April 11, 2012
Category Archives: Brandon U
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Posted in Brandon U
Bobcats Announce Year-End Award Winners
April 4, 2012 BRANDON, MB – A pair of fifth-year volleyball players have been named outstanding male and female athletes of the year for the Brandon University Bobcats. Jon Sloane of Winchester, Ontario was named the R.J. McCarthy Outstanding Male Athlete while Jaryn Ruether of Grande Prairie, Alberta was named the Nancy Stanley Outstanding Female Athlete for the [...]
Women’s Basketball Team to Host Open Camp
March 29, 2012 BRANDON, MB –Brandon University Bobcats women’s basketball coach Novell Thomas will be hosting an open camp for female basketball players on April 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the BU Gymnasium. The camp will be an open session with basketball games and skill assessment for current high school and college female basketball players [...]
English Students Present Multi-Media Exhibition, Film Fest
March 28, 2012 BRANDON, MB — The students of the 4th year English course, “Imagining Manitoba,” taught by Dr. Di Brandt at Brandon University, have produced a multi-media display celebrating “Southwestern Manitoba: The Birthplace of the Modern Canadian Novel”. Their work will be exhibited in the Brandon College Alcove, on the second floor of BU Library. The display [...]
Guest Professor to Talk About the Stability of Nanomaterials
March 28, 2012 March 28, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Dr. Alan Denton, of the Department of Physics, North Dakota State University, is the next lecturer in the Brandon University Science Seminar Series. On Friday, he will explain the “Stability of Nanomaterials: A Multiscale Modelling Approach”. “Soft nanomaterials typically comprise giant molecules (polymers or amphiphiles) or mesoscopic particles (colloids [...]
Posted in Brandon U, Physics & Astronomy
Brandon University Researcher Involved in Landmark International Project
March 28, 2012 March 28, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Brandon University’s Dr. Wendy Untereiner and Dr. Mesfine Bogale are two of more than 140 authors of a paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), one of the world’s top scientific journals. Their paper, entitled “Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed [...]
Posted in Brandon U, Environmental Science
New BU Women’s Basketball Coach to be Introduced to Bobcat Fans
March 21, 2012 March 21, 2012 What: Supporters of the Brandon University Bobcats will have their first opportunity to meet and greet new women’s basketball coach Novell Thomas. He will be officially introduced and share his vision for the future of the program. Where: Louis Riel Room, Brandon University 270 18th Street When: Tuesday, April 3 2:30 pm [...]
Paddock Named Permanent Athletic Director
March 16, 2012 March 16, 2012 BRANDON, MB – Brandon University is pleased to announce that Russ Paddock has been named Athletic Director of Brandon University effective immediately. After spending the past nine months as acting Athletic Director, Paddock will now assume the role on a permanent basis. “It’s an important time in the Bobcat program right now. [...]
Two Members of BU Drama Faculty Involved in Contemporary Canadian Play
April 13, 2012 BRANDON, MB — Brandon University drama professor James Forsythe and his colleague, sessional instructor Gordon Portman are joining forces with local actors Blair Bolduc and Connor Lavell in “The Drawer Boy”, an award winning comedy/drama by Canadian playwright Michael Healey. This is also the latest offering by Forsythe’s theatre company Pet Projects Productions. Set in [...]