{"id":24173,"date":"2013-09-03T11:03:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T16:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=24173"},"modified":"2013-09-03T11:47:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T16:47:36","slug":"experiencebu-portal-launches-to-encourage-student-involvement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2013\/09\/experiencebu-portal-launches-to-encourage-student-involvement\/","title":{"rendered":"ExperienceBU portal launches to encourage student involvement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24178\" style=\"width: 514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/experiencebu.jpeg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24178\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24178 \" title=\"experiencebu\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/experiencebu-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"ExperienceBU is a new portal to help students find ways they can get involved in local causes and organziations. \" width=\"504\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ExperienceBU is a new portal to help students find ways they can get involved in local causes and organizations. <\/p><\/div>\n<p>Being a Brock student means being involved in a dynamic community where individual passions are encouraged and celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>For months, departments and student groups from across campus have worked together to develop a new portal <a title=\"ExperienceBU Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/experienceBU.brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\">ExperienceBU<\/a> to help Brock students learn more about\u00a0 and get involved in what inspires them beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>Through <a title=\"ExperienceBU Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/experienceBU.brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\">ExperienceBU<\/a>, students will discover hundreds of events and co-curricular opportunities to make the most of their time at Brock. Community members will also benefit from this promotional outlet, which helps to connect students to an array of events, causes and volunteer opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>Students will be able to personalize their profiles with their unique interests and the new, sophisticated online tool will connect them with the best events, clubs, and programs available. ExperienceBU will also track student involvement on a University-official ExperiencePLUS transcript to showcase achievements for future employers.<\/p>\n<p>To be entered to win a $500 tuition credit from Brock, students should login, set-up their profiles, and attend at least 5 of the following events during O-week:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, Sept. 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kick Off Cheer Off! (8 p.m., Schmon Tower Field)<br \/>\nLive Burn (9 p.m., in front of the Schmon Tower)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, Sept. 2<\/strong><br \/>\nResidence Summer Games (1:15 p.m., Weatherstation Field)<br \/>\nO-Week! Oh-dating! Oh-sex! (6:30 p.m. &amp; 8 p.m., Sean O&#8217;Sullivan Theatre)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday<\/strong><br \/>\nAny Faculty Orientation event (varies)<br \/>\nTips for First-Year Students (11 a.m. &amp; 1 p.m., TA 203)<br \/>\nMinute to Win It Faculty event (7 p.m., Bob Davis Gym)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Student Justice Centre Powwow (noon, Jubilee Courtyard)<br \/>\nCondom Poker &amp; Dirty Bingo (7 p.m., Ian Beddis Gym)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday<\/strong><br \/>\nBuck Wild Day (1 p.m., Weatherstation Field)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday<\/strong><br \/>\nShinerama (7:30 a.m., Isaac&#8217;s &amp; Niagara Region)<\/p>\n<p>To create your profile, <a title=\"ExperienceBU Portal\" href=\"http:\/\/experienceBU.brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\">visit experienceBU<\/a> and follow the prompts to submit your information and select your interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a Brock student means being involved in a dynamic community where individual passions are encouraged and celebrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":24178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,1],"tags":[174,1284,1283,560,194,1285],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24173"}],"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\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24173"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24180,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24173\/revisions\/24180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}