BRANDON – The late Dr. Murray Smith has been recognized with a place on the Brandon University (BU) Faculty of Education Wall of Honour.
Dr. Smith is the first addition to the Wall in more than 10 years.
Author: Rob Henderson
BRANDON – Hundreds of Brandon University students thronged campus for the first time today for Orientation, meeting new friends, finding out where their classes are, and learning everything they need for a great start at the Fall Term.
This year’s Orientation is the first to be held in-person since 2019, and incorporates lessons learned from the two years of virtual delivery.
A familiar face will move across the hall at Brandon University and will bring her admissions experience to the recruitment of new students.
Leanne Barcellona has been named the new Director of Recruitment and Retention at BU, where she will lead the university’s efforts to welcome new students and support them through graduation.
Courtesy of the Brandon Sun.
By Colin Slark
A local business formerly run as a student-led enterprise at Brandon University took a step forward late last month when it opened a brick-and-mortar retail outlet on Rosser Avenue.
According to founder Parker Easter, ReNu Hygienics — which opened at the 15th and Rosser Mall on July 31 — saw its fair share of challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic but is ready to ramp up production.
A group of graduates from the Psychiatric Nursing program at Brandon University (BU) has opened a new mental health clinic in Winnipeg. BU alumna Shea Silva, the Executive Director of Cocoon Clinic, recently appeared on Global TV to talk about the clinic.
Courtesy of the Brandon Sun’s Westman This Week.
By Chelsea Kemp
The Journal of Rural and Community Development has secured three years of renewed funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Brandon University (BU) celebrated the accomplishments of its PENT graduates on Friday evening.
PENT is a community-based teacher education program serving students mainly from remote and rural communities.
BRANDON – Archaeologists from Brandon University (BU) and the Manitoba Archaeological Society (MAS) are continuing their multi-year investigation of how Indigenous people lived in southwestern Manitoba before the arrival of Europeans.
The research project involves archaeological sites in the Pierson Wildlife Management Area (WMA) on Treaty 2 lands, which are the traditional homelands of the Dakota, Anishanabek, Ojibway-Cree, Cree, Dene and Métis peoples.
Kevin McKenzie, an Assistant Professor in Brandon University’s IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art, has a new exhibition opening this week at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM).
McKenzie’s show, ayîkisis ᐊᔩᑭᓯᐢ, will be featured in the main gallery of the AGSM from Thursday, July 14 to Saturday, Sept.