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A presidential search process for Conrad Grebel University College is well underway to replace Susan Schultz Huxman who was recruited to serve as president at Eastern Mennonite University in Virginia. Jim Pankratz began his role as interim president following the annual general meeting on October 1, 2016 and will serve until a successful candidate is in place.

President Susan Schultz Huxman has announced that Jane Kuepfer was named the Schlegel Specialist in Spirituality and Aging, a joint half time position between Conrad Grebel University College and the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA) at the University of Waterloo.

While exploring ideas of peace, war, nonviolence, conflict resolution, mediation, human rights, development, and social justice, Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) students often wonder where their degree will lead after graduation. While many graduates gravitate toward careers in law, international development, governmental policy, and teaching, more and more students are embracing an entrepreneurial spirit and are creating their own jobs in the peace industry.

WATERLOO -- Two hundred peacebuilding academics and practitioners will meet at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo for a four-day event, June 9-12, 2016.

WATERLOO – The Ripple Effect Education (TREE) is a peace education initiative based out of the Frank and Helen Epp Peace Incubator in the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement. Starting in the classroom, TREE aims to create peace-literate citizens with demonstrable conflict resolution skills and awareness of justice issues locally and globally. TREE programming will empower youth to think critically and evoke change in their communities. They will hone soft skills like communication, teamwork, and       empathy. 

The Board of Governors of Conrad Grebel University College is pleased to announce that former Grebel dean, Jim Pankratz, has accepted the invitation to serve as Interim President. This follows the announcement that Susan Schultz Huxman has accepted a call to serve at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Waterloo is a thriving hotbed of innovation. With tech start-ups emerging daily, there is much focus on business, technology, and entrepreneurship. Adding to this concentration of ideas and change, the MSCU Center for Peace Advancement (CPA) is joining Waterloo’s innovation ecosystem with the launch of the Frank and Helen Epp Peace Incubator.

After its April meeting, the Conrad Grebel University College Board of Governors approved the hiring of Jennifer Ball as Assistant Professor in Peace and Conflict Studies(PACS), commencing July 1, 2015.

Press Release by Harold Press

New history of Mennonites and Amish in Ontario published
Author/archivist Samuel J. Steiner produces vast volume

MENNOMEDIA, KITCHENER, Ontario, and HARRISONBURG, Va.—Conestoga wagons carried Ontario Mennonite settlers to the tangled forests of the Niagara Peninsula in the late 1700s. Since then, their descendants and more recent arrivals to the hamlets and cities of Ontario have sought promised lands of faithful living, peaceful communities, and religious freedom.