Community and Alumni Blog

Michael P. Falk: Winnipeg music mogul

Posted by CMU Staff  |  Tuesday, February 23, 2016 @ 6:59 AM

Falk at work at Paintbox Recording. (Click to enlarge.)

It’s difficult to overstate the contribution Michael P. Falk has made to Winnipeg’s music scene.

Over the past 15 years, Falk (nee Petkau, CMBC 1997-99) has carved out an impressive career as a recording engineer, working with some of the city’s best-known bands including Moses Mayes and Mahogany Frog.

Tiffany Carther-Krone: From the swimming pool to a PhD

Posted by CMU Staff  |  Thursday, February 11, 2016 @ 9:43 AM

Tiffany Carther-Krone's PhD research involves using this
MRI machine in Thunder Bay, ON. (Click to enlarge.)

How does an aspiring music teacher end up doing a PhD in neuroscience? CMU’s meal plan is part of the answer.

International development graduate works with United Nations in Bangladesh

Posted by CMU Staff  |  Monday, January 25, 2016 @ 7:50 AM

By Daniel Winstanley

Working for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bangladesh has been a truly wonderful and educational experience. I received this position under the United Nations Association in Canada’s ‘International Development and Diplomacy Internship Programme’.

Alumnus uses new films to explore old stories

Posted by CMU Staff  |  Thursday, January 14, 2016 @ 6:23 AM

What would it look like to retell a handful of biblical stories in a modern day context?

That’s the question that sparked Kid Shorts, a series of five videos from filmmaker and CMU alumnus Paul Plett (2004-05).

“I had this idea that you could take a look at scripture and you could envision it in a new way,” Plett says. “You could breathe some life into it by setting it in a modern day context, and you could do that through the perspective of a child.”

Alumni brightening Winnipeg with lights business

Posted by CMU Staff  |  Thursday, December 17, 2015 @ 8:42 AM

Terrell Froese and Mike Friesen, pictured in their workshop.
(Click photos to enlarge.)

Since purchasing Lights Unlimited three years ago, lifelong friends Mike Friesen (CMU ’10) and Terrell Froese (CMU 2005-06) have grown the business from a humble residential Christmas lights installation company to one that also designs and creates exciting light displays in public spaces throughout Winnipeg.

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