BRANDON, MB – The review reads, “The audience was smitten with pianist Matthew Peavoy” – high praise for a first year music student from Brandon University (BU) debuting with the Red Deer Symphony.
Peavoy performed the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in Alberta after winning the Symphony’s concerto competition.
Month: March 2013
The 2013 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) annual conference will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 24-27 October 2013. The conference is being co-hosted by the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN), Lakehead University, and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA).
BRANDON, MB – Yes, rocket scientists do come from Brandon University (BU).
Evan Citulsky with BU’s 16-inch telescope
Evan Citulsky, graduating from BU this spring, has been accepted into Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota (UMN), a top-ranked research university with internationally renowned faculty and a 75-year history of program excellence.
BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is pleased to announce that a Harvard educated financier, senior public sector manager and national expert on health systems has been appointed as Chancellor.
Michael Decter is President and CEO of the investment company LDIC Inc., author of eight books and popular lecturer with the National Speakers Bureau.
BRANDON, MB – The Chemistry department at Brandon University (BU) has solved a problem that has plagued scientists, sorcerers and scoundrels for more than 5,000 years. Now, BU needs your help – specifically, your pennies.
BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is pleased to announce a significant community contribution to the newly opened Healthy Living Centre.
Drs. Trudy Corbett and Jeff Bales have given $100,000 towards the completion of the 24.3 million dollar project, which opened to the public in January with construction to be completed this spring.
BRANDON, MB – Brandon University President and Vice-Chancellor Deborah Poff has been elected council member on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), an international resource network dedicated to the ethical publication of research in all academic fields.
Dr. Poff is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Academic Ethics; and Editor of the Journal of Business Ethics, ranked as an “A” journal by the Financial Times and Bloomberg.
Attention Entering Students:
The deadline for applying for the following awards has been extended to March 31, 2013:
Charles W. Burns Scholarship in Pre-Medicine
Donald Burns and Louise Berlin Family Scholarships in the Geosciences
John & Catherine Robbins Entrance Scholarships
Simplot Canada Ltd. Entrance Scholarships
Terry Penton Memorial Scholarship
E. Jay Watson Memorial Entrance Scholarship
Sarah Harriet Hall Memorial Academic Scholarships
IBEW Local 2034 – CFL Manitoba Council Commemorative Scholarship
G.F. MacDowell Entrance Scholarships in Political Science
Delamater-Wood 50th Anniversary Scholarship
Afghanistan Mission Memorial Awards
Also, the deadline for the Xerox Canada Award has been extended to May 10, 2013 because of a registration requirement.