Media releases

• Brock’s Hamilton campus to host high school maker challenge

  Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | By Brock University

  MEDIA ADVISORY: 13 February 2017  – R00033

  The challenge issued by Brock University’s Faculty of Education was clear: identify an accessibility issue and then research, design and build a product or device to help individuals with disabilities overcome the barrier to everyday living.

  Now, teams of shop class students from six high schools in Niagara, Peel and Stratford will put their concepts to the test in a battle for bragging rights and a $2,000 top prize in the Brock School Maker Challenge.

  The competition will be held during the Brock University Faculty of Education’s ninth annual Teaching with Technology Showcase Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Hamilton Campus.

  “It’s impressive and inspiring to see the kinds of everyday living problems the school teams have discovered and the resourcefulness they’ve shown in coming up with creative, practical and working solutions,” Tony DiPetta, the Maker Challenge co-ordinator and associate professor in the Faculty of Education.

  “When people wonder where society’s entrepreneurs and tradespeople are going to come from, I suggest they look at the work these shop class teams have done and they will realize the value of school High Skills Majors programs and the new ICE (Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship) initiative.”

  The winners of Wednesday’s Brock School Maker Challenge will be selected by a judging panel of industry and community leaders and technology experts. The winning team will earn $2,000. Second wins $1,500 and third, $500.

  The competition is part of Brock’s Tech Showcase taking place at the Hamilton Campus. The Showcase provides a chance for practicing teachers, teacher education candidates and university faculty members to learn about the latest innovations available to the education community and a forum to discuss how new technology is being used.
   
   

  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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• Beam signing event at Brock Thursday for expanded Goodman School of Business building

  Tuesday, February 14, 2017 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 14 February 2017 – R00034

  Brock University is giving the community a chance to leave its mark on the Goodman School of Business construction project.

  A beam signing will be held in front of Schmon Tower Thursday, Feb. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. where students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends of the Goodman School of Business can autograph what will be the final steel beam installed in the faculty’s $22-million expansion project.

  Permanent marker in hand, community members will be able to leave their mark on the beam and include their names with those that will be embedded on the business school’s structural support for years to come.

  There will be a separate opportunity after the Feb. 20-24 Reading Week to watch the signed beam being raised and installed in a topping out ceremony which will mark the completion of the construction project’s steel framework.

  This $22-million Goodman School of Business expansion project will feature:
  •    79,000 square feet of new, renovated and existing space
  •    Six new and nine refreshed classrooms
  •    An interview room with the latest technology
  •    A Bloomberg research lab
  •    A large new boardroom
  •    Additional seminar rooms and faculty offices

  For regular updates and photos from the project, visit the Goodman Expansion website.
   

  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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