Canadian Mennonite University

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is a private Mennonite university located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is affiliated with Mennonite Church Canada and the Mennonite Brethren Church of Manitoba. It has an enrolment of 1,607 students. The university was chartered in 1999 with a Shaftesbury campus in southwest Winnipeg, as well as Menno Simons College and a campus at the University of Winnipeg.

History
Canadian Mennonite University was incorporated in 1999, through the amalgamation of Canadian Mennonite Bible College (founded in 1947), Concord College (founded as Mennonite Brethren Bible College in 1944), and Menno Simons College (founded in 1988). A fourth college, Steinbach Bible College, was also involved, but later withdrew.

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.

In 2009, Canadian Mennonite University opened a new Menno Simons College campus on Portage Avenue. In late 2010, a science laboratory was constructed and in 2011 the Redekop School of Business was opened.

Degrees
Canadian Mennonite University offers several degrees, including:
 * Bachelor of Arts
 * Bachelor of Science
 * Bachelor of Business Administration
 * Bachelor of Music
 * Bachelor of Music Therapy
 * Bachelor of Social Work
 * Master of Arts in Theological Studies or Christian Ministry
 * Master of Business Administration
 * Master of Peacebuilding and Collaborative Development

Schools and colleges

 * Canadian School of Peacebuilding
 * Community School of Music & the Arts
 * Menno Simons College
 * Outtatown School of Discipleship
 * Redekop School of Business

Sports
The university is represented by the CMU Blazers in soccer, volleyball and basketball. Teams play in the Manitoba Colleges Athletic Conference (formerly the Central Plains Athletic Conference).

Notable alumni

 * Di Brandt - poet
 * Howard Dyck - conductor and radio broadcaster
 * Beth Goobie - Canadian poet and writer
 * Jan Guenther Braun - writer
 * Chris Huebner - Associate Professor of Theology and Philosophy at Canadian Mennonite University; co-editor of the Polyglossia series in Herald-Press
 * Sarah Klassen - Canadian author
 * Royden Loewen - historian
 * Leonard Ratzlaff - choral conductor for Edmonton's Richard Eaton Singers
 * A. James Reimer - Canadian Mennonite theologian; held a dual academic appointment as Professor of Religious Studies and Christian Theology at Conrad Grebel University College
 * Katie Funk Wiebe, writer
 * Rudy Wiebe - Canadian author; Professor Emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Alberta since 1992