BRANDON, MB – A new Sports Wall of Fame will be unveiled this weekend at Brandon University (BU), named in honour of two long-time University supporters and community builders.
Mr. Dick and Mrs. Verda McDonald are BU alumni who first met on campus in the 1950s, married, and raised three sons in Brandon.
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BRANDON, MB – A nationally-recognized First Nations Elder will speak this week at Brandon University about the healing of individuals, families and communities affected by the legacy of colonization in Canada.
Gerry Oleman, a member of the St’at’imc Nation from Tsal’alh (Shalalth, BC), has been involved as a change agent for First Nations communities and agencies since 1976, providing counselling and leadership on the local and national levels.
BRANDON, MB – A professor at Brandon University (BU) is working with researchers around the globe, exploring some of the most important stars in our sky with the Hubble Space Telescope.
This is an unusually large and significant project,” says Dr. Austin Gulliver, chair of BU’s Physics and Astronomy Department.
BRANDON, MB – The Brandon University (BU) community is saddened by the passing of longtime professor and University supporter Dr. Bruce James Forrest, who lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday evening.
Born in 1950, Bruce joined the Department of Chemistry in 1986 as an associate professor.
BRANDON, MB – A community outreach program which has funded projects as diverse as attracting new campground users, to mapping World War l trenches, to measuring the response of emergency services, is accepting new proposals.
The Brandon University (BU) Community Outreach Service contributes as much as $3,000 per project to organizations and individuals wishing to collaborate with the University on research initiatives.
BRANDON, MB – One of Canada’s leading social entrepreneurs and the founder of Green Rewards, the world’s first eco-points program, is returning to his alma mater to talk about his experiences and new book.
Andreas Souvaliotis, author of Misfit: Changemaker with an Edge, has been recognized by social responsibility leaders from around the world, including The Prince of Wales, for achievements in influencing and rewarding behaviour change on a mass scale, including creating Air Miles for Social Change, the world’s first social venture built inside a loyalty rewards program.
BRANDON, MB – For Gerald Butler, attending Homecoming 2013 at Brandon University (BU) is a must.
Homecoming 2013 organizers Gerald Butler, Carla Eisler and Verna Keeler
“Since graduating in 1963, I have rarely missed a Homecoming,” says Butler, who was born in a house right across the street from BU, or Brandon College as it was known back then.
BRANDON, MB – To mark the beginning of its 15th season, the Brandon University School of Music’s pro series welcomes the Fine Arts Quartet on October 6, in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall. Based at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and lauded in the Washington Post as “one of the gold-plated names in chamber music”, this group has evolved and changed personnel over its six decades of existence, all the while entertaining audiences around the globe.
BRANDON, MB –The Brandon University School of Music’s pro series begins a new season October 6, with a US-based group that the Washington Post calls “one of the gold-plated names in chamber music”.
Dr. Michael Kim, Dean, School Of Music
The Fine Arts Quartet, based at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will perform in the Lorne Watson Recital Hall with special guest Dr. Michael Kim, pianist and the Dean of Music at Brandon University, interpreting Schumann’s Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44.
“It is as much my pleasure to present these world-class musicians as it is to perform with them,” says Dr. Kim, who is also artistic director of the pro series.
BRANDON, MB – Should I get the flu shot? It’s a common question that you may ask around this time of year, especially in the wake of an anti-immunization campaign by a Hollywood celebrity.