{"id":52959,"date":"2018-09-05T14:43:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=52959"},"modified":"2018-09-06T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T12:48:24","slug":"a-greeting-to-students-from-chancellor-cheechoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2018\/09\/a-greeting-to-students-from-chancellor-cheechoo\/","title":{"rendered":"A greeting to students from Chancellor Cheechoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hello, everybody, and welcome to Brock University!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I know that, for many of you, today is the first day of entering a new school, and we all understand if you\u2019re feeling a little nervous. It\u2019s okay. And there are many who are feeling pretty great, as this is your last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">For those of you who are adjusting to being in a new environment, just say \u201cHi\u201d to everyone you meet in the halls. I am sure no one will ignore you. And if you need any help, please just ASK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I want to say that each one of you has a responsibility to yourself. Everyone has that special something that you\u2019re good at, and everyone has something to offer. At Brock, the education you receive will guide you to discover yourself. Opportunities are many \u2014 maybe you will be the person who finds a cure for cancer, maybe you are the next great writer, or the next Prime Minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Join teams, join clubs, discover new things, meet new people and help make change where it is needed, exercise your voice.\u00a0 In today\u2019s world, no matter what it is that you plan to do, I guarantee that you will need education to do it well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This beautiful country we share will depend on you for a brighter future, it will need your voice on the challenges that it will face, such as new technology, economy, fighting poverty etc..\u00a0 If you should decide to quit your studies, you are not only letting yourself, family, friends down but you have also turned your back on your country. I know it will not be easy, but the university has everything in place to help you through, just ASK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And all I ask for is that you try and then try hard, there is really no excuse for not doing your work because you make your own dreams and you make sure that you have a future. Begin your journey with us by asking yourself how can I contribute to this educational institute this year?\u00a0 Do not let yourself down.\u00a0 You are in control of your own destiny.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thank you and may the Great Spirit touch your heart.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chancellor Cheechoo<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Chancellor, Brock University<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University Chancellor Shirley Cheechoo offers greetings to students as they began the new academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4052,1,4],"tags":[3262],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52959"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52959"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52959\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52968,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52959\/revisions\/52968"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}