{"id":23262,"date":"2013-06-27T09:33:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-27T14:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=23262"},"modified":"2026-05-28T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:26:15","slug":"badgers-for-life-brock-celebrates-the-class-of-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/06\/badgers-for-life-brock-celebrates-the-class-of-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Badgers for Life! Brock Celebrates the Class of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23322 alignleft\" title=\"photoforbac2\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/photoforbac2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"photoforbac2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Beaming family members, excited graduates and proud faculty celebrated Convocation at Brock University this June.<\/p>\n<p>Virtual guests also watched the ceremonies using Livestream, while and hundreds of others captured highlights through social media. #BrockClassof2013 and <a href=\"http:\/\/storify.com\/brockuniversity\/brockclassof2013 \" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">#badgerforever <\/a>were popular hashtags used throughout convocation. In addition, hundreds of Facebook fans shared, liked and commented on over 1,500 photos posted to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brockalumni\">Brock Alumni <\/a>page.<\/p>\n<p>Boomer the Badger happily posed with grads holding signs that read &#8220;Badgers Forever&#8221; or &#8220;Where&#8217;s Ryan?&#8221; a reference to last year&#8217;s surprise guests, actors Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendez, his girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Although there were no A-list celebrities in attendance this year, graduates were the stars throughout the five-day event, as they walked the red carpet and received congratulations from well-wishers.<\/p>\n<p>The speakers addressed the graduating class throughout eight separate ceremonies. Their message was one of pride and hope: &#8220;As you pursue the next phase of your life, whether that is travel, additional education or work, take what you&#8217;ve learned at Brock and make the world a better place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Each graduate was also presented with a pin from the Alumni Association featuring the Brock cameo to commemorate their journey and lifelong relationship with Brock. A Faculty of Science graduate captured the sentiment of the silver cameo pin on Twitter the following day: &#8220;wore my @brockalumni pin to today. #proud #firstdayasanalumni #lovebrock #badgerforlife.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the club, Class of 2013!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Convocation is a big event at Brock each year &#8211; to read more about convocation, check out these other stories:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a title=\"local advocate honoured\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=23077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Local advocate honoured at Convocation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a title=\"mother and two children graduate together\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=23045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother and two children graduating together<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=23089\">Goodman graduates cap off Spring Convocation <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaming family members, excited graduates and proud faculty celebrated Convocation at Brock University this June. 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