{"id":59493,"date":"2019-08-06T15:51:49","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T19:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=59493"},"modified":"2019-08-06T15:51:49","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T19:51:49","slug":"opening-of-term-barbecue-set-for-aug-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/08\/opening-of-term-barbecue-set-for-aug-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening of Term barbecue set for Aug. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a summer ritual that for many members of the Brock community signifies the start of the new school year.<\/p>\n<p>The University&#8217;s Opening of Term barbecue is just around the corner and tickets are now on sale.<\/p>\n<p>The annual community event for faculty and staff will take place Thursday, Aug. 22 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Jubilee Court and will include live music, lawn games and remarks from President Gervan Fearon. In the event of rain, the celebration will be moved inside to Market Hall.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $5 each and can be purchased at the Campus Store or Thistle Welcome Desk until Monday, Aug. 19 at 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Lunch will feature one of four burger creations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Beef burger \u2014 100 per cent beef burger topped with caramelized onion, saut\u00e9ed thyme mushrooms, cheddar cheese and grainy Dijon mustard.<\/li>\n<li>Chicken souvlaki burger \u2014 Greek marinated chicken thigh topped with lemon-mint tzatziki and organic greens.<\/li>\n<li>East coast salmon burger \u2014 fresh Atlantic salmon topped with watercress, thinly sliced onion and homemade tartar sauce.<\/li>\n<li>Malibu burger \u2014 100 per cent vegan burger topped with grilled red pepper and alfalfa sprouts and drizzled with Vegenaise special sauce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Burgers will be served with a side of balsamic sweet pepper pasta with spinach salad and grilled corn Caprese quinoa salad. Gluten-free buns and lettuce wraps will be available for the burgers. Dessert and beverages will be also be provided.<\/p>\n<p>A record-breaking crowd of 500 faculty and staff attended last year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a summer ritual that for many members of the Brock community signifies the start of the new school year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,4],"tags":[703,6180,5398,1952,1269],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59493"}],"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=59493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59495,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59493\/revisions\/59495"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}