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“A lot of community creation is about intentionality,” explained Corn Schattman, who lives at Conrad Grebel University College and is working toward a degree in Liberal Studies at the University of Waterloo. “Communities don’t just form; they take work to create. You also have to fight against the larger structural and cultural forces that might be keeping people down.”

Marcus Shantz has been reappointed for a third term as President of Conrad Grebel University College. Shantz is a visionary, ethical, and effective leader who deeply understands and embodies Grebel’s unique identity and mission.

At each spring Convocation, the University of Waterloo honours the top graduating scholar with the highest cumulative average in each honours program of study. Representing Peace and Conflict Studies and Music respectively, Chiara McLean and Tiffany Chan have combined strong scholarship and dedication to their disciplines throughout their degrees.

Each year in May, the University of Waterloo comes together for a campus-wide fundraising initiative called Giving Day. While still a new tradition, the excitement this year spread across campus, into Grebel alumni networks, and caught the attention of Grebel students too, thanks to the introduction of the "Goose Game".

Dr. Jeremy Bergen, Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theological Studies at Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo, has been selected to serve as Grebel’s next Dean, starting July 1, 2026.

During the first half of May, sessional instructor Terry LeBlanc, who is also a founding Chair and current Director of NAIITS and an elder with the Abegweit Mi’kmaw First Nation Healing Centre, taught TS 733 Indigenous Theologies, a two-week intensive course, at Conrad Grebel University College.

On May 3rd, an eager group of Grebel students and staff piled into a 12-passenger van at the Saskatoon airport and set off on a 6-hour drive to Denare Beach, Saskatchewan. The group was embarking on a volunteer service trip to help rebuild homes with Mennonite Disaster Service after wildfires destroyed 200 homes in the northern village the previous summer.

On Sunday, April 12, 2026, Conrad Grebel University College recognized graduating students at the annual Convocation Service. This tradition invites students, families, faculty, and staff to celebrate the achievements of students who connected with Grebel at any time during their studies.

What happens when a university course invites students to produce creative works that engage difference constructively? On the University of Waterloo campus, in fall 2025, fourteen undergraduate students chose to tackle division intentionally, through a new interdisciplinary course, PACS 302/THPERF 490: Relational Aesthetics Towards Dialogue.

In late March, a group of Conrad Grebel University College students and staff sat around a roaring fire in a tent near Victoria Park in Kitchener. This visit was the culmination of a winter term Grebel book club focused on the life story of Clarence Cachagee, founder of Crow Shield Lodge.