{"id":5925,"date":"2010-10-26T13:24:42","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T18:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=5925"},"modified":"2010-10-26T13:24:42","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T18:24:42","slug":"visiting-scholars-settle-in-at-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/10\/visiting-scholars-settle-in-at-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting scholars settle in at Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lucia Porcu or Tolga Torun chat at the We Welcome the World reception.<\/p><\/div>\n

Neither Lucia Porcu or Tolga Torun had been to Canada before when their planes touched down a month ago. Now, they navigate Brock University like pros.<\/p>\n

The visiting PhD candidates \u2013 Torun from Bilecik University in Turkey, Porcu from Granada University in Spain \u2013 said when they first got to Brock, the campus seemed \u201ccomplicated\u201d to get around.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first day, it seemed so big,\u201d Porcu said.<\/p>\n

Now they are among 17 visiting scholars who have become part of the fabric of the university, all honoured at Brock International<\/a>\u2019s We Welcome the World reception at Pond Inlet on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n

Porcu and Torun study marketing communications. Porcu is researching integrated marketing communications, while Torun researches the impact of marketing communications in virtual communities like Facebook and MySpace. Both came to Brock to work with Philip Kitchen<\/a>, new Dean of Business and recognized expert in the field.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a very good professor. He\u2019s had a very important impact,\u201d said Torun, who describes Kitchen as \u201ca guru\u201d in marketing communications.<\/p>\n

Torun, who will be at Brock until February 2011, calls Canada a \u201cnice place to live.\u201d Porcu, at Brock until December, describes it as quiet compared to bustling southern Europe.<\/p>\n

Their visit has been more than just academia. They\u2019ve already toured Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake. Travel plans before they head home include Toronto, Montreal and New York City.<\/p>\n

Brock\u2019s current visiting scholars include professor and graduate students from as far as Pakistan, Egypt, China, Iran and Columbia. Among them are:<\/p>\n