March 29, 2013 BRANDON, MB – The review reads, “The audience was smitten with pianist Matthew Peavoy” – high praise for a first year music student from Brandon University (BU) debuting with the Red Deer Symphony. Peavoy performed the first movement of Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9 in Alberta after winning the Symphony’s concerto competition. The Red Deer [...]
Monthly Archives: March 2013
Posted in Brandon U, Music
Tagged Brandon University, BU, Dr. Michael Kim, Manitoba, Matthew Peavoy, MB, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, Red Deer Symphony, School of Music, students
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March 27, 2013 The 2013 Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation (CRRF) annual conference will be held in Thunder Bay, Ontario, 24-27 October 2013. The conference is being co-hosted by the Nishnawbe-Aski Nation (NAN), Lakehead University, and the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association (NOMA). Further details on the conference will be provided soon, and can be found at www.crrf.ca/?page_id=2076.
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March 26, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Yes, rocket scientists do come from Brandon University (BU). Evan Citulsky, graduating from BU this spring, has been accepted into Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics at the University of Minnesota (UMN), a top-ranked research university with internationally renowned faculty and a 75-year history of program excellence. “I couldn’t be happier”, says Citulsky, a [...]
Posted in Brandon U, Physics & Astronomy
Tagged 3+2 agreement, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Brandon University, BU, Dr. Austin Gulliver, Evan Citulsky, Faculty of Science, Manitoba, MB, Rivers MB, students, University of Minnesota (UMN)
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March 19, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is pleased to announce that a Harvard educated financier, senior public sector manager and national expert on health systems has been appointed as Chancellor. Michael Decter is President and CEO of the investment company LDIC Inc., author of eight books and popular lecturer with the National Speakers Bureau. A [...]
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Tagged Brandon University, BU, Chancellor, Deborah Poff, Henry Champ, LDIC INC, Manitoba, MB, Michael Decter, Order of Canada
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March 11, 2013 BRANDON, MB – The Chemistry department at Brandon University (BU) has solved a problem that has plagued scientists, sorcerers and scoundrels for more than 5,000 years. Now, BU needs your help – specifically, your pennies. “We turn pennies into silver, then gold,” says Dr. Mark Berry, professor and chair of BU’s Chemistry department, “just like [...]
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Tagged alchemy, Brandon University, BU, chemistry, donate pennies, Dr. Mark Berry, electroplate, end of the penny, Faculty of Science, Manitoba, MB, pennies, students
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March 8, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is pleased to announce a significant community contribution to the newly opened Healthy Living Centre. Drs. Trudy Corbett and Jeff Bales have given $100,000 towards the completion of the 24.3 million dollar project, which opened to the public in January with construction to be completed this spring. “Health and [...]
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March 7, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University President and Vice-Chancellor Deborah Poff has been elected council member on the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), an international resource network dedicated to the ethical publication of research in all academic fields. Dr. Poff is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Academic Ethics; and Editor of the Journal of Business Ethics, [...]
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Tagged academic publishing, Brandon University, Committee on Publication Ethics, COPE, Dr. Deborah Poff, Journal of Academic Ethics, Journal of Business Ethics, Manitoba. MB, research ethics
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March 4, 2013
Posted in Athletics, Brandon U
Tagged Bobcats, Brandon University, CIS, Dan Boutwell, Garrett Popplestone, Grant Wilson, Manitoba, MB, mens volleyball, national championship, Quebec City, Roy Ching, Sam Tuivia
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March 4, 2013 Attention Entering Students: The deadline for applying for the following awards has been extended to March 31, 2013: Charles W. Burns Scholarship in Pre-Medicine Donald Burns and Louise Berlin Family Scholarships in the Geosciences John & Catherine Robbins Entrance Scholarships Simplot Canada Ltd. Entrance Scholarships Terry Penton Memorial Scholarship E. Jay Watson Memorial Entrance Scholarship [...]
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