The library will provide space for students and faculty to study and collaborate, and the new café and conversation corner will be places to relax between classes. Joining the north and south campuses over Grant Avenue, the bridge will provide a safe route between campuses.
Since it opened its doors in the fall of 2000, Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has offered students a place to study and grow within a Christian atmosphere. Now the school itself is expanding with the construction of a new library, learning commons, and pedestrian bridge.
The library will provide space for students and faculty to study and collaborate, and the new café and conversation corner will be places to relax between classes. Joining the north and south campuses over Grant Avenue, the bridge will provide a safe route between campuses.
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Associate Pastor with The Bridge Community of Faith in Kelowna BC Canada. Archives
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