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Nestled into the side of a small hill on the campus of University of Waterloo is a handsomely-preserved farmhouse – a quiet testimony to the Pennsylvania German cultural heritage it celebrates. Today the home has become a landmark overlooking Columbia Lake and the University of Waterloo playing fields. The strong simple architectural lines of a past era contrast the modern lines of buildings on the north campus. While the Brubacher House Museum used to be on the edge of campus, the research and technology park has been creeping closer to its historic walls.

A dynamic, free Mennofolk concert will kick off Sound in the Lands 2009, a festival and academic conference celebrating Mennonite music from around the world. The concert, using two stages, will start on Thursday June 4, 2009 at 4:00 pm in the Conrad Grebel University College Great Hall and the Chapel.

The halls of education have been where Vic Winter is at home. From the fall of 1972, through the completion of serving as Senior Residents in 1978, Conrad Grebel University College was a second home for Vic Winter. He and his wife Marilyn have kept in touch with Grebel through their children, as all three have also lived and studied at Grebel – Art (BSc '05), Jesse (BSC 07) and now Ben (BSc '09).

Ched Myers and Elaine Enns from Oak View, California are a couple who have spent decades working in the fields of restorative justice, conflict transformation, and faith-based witness for justice. Enns is a mediator, consultant, educator, and trainer who provides mediation and consultation services for individuals, churches, schools and businesses. Myers focuses on building capacity for biblical literacy, church renewal and faith-based witness for justice.

Music lovers and musicians from across North America and around the world will converge at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario, June 4-8, 2009 for the highly anticipated Sound in the Lands 2009, a sequel to the acclaimed music festival and academic conference held at Grebel in 2004.

While the closing of a church is never easy, Warden Woods Mennonite Church turned some of their sadness into joy with a unique gift to Conrad Grebel University College.

Seventeen Conrad Grebel University College students traveled to Durban, South Africa on a 19-day music culture trip in May 2008. They attended concerts, visited AIDS clinics, met anti-apartheid and refugee workers, visited local markets, beaches and slums. They also unexpectedly found themselves in the midst of the violence that plagued South Africa in May.

On the occasion of the retirement of Conrad Grebel University College professor of theology, Dr. A. James Reimer, the college announced that the A. James Reimer Award at the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre has reached its goal of $250,000.

This award was initiated by alumnus Alan Armstrong (Systems Design Engineering ’94) and enhanced through the generosity of many additional donors and matching funds from the Ontario Trust for Student Support.

Where can you pursue graduate studies in theology at a major university, study with outstanding Mennonite professors, interact with students from many faith traditions - and have your tuition fully paid?

Conrad Grebel University College and the University of Waterloo have established a new partnership in Graduate Theological Studies which provides all these benefits. This partnership was approved by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies (OCGS) on March 14, 2008. The Master of Theological Studies degree will now be conferred conjointly by the college and the university.

Ernie Regehr of Waterloo, senior policy adviser for Project Ploughshares and adjunct associate professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, has received the 2008 Arthur Kroeger College Award for Ethics in Public Affairs.

Regehr is a founder and former executive director of Project Ploughshares, one of Canada’s leading peace organizations, and teaches Peace and Conflict Studies at Conrad Grebel University College where Project Ploughshares began over 30 years ago.

Conrad Grebel president, Henry Paetkau, said: