Communications Office
Room 17, Clark Hall
270 - 18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9762
Email: communications@brandonu.ca
February 24, 2013 Brandon University (BU) men’s volleyball team has captured the Canada West championship – the team’s first since joining the conference in 2005. The Bobcats, ranked eighth nationally, downed third-ranked Trinity Western Spartans during weekend playoffs in Alberta. Head Coach Grant Wilson says the championship title is the culmination of a dedicated effort by players, coaches [...]
February 21, 2013 BRANDON, MB – New research by Brandon University (BU) offers suggestions on managing the rapid population growth now challenging some Manitoba communities. BU’s Rural Development Institute (RDI), with support from Manitoba Immigration and Multiculturalism and Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives, examined two regions with recent upward growths: Neepawa and area surged as much as [...]
February 19, 2013 BRANDON, MB – It’s being called ‘the shot seen around the world’. Millions have watched the video showing a Brandon University (BU) coach drain a basketball shot from half-court to win tuition for a student. The event, held last Friday during the Brandon Bobcats final weekend of regular season play, has turned BU coach Gil [...]
February 16, 2013
February 15, 2013 BRANDON, MB – A Brandon University (BU) biology professor is part of a research team that has confirmed an influential ecological theory that seeks to explain the diversity of life in the modern world. Dr. David Greenwood, with Simon Fraser University evolutionary biologists Drs Bruce Archibald and Rolf Mathewes, discovered that parts of Canada some [...]
February 7, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Two former NHL players are lacing up in this Saturday’s Students vs. Faculty/Staff hockey game at Brandon University (BU), part of the annual campus open-house ‘Winterlude’. Morris Mott, Professor Emeritus in the history department at BU, played with both the Winnipeg Jets and California Golden Seals. Jonathan Filewich is a BU student [...]
February 5, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Vapourize gummy bears. Make sand dance. Turn music into flame. Just a few of the amazing, interactive demonstrations awaiting area residents this Saturday at Brandon University (BU) during Winterlude. The annual day-long open house features events, music, food and entertainment – all free. “Everyone is invited,” says BU President and Vice-Chancellor Deborah [...]
February 5, 2013 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is exploring new opportunities in India, as part of a provincial trade mission now underway in the world’s second most populous country. Dr. Dean Care, Acting Vice-President (Academic and Provost), is visiting 10 Indian universities with the goal of increasing BU’s enrollment – an important objective in the University’s [...]
Huge Increase in New Student Applications
February 25, 2013 BRANDON, MB – New student applications to Brandon University (BU) have jumped 20%, to the highest level in four years. Figures released today by BU’s Admissions Department show that 636 persons have applied to attend the University as new students beginning this fall. That compares to 528 in February 2012, 619 in 2011 and 567 [...]