Brandon University will require faculty, staff, and students to provide either proof of full vaccination or proof of a recent negative Covid test before they are able to come to campus.
Full vaccination will be required no later than Oct. 31, a date that permits members of our community to receive their first dose at our on-campus vaccination clinics Sept.
Author: Grant Hamilton
Walk-in vaccination will be available to students, faculty and staff during the first week back for Brandon University’s Fall Term.
The partnership with Prairie Mountain Health will see Pfizer and Moderna vaccinations offered in Harvest Hall on Tuesday, Sept.
Brandon University will hold a virtual and online Homecoming this fall, sharing campus memories, naming alumni award-winners, and facilitating digital class reunions. However, the University hopes return to hosting smaller in-person events as early as this spring.
Most students, faculty and staff at Brandon University are expected to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as part of the University’s safe transition back to in-person instruction over the 2021–22 academic year.
The University will not require vaccines before the start of Fall Term, which is just three weeks away, but vaccination as soon as possible is strongly encouraged.
Everett Hopfner will continue to lead the Eckhardt-Gramatté Conservatory of Music at Brandon University (BU).
Hopfner, a talented pianist and educator, has been named Director of the Conservatory of Music after serving two years as Interim Director.
An award-winning musician, composer and writer who has been recognized as one of Canada’s best young jazz artists has joined the Brandon University (BU) School of Music.
Marika Galea is a multi-instrumentalist who will teach in the School of Music’s Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music Department.
An accomplished researcher and scholar devoted to community engagement will become Acting Dean of Arts at Brandon University.
Dr. Balfour Spence assumes the role starting Aug. 15, 2021, and has been appointed to a two-year term.
NEAR MELITA – Archaeologists from Brandon University (BU) and the Manitoba Archaeological Society (MAS) are continuing their investigation of how Indigenous people lived in southwestern Manitoba before the arrival of Europeans.
Brandon University Department of Anthropology Professor Dr. Mary Malainey and the MAS are working this summer in and around the Olson site, located south of Melita.
A Brandon University is being recognized for her work with the Chinese community in Manitoba.
Dr. Alison Marshall, a professor of religion at BU, is this year’s recipient of the William Norrie Arts & Culture Volunteer Award from Volunteer Manitoba.
A new position at Brandon University will provide guidance at the very top administrative levels as the institution works towards Indigenization, de-Colonization and Reconciliation.
Chris Lagimodiere has been named the Acting Indigenous Advisor to the President and will assume the role as soon as possible.