the southern portion of CMU’s Grant and Shaftesbury Campus. Its collections numbers over 100,000, and there are many resources available in the Christian Studies and Music subjects. Partial holdings are also available upon request, and online/CD formatted electronic information resources are also available at the Library. The Library also has the privilege of inter-borrowing with other college libraries, including the Steinbach Bible College, Providence College, the University of Winnipeg, and the University of Manitoba. Other facilities of the College include: parking, laundry facilities, soccer fields and two ball diamonds, accommodation in furnished apartments for up to fifty people, residence accommodation for up to 120 people, air conditioned gym for basketball and volleyball (with bleachers that can seat 200 people), reception halls for small banquets, boardrooms for multimedia presentations and teleconferencing, 250-seat auditorium with good acoustics, meeting rooms, classrooms, and lecture halls for 12 to 175 people.

Student Services and Student Life

CMU offers counseling services to students. The service is free of charge to all its students. Other services of the University include commuter assistance, which is made up of many students who go to the Great Hall for cups of latte and a sit-down with friends. Every commuter is given an assigned Commuter Assistant for their year at the College, and the Commuter Assistant’s job is to be accessible and helpful to all the students, especially those entering their first year. The College also publishes the Daily, a publication posted at many locations around the campus. It provides students a lot of valuable information about what is going on today and in the following days in the university campus. Aside from faculty advisors given to each student, they will also be given Academic Advising by CMU’s Student Services Department. They are available to talk with students about their courses, personal problems, spiritual issues, and many other topics. Students are also given the option to purchase accident insurance and medical insurance. Parking services are also offered to students, and all commuting students who bring their cars can buy an assigned parking space. Residential students and apartment dwellers however, should be registered through the South Campus receptionist, and they are required to purchase an assigned parking space with a power outlet. The assigned spaces will be in South Campus Lot P. CMU values the spiritual and creative lives of its students, and they offer Chapel and Fellowship Groups, Prayer Rooms, Spiritual Direction, Recitals, and Forums in the community. For student employment, the University offers the Campus Student Employment program as part of its financial and professional assistance to students. The Student Life Staff serves as a general resource for student concerns and issues, and it focuses on Chapel Programs, Disability Services, Commuter Student programming, and Residential Life. CMU also offers first year students “Welcome Week – Orientation.” This program runs for two weeks, and students are given the opportunities to meet other students, connect with the university’s faculty and staff, and know more about the prevailing lifestyle inside the campus.

Academic Programs

The College offers the programs in the areas of Humanities, Sciences, Social Sciences, Business and Administration, Communications Media, and Music. It offers Pre-Professional Studies, Graduate Programs, OuttaTown, and Practica. Outtatown Discipleship School is a program for students who are interested in Christian studies and service. Practica allows students to gain experiences that are related to their field of study.

Scholarships and Financial Aid

Entrance Scholarships are offered to students by the University. Some of the available scholarships include: Academic Entrance Scholarships, Leadership Entrance Scholarships, Specialized Entrance Merit Awards, Church Service Merit Awards, Music Merit Awards, Athletic Merit Awards, Returning Student Scholarships, and Outtatown Leadership Scholarship.