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Lynda Loewen has worked at CMU for over 15 years, first as a sessional instructor and today as Teaching Assistant Professor of Psychology. In the 2024/25 academic year, she taught Interpersonal Communication, Counseling Theories, Counseling Techniques, and Trauma and Resilience. She also works as a therapist, her first vocation, which she has been doing since 2008.
Over the past few months, CMU's Uphold Campaign, which is revitalizing and renewing the Poettcker Hall residence at CMU, has made significant strides with the installation of a new geothermal field to provide heating and cooling to the dormitory.
Readers of The Blazer magazine often say they flip right to the Alumni News section before reading anything else. With the next issue of The Blazer not scheduled to come out until this fall, here is a compilation of updates provided to CMU by you and your peers.
Where has life taken you since you left CMU?
Today, I'm a professor in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama (UA). I moved to Alabama in 2013 and was hired by UA in 2015. I really enjoy working here! It's a very different context from Canada's that I've come to really enjoy. It's the perfect mix of nature and academia!
Four years ago, I had never heard of music therapy. Now, I can't imagine doing anything else.
In the fall of 2017, I was heading into the last year of my Bachelor of Music in piano at King's University in Edmonton, trying to figure out what to do afterwards. As I skimmed through a promotional brochure about what to do with a music degree, the words "music therapy" caught my eye. I was instantly intrigued. I remember phoning a music therapist to get more information. When I asked what a typical music therapy workday might look like, she replied with, "Well... it depends...." While I thought this answer was profoundly unhelpful in the moment, I've seen how true it is after studying music therapy at CMU.
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