{"id":8992,"date":"2011-03-29T10:05:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-29T15:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=8992"},"modified":"2015-09-25T13:31:41","modified_gmt":"2015-09-25T17:31:41","slug":"spring-brock-alumni-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/03\/spring-brock-alumni-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Brock Alumni events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is finally here, and what better way to rid those winter blues by getting out of the house to mingle and socialize?\u00a0 There are several Brock Alumni Network events planned this April and May in Burlington, Toronto and Ottawa. Open to all Brock graduates and their guests.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 12, 2011<br \/>\nBurlington Brock Alumni Network Etiquette Dinner<br \/>\n<\/strong>Paletta Mansion, 4250 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington<br \/>\nCocktails 6 p.m., dinner 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Join Terry Cockerline (BA &#8217;97), a trained facilitator in business dining etiquette for a fun and informative evening at Burlington&#8217;s beautiful <a href=\"http:\/\/www.burlington.ca\/paletta\/PalettaMansion.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Paletta Mansion<\/a>. You&#8217;ll learn the ins and outs of business dining, such as how to professionally host a meal, how to be a good guest and how to make the right impression every time.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $20 (a $65 value) and include a three-course meal, etiquette instruction and an invaluable networking opportunity with fellow Brock grads in the Burlington area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/event\/1420004271?ref=ebtn\" target=\"_blank\">Register online<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:alumni@brocku.ca\">alumni@brocku.ca<strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, May 5, 2011<br \/>\nToronto Brock Alumni Network Pub Night<br \/>\n<\/strong>The Labatt Pub, 207 Queen&#8217;s Quay, Toronto<br \/>\n6 to 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 12,000 Brock grads living in the Greater Toronto area, the Toronto Brock Alumni Network is Brock University\u2019s largest alumni network.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, May 5, the Toronto Brock Alumni Network Committee is hosting a pub night at one of Toronto\u2019s most secretive\u00a0watering holes, The Labatt Pub.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy comfortable seating overlooking the Toronto harbour front, hors d\u2019oeuvres, prizes, and a full bar featuring a host of Labatt products.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $15 in advance, $25 week of the event and at the door, or buy five tickets for $50.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/toronto-pub-night.eventbrite.com\" target=\"_blank\">Register online<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:alumni@brocku.ca\">alumni@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, May 8, 2011<br \/>\nAn evening with Kenneth Kernaghan<br \/>\n<\/strong>Rideau Club, 99 Bank St., 15th floor, Ottawa<br \/>\n5:30 to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9011\" href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?attachment_id=9011\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-9011 alignleft\" title=\"Kenneth Kernaghan\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/kenneth-kernaghan-portrait-flip-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Kenneth Kernaghan\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kenneth Kernaghan, professor emeritus at Brock University and Ontario member of the Order of Canada, will speak on the topic of \u201cPublic Servants: bashable bureaucrats or citizen servers?\u201d Tickets are $15 per person.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and to register online, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/calendar-events\/15494\" target=\"_blank\">brockpeople.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring is finally here, and what better way to rid those winter blues by getting out of the house to mingle and socialize?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119],"tags":[3333,237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8992"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8992"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9073,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8992\/revisions\/9073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}