{"id":86426,"date":"2023-06-16T14:00:34","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=86426"},"modified":"2023-06-16T16:00:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T20:00:50","slug":"from-the-president-celebrating-brocks-newest-grads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/06\/from-the-president-celebrating-brocks-newest-grads\/","title":{"rendered":"From the President: Celebrating Brock\u2019s newest grads\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Badgers,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What a fantastic week!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Convocation is a special time on any university campus, but as someone experiencing it at Brock for the first time, I have to tell you that the energy and enthusiasm here is unmatched by anything I\u2019ve ever experienced.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Together we celebrated the achievements of 3,500 grads \u2014 including those community-minded leaders honoured with Spirit of Brock medals \u2014 as well as some of our top researchers and educators.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We also recognized three outstanding individuals \u2014 hockey executive <\/span>Kyle Dubas (BSM \u201907)<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Indigenous entrepreneur Jenn Harper, and champion of women in business Deborah Rosati (BAdmin \u201984)<\/span><\/a> \u2014 with well-earned honorary doctorates.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Watching our graduates cross the stage in the Ian Beddis Gymnasium this week, I was reminded once again of the transformative nature of education.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Students arrive at Brock with hopes, dreams and aspirations: of bettering themselves, their communities, their world.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They leave here having developed the skills necessary to do just that.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Those who crossed the stage this week are our future nurses, entrepreneurs, playwrights, scientists, business and political leaders, sports executives, accountants, doctors, historians, geographers and more.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, they are our future, period.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

At Brock, we\u2019ve cultivated a strong culture of curiosity, one that encourages our students and researchers to pursue their passions, explore new ideas, challenge conventional wisdom and make breakthroughs each and every day.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As I told the Class of 2023 during my Convocation address, I very much hope they go out into the world and embrace that curiosity.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Because if they\u2019ve learned anything at Brock, it\u2019s that curiosity has the power to open doors and create new opportunities.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, it\u2019s this culture of curiosity that has helped to propel Brock to the top of significant university rankings, expand our research enterprise, and attract a growing number of prospective students, among many other recent successes in which our new grads (and all of us!) take so much pride.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

My heartfelt thanks to everyone on campus for making this week so special for our newest alumni and their families, and for formally welcoming me as President and Vice-Chancellor at Monday\u2019s installation ceremony<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Brock truly is a remarkable place.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Surgite!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lesley Rigg
\nPresident and Vice-Chancellor
\nBrock University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A letter from Brock President Lesley Rigg reflecting on the University’s 113th Convocation, which concluded Friday, June 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,3319,1],"tags":[11881,1759,12738],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86426"}],"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=86426"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":86512,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86426\/revisions\/86512"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86506"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}