{"id":7209,"date":"2010-12-23T14:05:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=7209"},"modified":"2010-12-23T14:05:45","modified_gmt":"2010-12-23T19:05:45","slug":"brock-students-will-play-a-part-at-world-juniors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2010\/12\/brock-students-will-play-a-part-at-world-juniors\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock students will play a part at World Juniors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>This year\u2019s World Junior Hockey Championship, which kicks off on Boxing Day, is taking place across the border in Buffalo, NY. Putting all on-ice rivalries aside, Brock University students will be on location to lend a helping hand to our neighbouring nation.<\/p>\n<p>Scott McRoberts, director of the Niagara Sport Commission, helped spearhead an initiative to get 32 Sport Management students from Brock involved as volunteer support for this event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrock students will be the bi-national contingent at information booths sharing the responsibility with local volunteers in Buffalo\u201d, says McRoberts. \u201cThis is a great opportunity for students to get involved in a sport-hosting environment, while providing a valuable service to the hosting committee to make the event a successful one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The information booths will be stationed at both the HSBC and Niagara University\u2019s Dwyer Arena, as well as at the three player and media hotels in the area.<\/p>\n<p>McRoberts, a Sport Management alumni and adjunct faculty member at Brock, was overwhelmed with interest as he sought to find qualified and committed volunteers.<\/p>\n<p>Giving up time with family and friends, Brocks students will be gaining valuable experience, while catching a quick glimpse of the games as they unfold. Students have committed a minimum of 25 hours and will put in as much time as needed over the duration of the tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year\u2019s World Junior Hockey Championship, which kicks off on Boxing Day, is taking place across the border in Buffalo, NY. Putting all on-ice rivalries aside, Brock University students will be on location to lend a helping hand to our neighbouring nation. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[57,3331,213],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209"}],"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=7209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7211,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7209\/revisions\/7211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}