10 Facts About Brandon University

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Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrollment of 3375 full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students.

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Brandon University is one of several predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada.

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Brandon University is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and the Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Canadian Brandon University Society for Intercollegiate Debate and a member of U Sports.

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4.

Brandon University has a student to faculty ratio of 11 to 1 and sixty percent of all classes have fewer than 20 students.

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At this point Brandon University College was a liberal arts college, and offered some training in theology, secondary school classes, and a commercial department.

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6.

Brandon University College began training high school teachers in 1952, and elementary teachers three years later.

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7.

In September 1986, Brandon University began offering classes in the Department of Nursing and Health Studies program, providing 2-Year Post-Diploma Baccalaureate Degrees in Nursing and Mental Health.

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Between 1994 and 1997 Clark Hall and the Brandon University College Building underwent renovation and reconstruction, with the retention of the original facade; these buildings house faculty and administration as well as classes.

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Brandon University used to field a men's hockey team in the CIAU that ceased in 2000.

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10.

Brandon University joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General Rick Hillier, for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.

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