Section: Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

BU faculty member, Dr. Aloysius C. Anyichie, nominated for Canada’s prestigious Top 25 Immigrants Award

Finalists for the 2025 Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Awards have been announced, and a Brandon University (BU) professor is among the Top 75.

Dr. Aloysius C. Anyichie, an internationally recognized education psychology scholar, educator, and community leader, has been nominated for the Top 25 Canadian Immigrants Award. 

This prestigious award recognizes remarkable Canadian immigrants whose inspiring stories, bold achievements, and meaningful impact are shaping communities and redefining success in their adopted homeland.

Athletics

Scholarship recipients celebrated

Recipients of the Pallister Awards at Brandon University, supported by Brian & Esther Pallister, came together recently for a reception at the BU Healthy Living Centre.

For more than a quarter century, the couple has given to scholarships at the university, beginning with their gift in 1999 to BU’s Success in Mind Campaign, although their charitable giving to the BU Foundation actually began even earlier, in 1990.

Awards and Recognition

BU celebrates long-term employee service

The remarkable service records of nearly 50 Brandon University employees were celebrated during a ceremony on Thursday.

The annual Long Service Employee Recognition Event honours staff and faculty members who have reached five-year milestones of 10 years or more in their BU careers.

Awards and Recognition

Brandon University student wins 2024 MCIE International Award

A Brandon University student who is also president of the Brandon University Students’ Union has been highlighted by the Manitoba Council for International Education (MCIE) as the province’s Outstanding International Student for Universities in 2024.

Charles Adamu receives his award from Minister of Education Renée Cable.

Alumni

Six outstanding BU alumni to be honoured at Homecoming Dinner and Awards

Six outstanding Brandon University (BU) alumni will receive awards during one of the highlight events of the BU125 Homecoming celebration in September. The awards will be presented during the Homecoming Dinner and Awards, to be held the evening of Saturday, Sept.