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Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Business entrepreneur and UM alum receives honorary degree
June 6, 2023 —
Earlier this month in Niagara on the Lake, the UM conferred an honorary Doctor of Laws degree upon Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences alumni Donald Triggs, who graduated in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honours).

Students
UM’s Governor General medal winners are determined to shape a better world
June 5, 2023 —
Meet some of the exceptional members of the University of Manitoba’s class of 2023! These individuals have been awarded Governor General’s Academic Medals for outstanding achievement at their level of study.

Faculty of Arts
Meet the 2023 Faculty of Arts Gold Medal Recipients
June 5, 2023 —
The Faculty of Arts is pleased to present the 2023 undergraduate academic medal winners. Their achievements are recognized in the Spring 2023 convocation ceremony.

Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
Meet the Agricultural and Food Sciences Class of 2023
June 5, 2023 —
The spring convocation ceremony celebrating Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences graduates is Thursday, June 8. Meet some of the members of this amazing group of students.

Students
Get Hired! Week of June 5, 2023
June 5, 2023 —
Are you looking for work, trying to get that first job, or want to gain experience in your field of study? You won’t want to miss the weekly edition of Get Hired, by Career Services!

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Outsmarting Injury
June 5, 2023 —
Long before Kristine Cowley [PhD/98] received a prestigious Canada Research Chair at UM, she was a wheelchair track athlete at the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona.

Desautels Faculty of Music
Evan Miles is ‘Growing Up’
June 5, 2023 —
2023 Desautels Faculty of Music graduate Evan Miles is bound to become a household name in jazz

Faculty of Arts
Military experience leads to graduate degree in political studies
June 5, 2023 —
In 2017, Christopher Hunt was living in Brandon, serving several short-term contracts in the Army Reserve and conducting contracted research for Royal Military College when he found himself deployed to Ukraine. This spring, he is graduating with a Master of Arts in Political Studies – a program that has afforded Chris many outstanding opportunities and has allowed him to meet some amazing students, academics and professionals in the field.

Faculty of Education
Meet the class of 2023: Jeremy Rempel Smith
June 5, 2023 —
Jeremy Rempel is a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) graduate attending this Spring Convocation on June 8th.

Information Services and Technology
Antivirus software update in progress
June 5, 2023 —
The university has initiated a project to replace Kaspersky, our current anti-virus product, with Microsoft Defender on all university-owned computers by July 13, 2023.