Brandon University has extended the Fall Term add/drop deadline, which is also the final day to receive a 100% tuition refund.
The deadline is now Friday, Sept.
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The 44th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) for the performance of Canadian and contemporary music is pleased to announce its 2021 prize winners:
Julien Siino
1st Prize
Julien Siino (with pianist Edward Liddall)
2nd Prize
Isabella Perron (with pianist Todd Yaniw)
3rd Prize
Ariel Carrabré (with pianist Michel-Alexandre Broekaert)
City of Brandon Prize for the Best Performance of the Commissioned Work
Julien Siino (with pianist Edward Liddall)
Finalist Prizes (in alphabetical order)
Christopher Hwang (with pianist Younggun Kim)
Julia Mirzoev (with pianist Meagan Milatz)
David Liam Roberts (with pianist Godwin Friesen)
On September 18 and 19, 2021, six of Canada’s best emerging string players performed live-streamed recitals for the 44th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition (E-Gré) in Strings. The E-Gré Competition began in 1976 and is the most important annual Canadian and contemporary music competition.
Elders, Knowledge Keepers, community members, and Indigenous organizations across Manitoba have ‘pulled together’ to work alongside Assiniboine Community College, Brandon University (BU), and Campus Manitoba to adapt the Pulling Together Foundations Guide for western Manitoba.
Pulling Together: Manitoba Foundations Guide (Brandon Edition) is an open educational resource that is available to all. The cover art was created by Emery Knight and based on the piece Pulling Together by Lou-ann Neel, a Kwakwaka’wakw artist.
Faculty, staff and students in the Brandon University School of Music are currently piloting the University’s draft vaccine policy, which aims to have everyone on campus vaccinated by the end of October.
Users of the BU Healthy Living Centre, as well as some visitors to Food Services, also have stricter vaccination requirements to follow, under new provincial public health orders.
The critical importance of mental health has never been clearer, and the entire community is invited to come together this fall to explore opportunities to promote and support good mental health.
The Mental Health on the Prairies Virtual Conference and Community Conversation will be held October 20th, 21st and 28th, 2021, and is hosted by Brandon University.
Brandon University is kicking off the Fall Term with a blended approach to the traditional Welcome Week and Orientation activities.
The campus will see more in-person classes, services, and activities starting this week, although BU is continuing a cautious approach to keep everyone safe and healthy.
Brandon University is steadfast in our support of academic freedom, academic inquiry, and of robust public debate around issues of consequence. These freedoms, however, must be balanced against responsibilities like honesty, like integrity, and like good faith.
All of Brandon University, and especially the Faculty of Education, are deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Cynthia (Cindy) Clarke.
Dr. Clarke joined BU in 2017 as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, with PENT and as a member of the Curriculum and Pedagogy Department.
Students and student-athletes at Brandon University will benefit for years to come thanks to a series of scholarships set up by one of the school’s most distinguished alumni.
Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister today announced gifts of nearly $260,000 that will endow two new scholarships at BU, as well as increasing the value of existing scholarships he had previously endowed.
A Brandon University professor known for her groundbreaking research and mentorship of young women has been named one of the University of Regina’s outstanding young alumni.
Dr. Sarah Plosker was announced as a ‘Crowning Achievement’ award recipient on Monday.