Long-serving employees and those departing BU were honoured at a special afternoon in December.
In total, more than 20 retirees with more than 500 years of combined service were honoured at the afternoon event, as well as dozens of people recognized for achieving milestones of 10 years or longer.
Author: Grant Hamilton
The Brandon University community raised a total of $3,453 for Brandon and Westman Christmas Cheer this year.
The money, raised through a staff-organized basket raffle will go towards holiday hampers in the region.
Dr. Yvonne Boyer
BRANDON, Man. – A Brandon University (BU) researcher says she was surprised and honoured to find herself cited in the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC).
Brandon University has appointed Dr. Heather Duncan and Dr. W. Dean Care to associate vice-president positions. Both will continue to also serve as deans of their respective faculties at the university.
An academic leader at Brandon University is taking the next step in his career.
Dr. Andrew Egan, BU’s Dean of Science, will leave his position in February to assume the role of Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer at Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, Pa. Egan is a graduate of Penn State, having earned a PhD in Forest Resources (1993).
More than 100 people attended this year’s President’s Circle Holiday Reception on Thursday evening, an excellent turnout for the annual event.
BU Student Ambassadors Bailey Kacsmar and Sarah Wallace greeted guests and helped take their coats at the annual President’s Circle Holiday Reception on Thursday evening, Dec. 10, 2015.
An apple a day is good for a lot of things, and for Brandon University students who are cramming for exams this week, it’s a nice boost of fresh nutrition while they hit the books.
Putting a fresh spin on the old apple-for-teacher idea, one BU instructor has partnered with the Alumni Association to deliver fresh fruit throughout the university’s study areas during evenings all this week.
Some fun holiday baskets are up for grabs next week in the Mingling Area.
There are two more chances for people to buy a raffle ticket and a chance to win one of the many theme baskets put together by Brandon University faculty and staff.
A Brandon University artist is attracting media attention for an exhibit in Winnipeg that was inspired by his Japanese-Swiss roots.
“Alleys, Records, Parents” is being exhibited at Lantern Gallery by Kevin DeForest, an Assistant Professor in Aboriginal and Visual Art at BU.
In an interview in French with Radio-Canada, DeForest said that it was important to create a artistic representation of Eurasian culture.
Faculty, staff and students from Brandon University helped organize a special film screening in Winnipeg earlier this month in support of youth mental health.
Held at the Park Theatre, the event included an exclusive screening of To Write Love on Her Arms, a Sony Pictures film that wasn’t originally released to theatres in Canada.