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Grebel builds on 50 Years of people, programs

A joyful greeting from Grebel’s upper-year students welcomes new students into the residence on ‘Move-in Day.’

Each year at Grebel’s commencement service, students, faculty and staff participate in an ‘Act of Community’ to symbolize the beginning of a new year together. This year, in honour of Grebel’s 50th anniversary, students pieced together a glass mosaic in the shape of the chapel’s stained-glass windows. This mosaic was glued onto a wooden box made from fallen Grebel trees, and the box will contain letters from the students in the form of a time capsule.

This school year marks Conrad Grebel University College’s 50th anniversary! As Grebel welcomed new students from coast to coast into residence and resumed teaching a variety of liberal arts courses at the University of Waterloo, the college community reflected on what has sustained it in its first 50 years and what could be done to ensure another strong 50 years.

New school year off to a resounding start at CMU

Preliminary fall enrolment numbers show a 2.5 percent increase in students registered for classes at Canadian Mennonite University’s Shaftesbury campus and in its Outtatown program, compared to last year. Overall, 621 students have registered, with graduate program registrations increasing significantly by 15 percent.

Increased enrollment, new courses, new program initiatives, and a massive building project come together to bring a palpable excitement in the halls, classrooms and offices of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) in Winnipeg.

Welcome to AlgaeTown

Aaron Kauffman, a senior at Goshen College, left, and Stan Grove, professor emeritus of biology at the college, remove a polypropylene mat that is used to harvest algae grown in the photo-bioreactor.

Freshly harvested algae sits on a cleaning table awaiting the drying process.

Dried algae that was grown by the AlgaeTown team. The dried algae contains oils and other materials that can be extracted for biofuels, pharmaceuticals and even food products.

The glowing green tanks on the second floor of the Goshen College Science Hall look like something from a sci-fi movie.

Timeless treasures at Waterloo North

Henry Regier exhibited a 160-year-old Kroeger clock face along with copies of Arthur Kroeger’s book, Kroeger Clocks.

Anne Schmidt Friesen treasures a teacup her mother saved when the family was forced to flee Ukraine during the Second World War.

Palmer Becker entered the room wearing his great-grandfather’s Siberian goat coat brought from Russia by his grandparents in 1875.

Wilbur Maust ‘found’ this piece of driftwood on Manitoulin Island, Ont., cleaned it up and mounted it.

Where could you go in your town to find a show of artifacts from three or four continents? Our 50 +/- group at Waterloo North Mennonite Church, Waterloo, did just that after we followed through with a suggestion from our previous meeting.

Counting his chickens

Young chicken farmer Colin Brown of Carstairs, Alta., holds a Light Brahma chick in his hand. Note the feathered feet common to the type.

Colin Brown holds his favourite rooster, a Blue Cochin named Harley. ‘Harley is the nicest rooster I ever had,’ Colin says, adding, ‘I would sell one like this for about $30 to $35.’

Not many aspiring Alberta farmers find inspiration in Hawaii, but that is exactly what happened for 11-year-old Colin Brown of Carstairs, Alta. While on a family vacation three years ago, the Browns, who attend Bergthal Mennonite Church, Didsbury, rented part of a house and helped to care for the landlady’s animals, including a few chickens.

‘Camp with a purpose’ at Willowgrove

‘Mudfest’ is a popular activity at Glenbrook Day Camp.

Paulo ‘blobs’ his friend off the water trampoline at Fraser Lake Camp.

As a parent, you know that for your son or daughter to be successful in life they need to be well rounded. They need to be strong academically, but also socially, emotionally, physically and spiritually. At Willowgrove, your child will discover that some of life’s greatest lessons are learned in unexpected places.

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