BRANDON, MB – Researchers at Brandon University (BU) have received international attention for their recent work into how rural communities can better market themselves as tourist destinations.
Lina Pilelienė and Viktorija Grigaliūnaitė,Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania, and Christopher Malcolm and Doug Ramsey, Brandon University
Dr. Christopher Malcolm and Dr. Doug Ramsey presented their findings to the 6th Annual International Tourism Congress, held in Peniche, Portugal.
Tag: Dr. Deborah Poff
BRANDON, MB – One of Canada’s largest privately owned asset management firms is pledging $100,000 to assist business administration students at Brandon University (BU).
The Connor, Clark & Lunn Scholarship-Bursary in Business Administration will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need to a full-time returning student in any year of the Bachelor of Business Administration Program or Business Administration major.
BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is pleased to announce that Toronto-based Heathbridge Capital Management is committing $40,000 towards an endowment for music students, a fund which will swell to $100,000 using contributions from the Manitoba Scholarship & Bursary Initiative (MSBI).
The Heathbridge Capital Management Ltd. Scholarship in Jazz Studies was established in 2008 with a $10,000 gift from the company, matched through the University’s allocation of MSBI funds.
James Allum, Minister of Education and Advanced Learning
BRANDON, MB – A new Master of Science degree will be offered at Brandon University (BU) beginning in 2014, benefitting student success and the economy in southwestern Manitoba. Minister of Education and Advanced Learning, James Allum, made the announcement today in a science lab on the BU campus.
The following is an op-ed article submitted to the Brandon Sun newspaper by Brandon University President and Vice-Chancellor Deborah Poff, concerning the unauthorized access, discovered in mid-October, to the University’s computer network.
What is the Real Story Here?
BRANDON, MB – Following unauthorized access to a test computer system data base, Brandon University (BU) is contacting affected individuals. The data base contained information from a number of student applications from 2004 to 2009.
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.
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 – 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 – Speeches, tours and 500 drums pounding in unison marked the start of Orientation today for freshman students at Brandon University (BU), a poignant time for both students and their parents.
“Today is scary and exciting, for both of us,” says Tracy Rimmer from Glenboro, MB. Her son Joseph is entering the Faculty of Science.