Month: December 2024

Community Engagement

Birthday trip sparks puffin-portrait art show, and student quip giveaway

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A Brandon University student is hanging a unique portrait of Newfoundland puffins after her caption was selected in an interactive art show at BU’s Curve Gallery.

The show featured portraits of Atlantic Puffins — colourfully beaked birds with engaging personalities — and invited viewers to suggest their proposed tag lines for the varied and often silly poses that the puffins were captured in. Some may think of the project as similar to making memes; older attendees may have been reminded of a New Yorker cartoon caption contest.

Community Engagement

Holiday Luncheon at BU part of ‘biggest donor day yet’ — raises $3,175 for Christmas Cheer

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Brandon University employees were able to present a big cheque in support of Brandon-Westman Christmas Cheer fundraising at this year’s BU Holiday Luncheon.

BU President David Docherty handed over a novelty-sized cheque to representatives from Christmas Cheer — but the number written on the cheque was oversized as well.

Awards and Recognition

BU celebrates long-term employee service

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The remarkable service records of nearly 50 Brandon University employees were celebrated during a ceremony on Thursday.

The annual Long Service Employee Recognition Event honours staff and faculty members who have reached five-year milestones of 10 years or more in their BU careers.