BRANDON, MB – One of the highlights and an annual treat of the pro series is the Faculty Concert. The 2011 edition of this aural feast showcases some of the School of Music’s talented instructors and professors performing music of varying genres, from different periods, as soloists as well as in small chamber groups.
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BRANDON, MB — James Ehnes, the internationally acclaimed violinist who was born and raised in Brandon, makes a pre-Christmas appearance in Brandon. Joining him on the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium stage are two musical colleagues — ‘cellist Robert deMaine and pianist Andrew Armstrong.
BRANDON, MB — Another month is in the books bringing new Bobcat Athletes of the Month. Donata Huebert of the women’s volleyball team is the Pantages on Park female athlete of the month and O’Brian Wallace from the men’s basketball team is the Tip Top Tailors male athlete of the month.
BRANDON, MB — The 2010 Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor, Dr. Paul Shore will lead a panel discussion, along with Dr. Michael Pomedli, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy from the University of Saskatchewan and First Nations University of Canada.
The title of their discussion is “Lenses, Tools, Filters: What Shaped the Earliest Jesuit Chronicles of Canada?
BRANDON, MB — A documentary about an iconic Canadian blues band entitled Flip Flop and Fly: 40 Years of The Downchild Blues will be premiered on December 4 at 6:30 p.m. EST on TMN and Movie Central.
BRANDON, MB — The fourth-year Bachelor of Business Administration students in Associate Professor Michael Malazdrewicz’s Small Business Management class will be digging into real-life situations in February, for a six week project. However, to do so, they will need to collaborate with Brandon businesses.
BRANDON, MB — Two new tomes have been added this fall to the Rural Development Institute’s publishing arm. Dr. Doug Ramsey was one of the editors of Geographical Perspectives on Sustainable Rural Change, while Dr. Kenneth Beesley edited The Rural-Urban Fringe in Canada: Conflict & Controversy.
“As publisher of these two publications, the Rural Development Institute helps to illustrate the important role of research in deepening our understanding of rural place and rural development.
BRANDON, MB — Audrey Cook, a fourth-year Native Studies major at Brandon University recently received the Manitoba Aboriginal Youth Award for Personal Achievement. Originally from the Bloodvein River reserve, she is the first individual in her father’s family to attend university.
BRANDON, MB — Federal government funding for Skills Link, an initiative focusing on youth, was announced today by MP Merv Tweed. With Brandon University President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. Deborah Poff along with Career and Employment Youth Services (CEYS) representative Richard Greer on hand, MP Tweed underlined the critical need to ensure that youth have access to further education and to potential employers.
BRANDON, MB — Some 65 million years ago, the Dromaeosaurus was a feathered carnivore, with razor-sharp teeth, sickle-like claws on its feet, and a tail that plumed several feet behind it. Today, a skeleton of this creature has made its home in the geology department of Brandon University.
“ Our latest recruit, yet to be named, will be a star attraction in the Faculty of Science for years to come,” said Dr. Austin Gulliver, the Dean of Science at BU.
This unique and rare gift from the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Alberta is linked to another gift, one from the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Manitoba (APEGM).