A growing community of transformed lives

Student Life & Transformation at Crandall

As the 2021-2022 academic year draws to a close, the newly expanded student life and transformation department is full of activity! In a year rife with pandemicrelated challenges, there are so many great stories of change on campus as our team seeks to facilitate transformation in our students! If two themes could be traced from the start of classes in the fall through to convocation in May they would be serving the community and building community!

Our new CU Serves volunteer program has launched with opportunities for students to get out and make a difference in our region! Experiences and service was diverse and exciting – from the CU Serves Car Wash that kicked off the year to raise funds with CBM for UNICEF, to students tutoring school-aged children online as kids made their way through virtual learning experiences, the community of Moncton was blessed to experience the best of Crandall University’s students!

In an era where reports of isolation are rampant throughout the rising generation, our CU students experienced transformation in community in powerful ways. As many of our graduating class took stock of a university experience with many unanticipated pandemic related social changes, the feedback remains the same: these are still some of the best friendships and community life has to offer. Many of our sports teams finished the season with strong records, but life long relationships as well; our residence halls were abuzz with life-giving fun, and our chapel experiences were rich in participation from across the CU community. 2022 graduate Jared Cook had this reflection: “Over my four years at Crandall, I was not only transformed by my professors and studies but was also given opportunities to contribute to the transformation of others.” For Jared and so many others – transformation was woven throughout the community experience!

Perhaps the best part of these reports is not that they end with the last exam but simply wait to be rediscovered anew in the coming fall – and our Student Life & Transformation team is eager to get to the task!

Crandall volunteers at a fall car wash fundraiser for vaccines in the majority world.

Volunteers participating in a campus cleanup event

Music for chapel was provided by a mix of students, faculty, and staff.