Communications Office
Room 17, Clark Hall
270 - 18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9762
Email: communications@brandonu.ca
April 2, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Three students from Brandon University (BU) will be continuing their education abroad this fall, after being accepted into a university exchange program involving some 200 institutions. Kayla Koivisto, a third year student in BU’s Applied Disaster and Emergency Studies program, will attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, returning to BU for [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
March 4, 2013
February 26, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Three Brandon University (BU) alumni lived the musician’s dream last week, performing in New York City at prestigious Carnegie Hall. Sarah Hallikas, Annelise Hawrylak and Mitchell Wedgewood appeared on the world renowned stage February 18th with the Toronto-based Eastminster United Church Choir, a 30 voice ensemble selected to take part in a [...]
BU Hosts Jazz Album Recording
April 3, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Some of western Canada’s finest jazz musicians will gather at Brandon University this weekend to perform and record new music inspired by a classic album. ‘Rebirth of the Cool’ will feature songs by seven Canadian composers, including four who will be in Brandon to take part. The impetus for the project is [...]