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February 17, 2012 posted February 17, 2012 BRANDON, MB — A day-long winter celebration — WINTERLUDE — will take place on campus for the Brandon University community as well as the general public. Beginning at 10 a.m., on Saturday, February 25, the parking, the brunch, the skating, the cool workshops — everything during Winterlude is free and everyone [...]
January 16, 2012 posted January 16, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Dr. Jaelyn J. Eberle, of the Department of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado, and Curator of Fossil Vertebrates at that University’s Museum of Natural History will be at Brandon University (BU), Friday, January 20 to talk about mammalian diversity in the early Eocene (55 to 34 [...]
November 29, 2011 posted November 29, 2011 Brandon, MB — Today, Brandon University’s Senate met to establish the policies that will guide the return to classes for BU students. The Senate, comprised of students, faculty and administration, has approved a policy that will see both terms completed by the end of April. “Our first term classes will end [...]
June 2, 2011 Thursday, June 2, 2011 Brandon, MB — During the 100th Convocation at Brandon University, four outstanding Canadians — Ambassador Gary Doer, Dr. Ray Bollman, Dr. Buffy Sainte-Marie and Heather Bishop — will be acknowledged for their efforts and accomplishments, each receiving an honorary doctorate. Each convocation ceremony will feature a valedictorian — Chris Pugh (B.Sc. [...]
March 1, 2011 BRANDON, MB — The Science Seminar Series continues with Brandon University Lecturer Suyoko Tsukamoto, of the Anthropology Department. She will give a talk entitled “The ‘Bear’ Necessities: Differentiating animal from human skeletal remains in forensic contexts.” “During death investigations involving skeletonized remains, one of the first questions posed to forensic anthropologists is: ‘Are these remains [...]
BU Senior Wins Prestigious Scholarship, Selected Among International Applicants
February 22, 2012 posted February 22, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Laura Brandon, a 4th-year student at Brandon University has won the Society for American Archaeology’s Native American Undergraduate Scholarship in Archaeology. She is majoring in two disciplines — Anthropology with a specialization in Archeology and Native Studies. Also a wife and the mother of three children, Laura is [...]