Communications Office
Room 17, Clark Hall
270 - 18th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
R7A 6A9
Phone: (204) 727-9762
Email: communications@brandonu.ca
May 8, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Every year, the top young woodwind, brass and percussion players from across the country gather to form the National Youth Band (NYB). This year, there are several Brandon University (BU) links. Four BU students are among the 53 musicians who make up this year’s edition of the prestigious ensemble. While the location [...]
May 8, 2012 BRANDON, MB – The Bobcats men’s volleyball team will once again be hosting a series of one-day rural volleyball clinics in the fall of 2012. In September and October of 2011 the Bobcats visited more than 20 rural schools, and will look to repeat the success of last year’s program again this fall. The program [...]
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 [...]
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 7, 2012 Thursday, May 31 | tba — The 2012 Graduation Powwow will honour all graduating First Nations, Métis and Inuit students as well as share this rich cultural experience with the University community as well as the community at large. For further information, send an email to sinclairj@brandonu.ca or call 571-8529.
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 [...]
Celebrate with Brandon University WUSC (World University Service of Canada) and Ten Thousand Villages
May 8, 2012 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University WUSC and Ten Thousand Villages invite everyone to join in World Fair Trade Day (WFTD) activities on Saturday, May 12. WFTD is a wonderful opportunity for adults and children to discover a world of handicrafts, sample Fair Trade food, play games and hear music. WUSC and Ten Thousand Villages in [...]