{"id":6092,"date":"2016-10-05T09:19:34","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=6092"},"modified":"2016-10-05T09:20:14","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:20:14","slug":"2016-cmu-distinguished-alumni-story-peter-guenther-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2016\/2016-cmu-distinguished-alumni-story-peter-guenther-video\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 CMU Distinguished Alumni Story | Peter Guenther (video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Peter-Guenther-portrait.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6034\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Peter-Guenther-portrait-228x300.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Guenther (portrait)\" width=\"150\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Peter-Guenther-portrait-228x300.jpg 228w, https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Peter-Guenther-portrait-778x1024.jpg 778w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Peter Guenther<\/strong> (CMBC \u201969) worked for 39 years in corrections, serving as the head of numerous correctional institutions including director of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre, warden of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, and executive director of the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon. He is known as a compassionate, principled, and respected leader who worked to reduce harm, violence, and recidivism. Guenther\u2019s volunteer work includes service on the board of Saskatoon Community Mediation and the advisory committee for Circles of Support and Accountability. He and his wife, Marilyn, live in Saskatoon and attend Nutana Park Mennonite Church. They have three adult sons.<\/p>\n<p>The CMU Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate alumni who, through their lives, embody CMU\u2019s values and mission of service, leadership, and reconciliation in church and society. The awards are presented to alumni from CMU and its predecessor colleges: Canadian Mennonite Bible College (CMBC) and Mennonite Brethren Bible College (MBBC)\/Concord College.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GloFu37OfJI?list=PLetwI-M-5VVmty-bV6AcHku9kOjl2emhB\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Guenther (CMBC \u201969) worked for 39 years in corrections, serving as the head of numerous correctional institutions including director of the Saskatoon Correctional Centre, warden of the Saskatchewan Penitentiary, and executive director of the Regional Psychiatric Centre in Saskatoon. He is known as a compassionate, principled, and respected leader who worked to reduce harm, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[798,799],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6092"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6096,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6092\/revisions\/6096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}