2010-09-03T14:15:31Dugald Train Wreck: Feature DisplayEvent Link
Presenting a Grim Piece of Winnipeg History
The 1947 Dugald Train Wreck took the lives of 31 people in Winnipeg. The Transcona Museum staff have helped to coordinate a display to be featured at Providence's main library display cases. For history enthusiasts, the record of events have been preserved, and a DVD featurette will be shown to any wishing to observe the memory of this interesting and traumatic event in Winnipeg's rail history.
DVD Showings:
Sept. 13 and 14 at Noon in the South ELI Classroom. View "The Minaki Train Crash" (from the History Channel's "Diasster of the Century" series.
2010-09-03T14:15:31Community Memorial Service for ThomasEvent Link
There will be a service to honour the life of Providence Seminary student, Thomas Kinyanjui, Monday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. in the Providence College Chapel. Thomas passed away August 19, 2010 after a brief but heroic battle with cancer. There will be a chance to share your memories of Thomas.
2010-09-03T14:15:31Dugald Train Wreck: Feature DisplayEvent Link
Presenting a Grim Piece of Winnipeg History
The 1947 Dugald Train Wreck took the lives of 31 people in Winnipeg. The Transcona Museum staff have helped to coordinate a display to be featured at Providence's main library display cases. For history enthusiasts, the record of events have been preserved, and a DVD featurette will be shown to any wishing to observe the memory of this interesting and traumatic event in Winnipeg's rail history.
DVD Showings:
Sept. 13 and 14 at Noon in the South ELI Classroom. View "The Minaki Train Crash" (from the History Channel's "Diasster of the Century" series.
All faculty, staff, students, and friends of Providence are invited to attend the Fall Convocation for a celebration of our academic community and the commissioning of our students for preparation to think, live, and serve in the church and society as committed Christian leaders and workers.
Join us and our esteemed guest speaker, Dr. Emoke J. E. Szathmáry, former President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manitoba, for this celebration of academics and God’s calling together of us for higher education.
All are invited for light refreshments following the Fall Convocation ceremony.
- as unique as Manitoba's beautiful fall colours - at the Harvest Festival Banquet!
Friday pm
Featured Guests:
Speaker - Lorna Dueck
Lorna Dueck is the President of Media Voice Generation and the Executive Producer of Listen Up – the flagship program of Media Voice Generation that examines the spiritual side of news and current events.
Music - Victor Engbrecht
Victor has sung with a number of Manitoba’s premier musical arts organizations including the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, the Mennonite Festival Chorus, Winnipeg Singers, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the celebrated choral ensemble, Canzona, under the direction of his father Henry Engbrecht.
Saturday pm
Featured Guests:
Speaker - Linda Olson 1973 BA Providence College
Her leadership journey began at the age of twenty-one and has included everything from teaching troubled teens to surviving on an island. She has enjoyed the college life as Dean of Women, counseling in her private therapy practice, empowering women through service in Women's ministry, and most recently authoring a book, "Exceeding Your Expectations". Linda Graduated from Providence College in 1973 with a BA in Church MInistries.
Music - Carla Danelle (Carla Giesbrecht-Wat) Graduated from Providence College in 2007 with a Humanities Major and double minor in Music and Theatre. Carla has continued her music career in Winnipeg through singing in several choirs, teaching voice lessons, leading worship in her church (The Meeting Place) and playing at local coffee houses. She is also currently working on recording an EP which is in its final stages.
Want a Sneak Peek? Start Contemplating Diversity
Providence is known for its unique environment rich in international culture. With students from around the world studying in nearly every program that Providence offers, Providence College and Seminary has become a training ground for people who desire to change the world. This is a different setting, with more international students per Canadian students than you will find in some other schools.
“International students help all of us at Providence to see the world more fully,” stated Daryl Climenhaga, Professor of Global Studies at Providence Seminary, “If we become more narrow in our outlook on life, we will not function as well in the diversity that characterizes Canadian life today.”
Diversity teaches us to get along with, communicate with, and serve others, which reinforces something else Providence is known for throughout the province: Field Education. Field Education is supervised volunteer experience in church, para-church and community organizations and each Providence student is required to have experienced Field Education before they graduate.
Students serve in churches, para-church organizations, schools, and community organizations all across southern Manitoba. These communities receive over 14,000 hours of service each year from Providence students. Many of the organizations depend on these students to fill their volunteer positions. They help the elderly, the children, the youth, and the disadvantaged. These hours are spent serving food, mentoring, offering companionship, doing manual labour, teaching, doing administrative duties, and filling leadership roles.
The Harvest Festival Banquet will also introduce a new aspect of Field Education that reaches beyond Manitoba borders, beyond Canadian borders. From Feb. 26 to Mar. 11, 2011, 18 Manitoba students will get the opportunity to travel to San Carlos, Mexico, for an Intercultural Service Learning opportunity. For more information, please see the Intercultural Service Learning page and plan on attending the Harvest Festival Banquet!
- as unique as Manitoba's beautiful fall colours - at the Harvest Festival Banquet!
Friday pm
Featured Guests:
Speaker - Lorna Dueck
Lorna Dueck is the President of Media Voice Generation and the Executive Producer of Listen Up – the flagship program of Media Voice Generation that examines the spiritual side of news and current events.
Music - Victor Engbrecht
Victor has sung with a number of Manitoba’s premier musical arts organizations including the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir, the Mennonite Festival Chorus, Winnipeg Singers, Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, and the celebrated choral ensemble, Canzona, under the direction of his father Henry Engbrecht.
Saturday pm
Featured Guests:
Speaker - Linda Olson 1973 BA Providence College
Her leadership journey began at the age of twenty-one and has included everything from teaching troubled teens to surviving on an island. She has enjoyed the college life as Dean of Women, counseling in her private therapy practice, empowering women through service in Women's ministry, and most recently authoring a book, "Exceeding Your Expectations". Linda Graduated from Providence College in 1973 with a BA in Church MInistries.
Music - Carla Danelle (Carla Giesbrecht-Wat) Graduated from Providence College in 2007 with a Humanities Major and double minor in Music and Theatre. Carla has continued her music career in Winnipeg through singing in several choirs, teaching voice lessons, leading worship in her church (The Meeting Place) and playing at local coffee houses. She is also currently working on recording an EP which is in its final stages.
Want a Sneak Peek? Start Contemplating Diversity
Providence is known for its unique environment rich in international culture. With students from around the world studying in nearly every program that Providence offers, Providence College and Seminary has become a training ground for people who desire to change the world. This is a different setting, with more international students per Canadian students than you will find in some other schools.
“International students help all of us at Providence to see the world more fully,” stated Daryl Climenhaga, Professor of Global Studies at Providence Seminary, “If we become more narrow in our outlook on life, we will not function as well in the diversity that characterizes Canadian life today.”
Diversity teaches us to get along with, communicate with, and serve others, which reinforces something else Providence is known for throughout the province: Field Education. Field Education is supervised volunteer experience in church, para-church and community organizations and each Providence student is required to have experienced Field Education before they graduate.
Students serve in churches, para-church organizations, schools, and community organizations all across southern Manitoba. These communities receive over 14,000 hours of service each year from Providence students. Many of the organizations depend on these students to fill their volunteer positions. They help the elderly, the children, the youth, and the disadvantaged. These hours are spent serving food, mentoring, offering companionship, doing manual labour, teaching, doing administrative duties, and filling leadership roles.
The Harvest Festival Banquet will also introduce a new aspect of Field Education that reaches beyond Manitoba borders, beyond Canadian borders. From Feb. 26 to Mar. 11, 2011, 18 Manitoba students will get the opportunity to travel to San Carlos, Mexico, for an Intercultural Service Learning opportunity. For more information, please see the Intercultural Service Learning page and plan on attending the Harvest Festival Banquet!
There will be a service to honour the life of Providence Seminary student, Thomas Kinyanjui, Monday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. in the Providence College Chapel. Thomas passed away August 19, 2010 after a brief but heroic battle with cancer. There will be a chance to share your memories of Thomas.
