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 [...]
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Posted in Brandon U, Music
Also tagged Brandon University, BU, Dr. Michael Kim, Matthew Peavoy, MB, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 9, Red Deer Symphony, School of Music, students
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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 [...]
Posted in Brandon U, Physics & Astronomy
Also tagged 3+2 agreement, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, Brandon University, BU, Dr. Austin Gulliver, Evan Citulsky, Faculty of Science, MB, Rivers MB, students, University of Minnesota (UMN)
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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 [...]
Posted in ADES, Adult Learners, Alumni, Ancillary Services, Anthropology, Arts, Arts One, Athletics, Brandon U, Campus Recreation, Education, Education Graduate Studies, Environmental Science, Graduate Studies, Health Studies, IT Services, Music, Physics & Astronomy, Scholarships, Student Services
Also tagged Brandon University, BU, Chancellor, Deborah Poff, Henry Champ, LDIC INC, MB, Michael Decter, Order of Canada
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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 [...]
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Also tagged alchemy, Brandon University, BU, chemistry, donate pennies, Dr. Mark Berry, electroplate, end of the penny, Faculty of Science, MB, pennies, students
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March 4, 2013
Posted in Athletics, Brandon U
Also tagged Bobcats, Brandon University, CIS, Dan Boutwell, Garrett Popplestone, Grant Wilson, MB, mens volleyball, national championship, Quebec City, Roy Ching, Sam Tuivia
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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 [...]
Posted in Alumni, Brandon U, Music
Also tagged alumni, Annelise Hawrylak, Brandon University, Carnegie Hall, Dr. Michael Kim, Eastminster Church Choir, MB, Mitchell Wedgewood, New York, Sarah Hallikas, School of Music
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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 [...]
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Also tagged applications up, Brandon University, Dr. Deborah Poff, fall 2013, fall enrollment, MB, new students, quality education, scholarship, spring 2013
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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 [...]
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Also tagged Bobcats, Brandon University, Canada West, championship, CIS, Garrett Popplestone, Grant Wilson, head coach, league title, MB, mens volleyball, Roy Ching, Sam Tuivai
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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 [...]
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Also tagged action research, Brandon University, Discerning Growth Strategies, Dr. Bill Ashton, MB, Neepawa, RDI, Rural Development Institute, Winkler
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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 [...]
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Also tagged basketball, Brandon University, BU, Gil Cheung, half court, Mason Kaluzniak, MB, shoot for tuition, tuition, YouTube
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