2007 Bechtel Lectures in Anabaptist-Mennonite Studies with Sandra Birdsell
March 15-16, 2007, 7:30pm
Conrad Grebel Great Hall
“The Confession of a Reluctant Mennonite”
Lecture 1: “Writing from the Outside”
Lecture 2: “From the Inside Out”
The Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar Lecture
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 at 7:00pm
Conrad Grebel University College, Great Hall
Reginald Bibby is probably Canada’s best known sociologist,
stated Conrad Grebel University College Academic Dean, Jim Pankratz.
To recognize his family’s passion for music, Rudy Rempel has established the Rudolph and Hedwig Rempel Music Award. By working with Darren Pries-Klassen at Mennonite Foundation, Rudy realized that he had enough resources to care for himself and his son and make a gift to support his love of music.
As a second year anthropology student at the University of Waterloo, Conrad Grebel resident Mimi Hollinger-Janzen has resolved to make a difference in the world.
People over the age of 80 represent the most rapidly growing segment of the population, and as a whole, this generation is living longer than any previous generation in human history,
There’s a new generation of professors at Conrad Grebel University College. With several current professors approaching retirement, the college has been making an effort to hire a younger faculty.
Derek Suderman is the most recent appointment. He will teach religious studies, specializing in the Old Testament and fill the gap left when John Miller retired in 1993. He will also be the only Old Testament professor currently at the University of Waterloo.
Making a difference in this world of technology, paradox, and incredible possibilities, was the underlying message during Conrad Grebel University College’s convocation service on April 9, 2006. Degrees were granted in the Master of Theological Studies program, and achievements of University of Waterloo undergraduates who have participated in Grebel life were recognized.
Jim Pankratz, Academic Dean, commented:
Deemed a “visionary leader” by Conrad Grebel’s Alumni Committee, Nolan Andres has received Conrad Grebel University College’s 2006 Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 at 12:30pm and 4:30pm at the Conrad Grebel University College Chapel.
On March 22, 2006 Carol Ann Weaver, Music professor at Conrad Grebel University College, is hosting a benefit concert in response to the AIDS pandemic in Africa, in support of Mennonite Central Committee and the Stephen Lewis Foundation.
For this event, Weaver has composed a piece entitled, “Every Three Children,” that symbolizes the number of children infected with the AIDS virus in parts of Africa. Weaver said,
2006 Bechtel Lectures with Dr. James Urry March 9 & 10, 2006.
Dr. James Urry, Professor of Anthropology at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, is Conrad Grebel University College’s 2006 Bechtel Lecturer. He will address the theme of Time and Memory: secular and sacred aspects of the world of the Russian Mennonites and their descendants on March 9 & 10.