{"id":83420,"date":"2023-02-06T13:28:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T18:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=83420"},"modified":"2023-02-06T22:15:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T03:15:44","slug":"brock-communitys-energy-radiates-from-every-corner-says-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/02\/brock-communitys-energy-radiates-from-every-corner-says-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock community\u2019s energy \u2018radiates from every corner,\u2019 says President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In her four months since taking the helm as Brock\u2019s seventh President and Vice-Chancellor, <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/08\/brock-appoints-lesley-rigg-as-next-president-and-vice-chancellor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lesley Rigg<\/a> has noticed three key words often used to describe the University: community, passion and experience.<\/p>\n<p>Those terms have been frequently heard during her conversations with students, staff, faculty, alumni and community members \u2014 and time on campus has shown her why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an energy and an enthusiasm on this campus \u2014 not just in the students, but also in the faculty and staff,\u201d Rigg said during an event held Monday in the Rankin Family Pavilion. \u201cIt literally radiates from every corner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 200 members of the Brock community attended the Feb. 6 event, which saw Rigg touch on her first few months in the role, share insight into her transformational journey into academia and sit down with Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon for a brief Q&amp;A session. 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