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Winnipeg, Man.
MCF looks to community for new name


When the students of Mennonite College Federation (MCF) in Winnipeg start classes on a new campus in September 2000, their school will have a new name.

The post-secondary institution is inviting individuals from the community and its supporting constituencies to send in their suggestions. A committee will draw from the submissions to make a final decision on a name.

On Nov. 18, 1998, representatives of Concord College, Canadian Mennonite Bible College and Menno Simons College signed an agreement officially creating Mennonite College Federation. Subsequently, MCF received a provincial charter to grant degrees, a status equivalent to that of public universities.

MCF academic programs began in September 1999, including bachelor of arts, bachelor of church music, bachelor of musical arts, and bachelor of church ministries degrees, and pre-professional studies. As of September 2000, the three colleges will join together on a unified campus at Grant Avenue and Shaftesbury Boulevard in Winnipeg, near the present site of Canadian Mennonite Bible College.

A new name is a continuing step in the development of the post-secondary institution.

“The name Mennonite College Federation essentially describes the process we’ve been working through over the past four years. We see a new name as a way to open the new campus and mark the progress we’ve made,” says Concord College president John Unger.

Reply cards have been included in the January 21 issue of MB Herald. Suggestions can be sent to: Name Selection Committee, Mennonite College Federation, c/o 600 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, Man. R3P 0M4; or e-mail newname@mcfed.mb.ca.

The deadline for submissions is Feb. 15, 2000.

 – from a news release

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