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May 7, 2012 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University Bobcats men’s basketball coach Gil Cheung has started to reload after graduating two key players from this past season. The Bobcats lose fifth year starters Kyle Vince and Donovan Gayle, so Cheung has signed his first two recruits of the 2012-2013 season, both of which play a similar style to the [...]
May 7, 2012 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University women’s basketball coach Novell Thomas has signed his first recruit. Ambrea McDonald-Okoro, a former Saskatchewan Provincial team player, has signed a letter of intent to join the Bobcats for the 2012-2013 season. The 5-foot-11 post currently attends Winston Knoll Collegiate in Regina, from which she will graduate from in June. [...]
May 1, 2012 Brandon, MB — On May 6, 2012, members of SIFE Brandon will travel to Calgary, Alberta to compete in the annual Ace Nationals Exposition. The event will be held at the Calgary TELUS Convention Centre from May 7 to 9, where teams from across Canada present the results of their projects throughout the academic year. [...]
May 1, 2012 Brandon, MB — On May 5, 2012 beginning at 9 a.m., the SIFE Brandon team will prepare the new Green Futures North end location to be officially launched on May 12, 2012. This preparation will include transferring 85 garden beds built by the team during the past two years to the North End location, on [...]
April 30, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Next Saturday evening, three members of Brandon University’s jazz faculty—saxophonist Greg Gatien, bassist Gilles Fournier and drummer Eric Platz—will collaborate in an unprecedented concert event. Six other musicians from Winnipeg and Saskatoon will be joining them to revive the music that launched a whole new approach to jazz. Between January 1949 and [...]
April 25, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Dr. Renee Robinson of the School of Health Studies and Dr. Karen Rempel of the Faculty of Education were each awarded funding from Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC)’s Homelessness Partnering Strategy. The total value of the research funding for these two Brandon University projects is more than $103,000. “The Government [...]
April 24, 2012 April 24, 2012 BRANDON, MB — The 101st Convocation at Brandon University this spring will not only celebrate the accomplishments of 675 new graduates, but will also acknowledge the contributions of two distinguished Canadians. One of them is internationally accomplished musician, Anton Kuerti. Brandon University is pleased to announce the conferral of a Doctor of [...]
April 23, 2012 April 23, 2012 BRANDON, MB — While celebrating the accomplishments of 675 new graduates, Brandon University will underscore its 101st Convocation with the bestowment of two honorary doctorates. In recognition of her work in the field of psychiatric nursing, Annette Thorimbert Osted has been selected as one of the recipients. Brandon University is pleased to [...]
April 23, 2012 I am pleased to announce that Karen Doty-Sweetnam is the 2012 recipient of the Award for Excellence in Psychiatric Nursing Education from the College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of Manitoba (CRPNM). Karen will receive this award at the CRPNM Awards Luncheon to be held May 11, 2012 at the Victoria Inn in Brandon, following the [...]
SIFE Brandon Students Host Spring City-Wide Clean-Up and Launches Green Futures North
May 7, 2012 Brandon, MB — On May 12, 2012 SIFE Brandon and James B Chrisp UCT Council #448 will be hosting a spring clean-up event within the City of Brandon from 9:30 a.m. until 1:30 pm. The city has been divided into eleven sections, where various student and non-profit organizations will be put into teams to help [...]