{"id":95390,"date":"2024-09-05T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=95390"},"modified":"2024-09-06T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T20:23:57","slug":"gallery-celebrating-60-from-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/09\/gallery-celebrating-60-from-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"GALLERY: Celebrating 60 from the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Badgers of all ages came together this week to not only celebrate Brock history, but also become a part of it.<\/p>\n<p>To mark the University\u2019s 60th anniversary, about 300 students, employees, retirees and alumni gathered Wednesday, Sept. 4 in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue with their eyes to the sunny sky, where aerial footage was captured to commemorate the milestone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was a fun and high-energy way to kick off Brock\u2019s 60th anniversary celebrations,\u201d said event organizer Kristen Smith, the University\u2019s Manager, Off-Campus and Community Experience. \u201cIt was wonderful to see everyone proudly wearing their Brock red and cheering together in front of the iconic Brock statue during the busiest week of the year and the day classes begin for the term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The historic imagery was captured by Brock alumnus Matt Milliere (BSM \u201919), who returned to campus for the event.<\/p>\n<p>More information on Brock\u2019s 60th anniversary celebrations is available at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brocku.ca\/60\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brocku.ca\/60<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t    <style type='text\/css'>\n\t        #gallery-1327108475 {\n\t            margin: 0 auto 50px auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1327108475 ul {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important; 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Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60-drone-selfie-edited-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Brock University President and Vice-Chancellor Lesley Rigg takes a selfie with hundreds of people in the background while standing outside on a field.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_19-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_19-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Brock's mascot, Boomer the Badger, and a person in a red shirt jump in the air in front of Brock's Rankin Family Pavilion and Schmon Tower.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_31-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_31-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand on a green field in front of Brock University's Rankin Family Pavilion and Schmon Tower.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_37-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_37-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand on a green field outside at Brock University.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_46-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_46-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand on a green field in front at Brock University. Brock's mascot, Boomer the Badger, stands in the foreground.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_50-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_50-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"A hand holds up a small statue of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_51-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_51-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People raise their arms in celebration while standing outside together on a field.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_65-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_65-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand in front of Brock University's Schmon Tower.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_76-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_76-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand on a green field in front of Brock University's Rankin Family Pavilion and Schmon Tower.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_78-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_78-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"Three people in red Brock University shirts stand together looking at one another while outside on a green field.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_79-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_79-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand on a green field in front of Brock University's Rankin Family Pavilion and Schmon Tower.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li class='gallery-item'>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_81-RS-1600x1067.jpg\" title=\"About 300 people gathered in front of the Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock statue on Wednesday, Sept. 4 to take an aerial photo in celebration of Brock University's 60th anniversary.\" data-featherlight=\"image\" class=\"gallery-1327108475\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/60thDrone_81-RS-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" alt=\"People in red shirts stand on a green field in front of Brock University's Rankin Family Pavilion and Schmon Tower.\">\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr style='visibility: hidden; clear: both; margin: 0;'>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"width: 540px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-95390-1\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" preload=\"auto\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brocku_60th_video_1_1080p.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brocku_60th_video_1_1080p.mp4\">https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/brocku_60th_video_1_1080p.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Badgers of all ages came together this week to not only celebrate Brock history, but also become a part of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,7484,3319,1],"tags":[13423],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95390"}],"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=95390"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95410,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95390\/revisions\/95410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}