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Brandon, Manitoba
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February 27, 2012 posted February 27, 2012 BRANDON, MB — The trials and tribulations of a young woman, nicknamed “Miss Witherspoon” in the afterlife, will be explored this week on the Evans Theatre stage, with opening night slated for Thursday evening. “Miss Witherspoon” was written by Christopher Durang, an award-winning playwright whose work has been produced on- and [...]
February 23, 2012 posted February 23, 2011 BRANDON, MB — World-acclaimed Icelandic composer Kjartan Ólafsson has been on the Brandon University (BU) campus this week for the 2012 New Music Festival (BUNMF), entitled “Music Gates of the Arctic”. He will be in attendance to hear the world premiere of two of his recent works in the Lorne Watson [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
February 7, 2012 posted February 7, 2012 BRANDON, MB — The Gender & Women’s Studies Program presents the latest speaker in its Frontiers Speakers’ Series. On Thursday, Todd Miller of the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) will give a talk entitled “Policing the U.S.-Mexico Border: The Militarization of U.S. Immigration Enforcement”. The number of undocumented border [...]
January 30, 2012 posted January 30, 2012 BRANDON, MB – After 46 years and thousands of basketball games, the final Bobcat basketball games will be played in the original Brandon University Gymnasium this weekend. The Bobcats will host the Lethbridge Pronghorns in the ‘Cats final home games of the 2011-2012 Canada West season, as BU prepares to open [...]
January 26, 2012 posted January 26, 2012 BRANDON, MB — During a ceremony earlier this week, Mayor Sam Katz presented a City of Winnipeg Community Service Award to Dr. Alison Marshall, Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Brandon University. Her leadership in community service was one of the reasons for this prestigious [...]
January 20, 2012 posted January 20, 2012 BRANDON, MB — A call for project proposals has been issued for interested community groups and organizations that wish to benefit from the experience of professors and the enthusiasm of students. The proposed projects must be carried out in collaboration with a faculty member of BU or a student under the [...]
January 9, 2012 posted January 9, 2012 Brandon, MB — The Brandon University School of Music’s pro series kicks off the 2012 portion of its concert offerings with TorQ, a Toronto-based percussion ensemble. This performance is one in many for the quartet, who are also playing throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta this month. The ensemble members, Richard Burrows, [...]
BU Marks International Women’s Day with a Salute to Exceptional Female Students
March 8, 2012 posted March 8, 2012 BRANDON, MB — To mark International Women’s Day, professors have selected 17 remarkable women students to be honoured during a campus celebration organized by the BU Status of Women Review Committee. They range in age. Their fields of interest vary. They all excel in their studies and have all earned multiple [...]