{"id":38336,"date":"2016-03-31T15:48:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T19:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=38336"},"modified":"2024-07-15T15:42:07","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T19:42:07","slug":"upcoming-brock-grads-look-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/03\/upcoming-brock-grads-look-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Brock grads look to the future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Dedinsky and Rob Kasowski were dressed to impress as they arrived at the 2016 Grad Send-off event looking for professional photos they could take with them when they graduate this spring.<\/p>\n<p>The couple was in high spirits, laughing and joking as they discussed the future.<\/p>\n<p>Dedinsky is currently studying English at Brock University and hopes to return to complete her master&#8217;s in Business.<\/p>\n<p>Kasowski is studying\u00a0Information Systems at Brock and is quick to announce that he is a \u201cproud Goodman School of Business student.\u201d He hopes to work as a Business Analyst with RBC once he takes some time to travel through central Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of graduating students celebrated their success at Grad Send-off Tuesday, March 29. The event is one of the Brock University Alumni Association&#8217;s newest events. The expo-style event highlighted the benefits of being a Brock graduate, including alumni discounts and career services advice.<\/p>\n<p>The BUAA selected Matthew Santoro (BAcc \u201909; MAcc \u201910) to receive the 2016 Outstanding Young Alumni Award. Santoro creates engaging, in-your-face infotainment videos for his millions of YouTube fans.<\/p>\n<p>During the event individuals from the Class of 2016 discussed where\u00a0they hope life takes them once they complete finals next month.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Brandon Wright &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Currently studying Mathematics and Computer Sciences.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38337\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38337\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-38337\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Brandon-Wright-e1459452773284-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Brandon Wright\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38337\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brandon Wright<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cI have been offered a position with Deloitte upon graduation and I am looking forward to entering the workforce.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nHeng Yin (left) and Megan Shi &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>Both students are currently studying Economics at Brock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38338\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38338\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-38338\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Heng-Yin-and-Megan-Shi-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Heng Yin, left, and Megan Shi\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heng Yin, left, and Megan Shi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Heng: \u201cI love to draw and plan on returning to China and work in magazine publishing as a graphic designer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Megan: \u201cI want to own my own business and become a professional photographer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joy Ediale &#8211; <\/strong>Currently studying Political Sciences at Brock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38339\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38339\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-38339\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Joy-Ediale-e1459453317798-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Joy Ediale\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joy Ediale<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am just waiting to be accepted to my top choice Master&#8217;s program at Brock University and complete my graduate degree.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Heidi Epp &#8211; <\/strong>Currently studying film at Brock.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_38340\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38340\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-38340\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Heidi-Epp-e1459453474805-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Heidi Epp\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-38340\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heidi Epp<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m currently studying film at Brock and am taking a year off and then hope to return to Brock to complete my Master&#8217;s Degree.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Dedinsky and Rob Kasowski were dressed to impress as they arrived at the 2016 Grad Send-off event looking for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":38342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,3319,4],"tags":[1981,3981],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38336"}],"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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38336"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94441,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38336\/revisions\/94441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}