{"id":14898,"date":"2012-01-30T12:42:15","date_gmt":"2012-01-30T17:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=14898"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:32:09","slug":"new-wine-new-look-new-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2012\/01\/new-wine-new-look-new-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"New wine, new look, new awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14899\" title=\"Alumni of Distinction Awards\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/logo3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Alumni of Distinction Awards\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>On Saturday, March 31, the <a title=\"Brock University Alumni Association\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni-association\" target=\"_blank\">Brock University Alumni Association (BUAA)<\/a> will recognize 35 alumni who best exemplify the Brock spirit through their scholarly, creative, humanitarian or professional contributions to Canada and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Alumni of Distinction Awards\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni-association\/awards\/alumni-of-distinction-awards\" target=\"_blank\">Alumni of Distinction Awards<\/a> originated in the 2006-07 school year under the name \u201c30 from the Past Thirty\u201d when the BUAA celebrated its 30th anniversary. Thirty outstanding Brock graduates scattered all over the world received an award to acknowledge their commitment to exemplifying Brock University\u2019s core values \u2014 imagination, innovation, and commitment.\u00a0 Examples of such remarkable grads include a former MuchMusic VJ, a silver medal Olympian, a university basketball coach and a war crimes prosecutor.<\/p>\n<p>The BUAA received many excellent nominations in November and December, representing all Faculties, and organizers are carefully going through the selection process with the aim to release the names of the award recipients next month.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Capredoni (BBA \u201991), president of the Alumni Association, says \u201cit has been very exciting to see the nominations for so many of our alumni who have accomplished much in their personal and professional lives.\u201d He hopes all alumni will attend the event.<\/p>\n<p>The Alumni of Distinction Awards will also be the launch of the new BUAA wines, in partnership with Creekside Winery. New wines have been selected, along with a brand new design. If you attend the celebration, you\u2019ll be able to try the Unoaked Chardonnay as well as the Merlot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Event details<\/strong>:<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> Saturday, March 31, 5 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> <a title=\"Amici's\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amicisbanquetcentre.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Amici\u2019s Banquet Centre<\/a>, Thorold<br \/>\n<strong>Cost:<\/strong> $65 per person<br \/>\nFor tickets or additional information, please contact Michelle Schurer at <a href=\"alumniassociation@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\">alumniassociation@brocku.ca<\/a> or 905-688-5550 x4502.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, March 31, the Brock University Alumni Association (BUAA) will recognize 35 alumni who best exemplify the Brock spirit through their scholarly, creative, humanitarian or professional contributions to Canada and beyond.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":14899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119],"tags":[3333,237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14898"}],"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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14898"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14898\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35517,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14898\/revisions\/35517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}