{"id":11657,"date":"2011-08-29T13:04:15","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T18:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=11657"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:32:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:32:10","slug":"brocks-family-tree-grows-more-limbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/08\/brocks-family-tree-grows-more-limbs\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock\u2019s family tree grows more limbs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brock<\/a>With more than 70,000 Brock alumni, it\u2019s no coincidence that there are many for whom Brock is a family affair. Calling Brock home is quite natural for Shannon Gill (BBA \u201995, BA \u201900), the University\u2019s Annual Fund manager. Nine members of her clan have attended Brock for their post-secondary education, and for some, it\u2019s been a journey of multiple and diverse interests.<\/p>\n

It started with Jim Lennard (BPhEd \u201978), Gill\u2019s cousin, who came to Brock to study physical education in 1978. He chose Brock for reasons that brought many of us to campus: the excellent program, small class sizes and the \u201cfamily like\u201d environment. After graduation, he successfully applied his degree as a high school physical education teacher. After moving to teach in elementary schools, Lennard discovered his other side of the brain \u2013 playwriting. What began as writing for school productions led Lennard to the discovery of a passionate hobby and talent.<\/p>\n

The next family member to come to Brock was Marlene Burden (BA \u201988) \u2013 Gill\u2019s aunt. Burden was determined to become a teacher and Brock was a natural choice for her. In 1988, she received her diploma in Psychology and Education.<\/p>\n

Gill and her sister, Linda Ismailos (BA \u201990) were next to attend Brock.<\/p>\n

\u201cI came here for various events while I was growing up,\u201d said Gill. She frequently participated in dance recitals and theatre productions on campus, performing for elementary and high school productions. It was no surprise when the two sisters came to Brock to pursue their degrees in business administration and psychology.<\/p>\n

Ismailos met her future husband at Brock \u2014 Emmanuel Ismailos (BSc \u201988), a computer science major. The two exchanged vows a few years later, becoming one of Brock\u2019s numerous \u201calumni sweethearts.\u201d Following her sister\u2019s graduation, Gill started her four-year business program with a concentration in human resources.<\/p>\n

Time passed and both sisters came back to Brock: Ismailos for a bachelor degree and master\u2019s in Education and Gill for a degree that engaged the \u201cother side\u201d of her brain: theatre. This was not at all surprising. As students, Ismailos and Gill were highly involved in various clubs and organizations, which made their University experiences special.<\/p>\n

While taking special interest courses at Brock, Gill met her spouse, Roy Dallmann, in one of Brock\u2019s small seminars. A graduate of the University of Waterloo in mathematics, Dallmann chose Brock to pursue his second degree because of Brock\u2019s unique program in Bachelor of Arts in History and Great Books\/Liberal Studies. Starting this September, Dallmann will pursue his education degree with the goal of becoming a high school math and history teacher.<\/p>\n

Kimberly Rivers (BA \u201998), Gill\u2019s cousin, came to Brock for her philosophy degree in 1994. The younger generation is keeping up with the family tradition as well \u2013 Jason and Jacquelynne Lennard, Jim Lennard\u2019s nephew and niece, are currently enrolled at Brock,\u00a0 enjoying campus life and their own experiences.<\/p>\n

With nine Brock alumni over two generations, Gill\u2019s family reunions are filled with Brock stories.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the family tradition continues,\u201d said Gill, \u201cI\u2019m sure there will be more of us to call Brock home.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no surprise that generations of families have chosen to come to Brock and we want to get to know them. Does your family have more than three members who\u2019ve attended Brock? Describe your Brock family tree and enter to win a prize package that includes a family portrait on Brock\u2019s campus, VIP tickets to alumni events and a special event on campus for your family. Every member counts, whether it\u2019s your aunt, your cousin or an in-law.<\/p>\n

For more details on this contest \u2014 \u201cThe Brock Family Contest<\/a>\u201d \u2014 as well as several others, visit Brock Alumni Relation\u2019s contest web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With more than 70,000 Brock alumni, it\u2019s no coincidence that there are many for whom Brock is a family affair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119],"tags":[3333,216,97,32,75,30,46,161,14,29],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11657"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11657"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11663,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11657\/revisions\/11663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}