{"id":45025,"date":"2017-06-02T11:23:34","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T15:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=45025"},"modified":"2017-06-02T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T15:30:46","slug":"brock-in-the-news-may-27-june-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/06\/brock-in-the-news-may-27-june-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock in the News \u2014 May 27-June 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brock University names new president<\/strong><\/p>\n

On June 1, Brock University announced Dr. Gervan Fearon as its new President and Vice-Chancellor. Fearon currently resides in Manitoba as Brandon University President. He will be taking his post as of Aug. 1: St. Catharines Standard<\/a> and 1290 CJBK<\/a><\/p>\n

Low wage earners praise minimum wage hike while businesses express concern<\/strong><\/p>\n

While Ontario citizens seem to be divided by the Liberal government\u2019s recent minimum wage hike, Labour Studies professor Simon Black explains to CBC<\/a> why it\u2019s beneficial for both workers and businesses.<\/p>\n

Youth mental health demand is exploding. How universities and business are scrambling to react<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toronto Star<\/a> surveyed post-secondary institutions across the country to determine how universities are responding to students\u2019 mental wellness needs. Included in the data was Brock\u2019s services and programs, which have doubled since 2014.<\/p>\n

Brock research helps rattlesnake recovery<\/strong><\/p>\n

Masters student Anne Yagi has been studying Massasauga rattlesnakes for over 15 years, helping to rehabilitate the hibernation grounds for the species at risk through her research: St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/p>\n

Early exercise in entrepreneurship pays off<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Goodman School of Business is molding the next generation of entrepreneurs by engaging local Grade 4 students in an experiential learning opportunity that involved lemonade and marketing skills: St. Catharines Standard<\/a> and 610 CKTB<\/a><\/p>\n

A different way<\/strong><\/p>\n

Education professor David Hutchison weighs in on the benefits and possible challenges of project-based learning compared to traditional education in U.S. publication Inlander<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a look at some of the media coverage Brock University received this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":44984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[5386,5398,594,3856],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45025"}],"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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45025\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}