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• Brock Financial Literacy Fair aimed at educating current and future students

  Monday, November 27, 2017 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 27 November 2017 – R00221

  For university students, few things cause more stress than finances. And for incoming students, few things cause more confusion.

  Hoping to fix that problem, Brock University’s Student Accounts and Financial Aid will host a Financial Literacy Fair Wednesday, Nov. 29.

  The free event is open to current and future Brock students, as well as anyone in the wider Niagara community who wants to strengthen their financial well-being and knowledge.

  The Financial Literacy Fair involves a wide range of Brock departments and external partners who will have information booths set up in Thistle Hallway Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  “The top two reasons for why students don’t graduate are financial barriers and mental health. And often these two things are related,” said Audrianna Kervoelen, Student Financial Services Officer. “We came up with this idea to help with retention and to change the culture at Brock to one of financial literacy.”

  She said students will be taught the importance of planning, budgeting and learning about what OSAP pays for.

  “We want to educate our students when it comes to their personal financial well-being and give them the tools to deal with whatever comes up during their tenure at Brock,” she said.

  Local high school students have also been invited to take part in the fair to help alleviate concerns over financial barriers stopping them from attending post-secondary education. Financial literacy sessions will also be running throughout the day in a number of locations across campus.

  The Financial Literacy Fair is the first of what is expected to be a series of events to help educate students and the community about the issue.

  For more information on the event or to register for sessions, visit brocku.ca/safa

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

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

  Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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• Brock Wind Ensemble kicks off holiday season

  Friday, November 24, 2017 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 24 November 2017 – R00220

  A Musical Montage set for Tuesday, Dec. 5. Media preview to be held Tuesday, Nov. 28.

  The Brock University Department of Music Wind Ensemble will present an evening of captivating melodies Thursday, Dec. 5 in St. Catharines.

  Under the baton of conductor Zoltan Kalman, the University Wind Ensemble features the talents of 70 musicians drawn from Brock University, high schools across the region, and the broader music community.

  On stage at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 in Partridge Hall at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, the ensemble will perform a spectacular range of works from the past and present including Kernen’s Latin Mood, Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, Suppe’s Light Cavalry Overture, Alford’s The Purple Carnival, Whitacre’s Ghost Train, Gorb’s Awayday, Kositsky’s Suite Canadienne, Whitacre’s Seal Lullaby and a medley from the musical Frozen, featuring four-year-old Khloe Kalman.

  The concert also includes musicians Michael Hindrichs, Peter Macdonald, David Pearson and Graham Young from the Hamilton Symphony on the Bay, Patrick Beard from the Niagara Symphony and high school students from three area schools.

  Tickets for the event are $10 for general admission or $5 through the eyeGo high school program. Free tickets are available to current MIWSFPA students. Tickets are available through the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Box Office at 905-688-0722, online at firstontariopac.ca, via email at boxoffice@firstontariopac.ca or at the door.

  Note: A media preview will be held Tuesday, Nov. 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cairns Recital Hall at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre. Those interested in attending must contact David Vivian, MIWSFPA Director at dvivian@brocku.ca

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

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

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