To kick off the New Year, the pro series proposes an evening with the talented professional musicians who make Brandon University their home base. The 2018 edition of this annual treat will feature more than a dozen past and present faculty members as well as some of the talented students whom they have taught.
Author: Grant Hamilton
Several of Western Manitoba’s top athletes are training at the Healthy Living Centre (HLC), thanks to a partnership between Sport Manitoba and Brandon University (BU).
The collaboration has resulted in the development of the High Performance Centre (HPC), where athletes have access to top-quality equipment and training.
Brandon University students, staff and faculty contributed many heartfelt and deeply-held sentiments during a week-long commemoration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
To mark the anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration, and to kick off a year’s worth of celebration leading up to the 70th anniversary, Brandon University erected several displays, conducted a social media campaign, and emblazoned excerpts on posters, online, and on television screens around campus.
Brandon University will host a series of community conversations to explore plans and options for the downtown site with faculty, staff and students.
The first set of on-campus consultations have been scheduled for Tuesday, January 9 in the Louis Riel Room.
Several Brandon University buildings will be without power for up to two hours on Thursday afternoon, during a coordinated switchover of high-voltage power.
Manitoba Hydro will be on site for the switchover, which is planned for 1 p.m.
Brandon University staff and faculty helped raise more than $3,600 for the Brandon-Westman Christmas Cheer at this year’s Holiday Luncheon.
The money comes from a 50/50 draw as well as a basket raffle for which university departments put together enticing gift baskets that are on display leading up to the luncheon.
Members of Brandon University’s administration have embraced a call to give back with a combined pledge of $50,000 to the BU50 staff and faculty fundraising appeal.
As BU celebrates the 50th anniversary of receiving its charter as a university, as it continues a remarkable five-year streak of growth, and as it embarks with a new Campus Master Plan on a transformative downtown expansion, now is an ideal time for donors to make a difference by contributing to BU through the Brandon University Foundation.
Brandon University offers its full-throated and unambiguous support for universal human rights, as the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day this weekend, and as challenges to human rights continue both around the globe and here at home.
We condemn acts or statements of hatred and divisiveness, which deserve only our disdain.
Brandon University’s enrolment is officially 3,553 students for its 50th anniversary 2017–18 year, an impressive eight per cent increase over last year’s enrolment numbers.
This year’s growth builds on a seven per cent increase in student head count last year, and is the fifth straight year of increased enrolment at BU. Over that time, the student population has increased by more than 22 per cent.