BU Offers Free Support to Area Businesses

BRANDON, MB – A long-running program that provides free expertise to Westman businesses is looking for new partners to assist in 2014. The Business Innovation Zone (BIZ) pairs local merchants with fourth-year business students from Brandon University (BU), to develop solutions to challenges the businesses are facing. BU professor and Chartered Accountant Mike Malazdrewicz started […]

Julia Redfern – Fishing for Answers

Playing in the waters of Clear Lake, north of Brandon, left an indelible mark on Julia Redfern, who graduated this past spring from Brandon University with a major in Biology. “Growing up, I have great memories of being at the lake,” she says. “More recently, while scuba diving, I began thinking about the fascinating life […]

Celebrated Alumnus Starts Athletic Award

BRANDON, MB – Brandon University (BU) is pleased to announce the creation of a new scholarship for female athletes, through a $10,000 gift by BU alumnus Brian Pallister, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba and Member of the Legislative Assembly for Fort Whyte. The Pallister Women’s Athletic Scholarship will be awarded to a […]

BU Hosts Music Educators’ Conference

BRANDON, MB – An award-winning national leader in music education will be the keynote speaker at the annual Da Capo Conference on January 18 at Brandon University. Mark Reid, Fine Arts Department Head at Vancouver Technical Secondary School, is president of the Canadian Music Educators Association, creative director and founder of Carpe Ictus Music, and […]

Distinguished Musicians in Concert Kickoff

BRANDON, MB – Many of Brandon’s musical elite will be performing in the always anticipated and well-received Faculty Concert, the first event in the 2014 pro series presented by the Brandon University’s School of Music, at 8 pm on Tuesday, January 14, in the University’s Lorne Watson Recital Hall. “This concert will present a wonderful […]

New Art Exhibit Opens at BU

BRANDON, MB – A new display of whimsical artwork from Brandon artist and author Dr. Kurt Noll has opened in the campus library at Brandon University. The exhibition features eighteen drawings and paintings, mostly produced during the past year, but with several examples of Dr. Noll’s earlier work. An associate professor of religion at Brandon […]