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.
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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.
BRANDON, Man. – Manitoba has taken a major step in efforts to become a global leader in Indigenous education.
Brandon University (BU) joined the province’s other post-secondary institutions and Manitoba’s school boards today to sign the Indigenous Education Blueprint (IEB).
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.
BRANDON, Man. – Louis Visentin has been granted the title of president emeritus by the Brandon University (BU) Board of Governors.
The title is conferred by the board of governors upon a president and vice-chancellor who has served the university with distinction while in office.
Brandon University (BU) is joining with Manitoba’s other post-secondary education institutions to improve accessibility.
In response to new standards for customer service set recently under the Accessibility for Manitobans Act (AMA), BU has formed a committee with Assiniboine Community College, Canadian Mennonite University, the Manitoba Institute of Trades and Technology, Red River College, St. Boniface University, University College of the North, the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg to discuss how to best meet the requirements.
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.