{"id":75989,"date":"2022-01-13T11:44:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T16:44:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=75989"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:44:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T16:44:33","slug":"busu-to-host-an-evening-with-andre-de-grasse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/01\/busu-to-host-an-evening-with-andre-de-grasse\/","title":{"rendered":"BUSU to host an evening with Andre De Grasse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) is hosting a free mental health talk and virtual Q&amp;A session with Canadian sprinter and six-time Olympic medalist, Andre De Grasse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis event came about in an effort to provide a unique opportunity for our fellow students,\u201d said Faten Darbaj, BUSU Vice-President, Student Services (VPSS). \u201cWhile we are once again studying from home, I am sure many of us will benefit from hearing from someone as inspiring and motivational as Andre De Grasse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>De Grasse will speak on mental health and how to overcome adversities at any stage in life: whether you\u2019re dealing with school pressure or standing on the Olympic podium.<\/p>\n<p>The event, which BUSU organized in conjunction with other Ontario student associations, will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. and is open to all Brock students. Registration is required and students are encouraged to write a question for De Grasse when they register. One student will be chosen to ask their question to De Grasse live during the event.<\/p>\n<p>Students can register for the event on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/eventer\/an-evening-with-andre-de-grasse\/edate\/2022-01-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BUSU website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>BUSU is also offering several other free interactive online events this month where participants can connect with their fellow students, discover a new area of interest, play games and win prizes. Upcoming events include:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Virtual Clubs Fair, Tuesday, Jan. 18 from 10 a.m. to noon, and 3 to 5 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Meet members from some of BUSU\u2019s more than 100 student clubs, find an area of interest and make new friends. There will also be break-out rooms with events and prizes, including an Apple Watch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Bingo, Wednesday, Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Play Music Bingo online with host Dancing Phil. Prizes include dining gift cards, Apple AirPods, a Ticketmaster gift card, Ice Dogs tickets and more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trivia, Thursday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m.<br \/>\n<\/strong>Join BUSU VPSS Faten Darbaj and Events Co-ordinator Chris Eposto on Zoom for a night of trivia, with chances to win a variety of prizes.<\/p>\n<p>See all BUSU events and register at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brockbusu.ca\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">brockbusu.ca\/events<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Brock University Students\u2019 Union (BUSU) is hosting a free mental health talk and virtual Q&#038;A session with Canadian sprinter and six-time Olympic medalist, Andre De Grasse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":75992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,4],"tags":[11091,2203,133,11092,926],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75989"}],"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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75989"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75993,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75989\/revisions\/75993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}