Public Events
CMU is a collaboration of three campuses—Shaftesbury, in Charleswood; Menno Simons College, CMU's campus at the University of Winnipeg; and Outtatown, which finds students dispersed across western Canada in fall and in South Africa or Guatemala in winter. All events listed below are on the Shaftesbury campus, unless otherwise noted.
Contact us for Information & MapsSeptember
September 6 Residential students arrive
September 7 Opening Chapel @ 9:00 am
September 7-8 In-person registration and orientation
September 9 Classes begin
September 17-19 Student/Staff/Faculty Retreat
September 24-25 CMU Homecoming Weekend
September 24 - Science and Faith Lecture 7:30pm by John Brubacher; Seeing more clearly in a blurry landscape: science and ambiguity
September 25 MCA Menno Cross Race
October
October 1-2, 2010 8th Annual Conference of the Peace and Justice Studies Association – Building Bridges, Crossing Borders: Gender, Identity, and Security in the Search for Peace. More info…
October 11 Thanksgiving Day - university closed
October 17 Vespers 7:30pm - A time of worship through prayer, scripture reading, and choral music.
October 19-20 JJ Thiessen Lectures - Dr. Belden Lane
October 29 CMU 10th Anniversary Celebration Dinner
November
November 11 Remembrance Day—university closed
November 21 Vespers 7:30pm - A time of worship through prayer, scripture reading, and choral music.
November 27 & 28 Christmas@CMU (Nov. 27 at 7:00 pm; Nov. 28 at 3:00 pm)
December
December 7 Classes end for first semester
December 9-18 Exam days (including Saturdays, Dec. 11 and 18)
December 19 Vespers 7:30pm - A time of worship through prayer, scripture reading, and choral music.
2011
January
January 3 University services open
January 4 First day of classes for second semester
January 16 Vespers 7:30pm - A time of worship through prayer, scripture reading, and choral music.
January 25-26 Winter Lectures - Romand Coles, McAllister Chair in Community, Culture, & Environment at Northern Arizona University.
February
February 3-5 Refreshing Winds
February 20 Vespers 7:30pm - A time of worship through prayer, scripture reading, and choral music.
February 21-25 Mid-term reading break
March
March 20 Vespers 7:30pm - A time of worship through prayer, scripture reading, and choral music.
April
April 4 Classes end
April 6-14 Examination days (including Saturday, Apr. 9)
April 16 Spring Concert @ CMU
April 17 Convocation
May
May 2-6 School of Writing 2011
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