BRANDON – The stars will be out tonight for the second day of Homecoming 2018 at Brandon University.
As part of its BU50 community celebration, marking 50 years as a university, BU will welcome Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to the Western Manitoba Centennial Auditorium to speak to a pair of full houses.
Latest News
BRANDON – The newest joint program between Brandon University and Assiniboine Community College might be making history as much as studying it. The Public History program, which launched this term, pairs academic history courses at BU with practical media arts programs at Assiniboine, giving students a total of four options to earn combined degrees.
“Enrolment in this new program has been extremely strong, which points to both the ongoing interest in history programs as well as the definite value in interpreting local history for local audiences,” said Dr. Rhonda Hinther, an associate professor of history at BU and one of the organizers of the new program.
Brandon University (BU) is bringing its research out of the academic journals and into the community with a new conference.
The New Beginnings Community Connective Research Conference will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13. The event will showcase research projects from across BU through three-minute presentations by alumni, students and faculty members.
BRANDON – Brandon University’s (BU’s) biggest Homecoming yet begins with a full evening of activities this Thursday, Oct. 11.
With the theme Forever Blue & Gold, Homecoming 2018 is a four-day community celebration, capping a year of events that mark the 50th anniversary of BU’s first year as a university. The Class of 1968, the first graduates to receive BU degrees, will be recognized at the Dinner and Awards on Saturday night.
BRANDON – Funding announced today by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) will help a Brandon University (BU) researcher’s work to create a better understanding of cancer, heart disease and stroke.
Dr. Vincent Chen, an Assistant Professor in BU’s Department of Chemistry, is a recipient of an NSERC Discovery Grant, with a value of $165,000 over five years.
BRANDON – After a successful opening recently, an exhibition by Brandon University (BU) faculty member and visual artist Lisa Wood will run until November 17 at a Regina art gallery.
Wood’s exhibition, Openings, presents a unique perspective of an exhibition opening at Neutral Ground.
Assiniboine Community College and Brandon University are saying a fond “see you next year” to the friendly yellow “Big Hello” campaign.
The bright signs on boulevards, lawns and windows greeted students in Brandon all September long as they returned to campus for the fall semester.
BRANDON – Graduates of Brandon University (BU) and Brandon College will be in the spotlight at the BU Homecoming Dinner and Awards on Saturday, Oct. 13 at Harvest Hall.
Gerald Brown and Nathan Peto will be recognized with Alumni Awards at the annual celebration.
A permanent tipi is going up in a prominent location on the Brandon University campus.
The tipi will be installed just off of 18th Street, on a triangular piece of grass near McMaster Hall and the BU book store.
David Robertson
The Brandon University library is teaming up with the Brandon Public Library to present a celebrated Winnipeg graphic novelist and writer at a number of events next month.
David Alexander Robertson will first present in the Gathering Space at the John E. Robbins Library at BU on the morning of Thursday, Oct. 4, starting at 10:30 a.m.