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• Brock University marks 104th Convocation Friday

  Tuesday, October 09, 2018 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 9 October 2018 – R00176

  More than 1,000 students are set to graduate from Brock University Friday, Oct. 12 during Fall Convocation.

  During two ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. inside Brock’s Ian Beddis Gymnasium, 694 undergraduate and 320 graduate students will be conferred. Among those, 207 are international students.

  The morning ceremony will include students from the Faculties of Social Sciences, Education and Humanities. The afternoon ceremony is for students in the Faculties of Applied Health Sciences, Goodman School of Business and Math and Science.

  Two of the awards being handed out Friday are the Governor General’s Silver Medals, awarded to the two students with the highest academic standing out of all graduates from the 2018 Convocation ceremonies. Physics student Bill Truong finished with a 97 per cent average and Mathematics and Statistics student Rachel Clemens had a 95 per cent average.

  Also being awarded Friday are three Spirit of Brock medals to students who best represent the spirit of Maj.-Gen. Sir Isaac Brock, as well as two faculty awards.

  Convocation ceremonies are free to attend and no tickets are required. Parking is free for guests. Live broadcasts of the ceremonies will be available at Brocku.ca/livestream

  Media are welcome to attend Brock’s Fall Convocation. Photographers shooting from directly in front of the stage are asked to wear a Convocation gown, which must be arranged in advance.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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• Brock to host lab tours as national funding announced

  Friday, October 05, 2018 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 5 October 2018 – R00175

  It’s pretty easy to monitor a moose or a bear when studying their foraging and mating patterns over a few years: just clip some kind of label or tracking device onto one of their body parts.

  But what if you’re observing a specific bee over time? Do you attach a label onto one of its little legs?

  Brock University bee expert Miriam Richards will be explaining her research to Members of Parliament Chris Bittle and Vance Badawey on Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. as part of a tour in Brock’s Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex.

  Bittle and Badawey are visiting Brock University on the day the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) is set to announce significant funding for scientists nation-wide, including those at Brock University.

  At 1:30 p.m., Bittle and Badawey, along with Brock Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon, will be meeting informally with researchers who received grants from the federal government’s science research funding agency.

  Kenyon, the researchers and others will be available for interviews and photos.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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