Faculty of Graduate Studies News

• Jack M. Miller Excellence in Research Awards

• Graduate student’s research aims to help people living with epilepsy

• Research Café discusses climate change

• International partnership results in new program — MA in Canadian and American Studies

• Fellowship stokes grad student’s entrepreneurial spirit

• What’s open and closed during the holidays

• The Department of Teacher Education has submitted a Statement of Intent that it wishes to introduce a new graduate program, the Master of Education.

• Education professor wins award for excellence in teaching

• Goodman School of Business launches research fund, scholarships with donation

• Statements of intent for new master’s programs

• Enrolment at Brock continues to rise

• Brock launches e-thesis submission protocol

• Profs helped Spirit of Brock medal recipient to shine on his own

• GSA president hopes to build on success of predecessors

• Innovative thinking leads to international honour for master’s student

• Recreation and Leisure Studies faculty and students present in Scotland

• Statement of Intent for a new master’s program in sustainability: Science & Society

• The Faculty of Graduate Studies extends its best wishes to Brock student-athletes and alumni who are representing Canada at the London Games. The Brock connection of competitors going for gold includes Colin Russell, a current graduate student in Applied Health Sciences, and Tonya Verbeek, a graduate of the MEd program.

• Masters student chairs conference in Barcelona

• Education professor wins mentorship award

• Grad student rolls dice on gambling research

• Two Brock grad students earn prestigious national scholarship
      Drew Marquardt — Vanier winner hopes to fill gaps in vitamin E research
      Royette Tavernier — Vanier scholar to study effects of life’s “turning points”

• Students recognized for research and scholarship
      External Scholarships and Award winners
      Internal Scholarships and Award winners

• Statement of Intent for master’s programs

• Master’s research wins award

• Brock student’s fungus research published in scientific journal

• Political Science grad students pull off their own conference

• Students embark on a ‘life of learning’ at Convocation

• Brock faculty and student researchers awarded more than $2.3 million for science research

• 2012 Spring Convocation

• Brock recognizes profs for outstanding teaching

• Top grad students recognized

• 2012 Graduate Student awards

• Youth University launches research prize for grad students

• Generous Scotiabank gift supports Brock’s new research facility and young researchers

• Grad student mentors honoured

• Research Chair shares career experiences with grad students

• Brock’s Lightstone joins Brazil mission of Canadian university presidents

• Brock grad student qualifies for London Olympics

• Brock grad students present research at upcoming conference

• Education graduate crafts a refreshing and insightful children’s series

• Groundbreaking technology offers new ways to engage students and teach reading skills

• Brock student’s plunge makes headlines

• Map Library announces new Scholars GeoPortal

• We can spot aggression in the faces of other races: study

• Faculty and graduate student researchers discuss healthier aging at Feb. 8 Research Café

• Government of Canada invests in bio-manufacturing business development in Niagara

• Researcher works with NHL veterans to improve the hockey skate

• Grad students hone professional skills

• Brock grad takes top wine honours for second year

• Brock International is hosting International Education Week Nov. 14 to 18

• Learning from hostile fruit flies — a graduate student Q and A with Holly May, PhD candidate Biological Sciences, and a presenter at the Nov. 15 Mapping the New Knowledges Research Café

• Three graduate students are part of a research team, led by Professor David Ditor, helping to carry Rick Hansen’s legacy forward

• Tuesday, Nov. 15 Research café looks at wonders of bioscience — Brock News

• Brock University’s Board of Trustees recognized Lindsay Cline for her Spirit of Brock as she received her MA in Applied Health Sciences degree at the 2011 Fall Convocation.

• Graduate students are part of a team of researchers at Brock who want to help Niagarans increase their water smarts

Brock posts a big jump in research funding

Faculty and graduate student research teams will put a spotlight on the wonders of the world of bioscience during the Mapping the New Knowledges Research Café “Targeting health and disease: New frontiers in Biological Research,” Tuesday, Nov. 15, 4:30 to 6:45 p.m., Pond Inlet

Former Dean heads to Trent to work with grad students

Thilagavathi Chandulal has filled her life with milestones. She added one more Saturday when she graduated from Brock University with a master's degree in philosophy. Read more in The St. Catharines Standard

James A. Gibson Library celebrates Open Access Week, October 24 to 28

The world of ideas just got a little bigger at Brock with the launch of the Faculty of Humanities first PhD program

Workshop sessions for international TAs

Graduate students get new space in library

Recent graduate student conference presentations — Psychology, Child and Youth Studies

A Brock professor and the master’s student he supervised have co-edited an eagerly anticipated book that gives us new perspectives of the ’hood.

FGS Dean Mike Plyley was one of several Brock administrators to discuss opportunities for research and academic co-operation with the University of Western Sydney (UWS) during a visit by Jens Coorsen of UWS.

The Faculty recently extended a warm welcome to many of the 444 new graduate students at Brock this year. Read about the September 13 event and see a photo gallery of candid shots.

Faculty of Graduate Studies announces the 2011-12 Mapping the New Knowledges schedule of events

Hot topics — Jason Sykes, a graduate of Brock’s MA in Political Science program , talks about the Oct. 6 Ontario election. Read the story in Brock News 

Brant wins First Nations scholarship    

Grad student research awarded more than $980,000

Prof wins coveted national plant science award

Now Open — dedicated graduate study and meeting space in the James A. Gibson Library

Dean Mike Plyley aims to keep momentum going in Grad Studies.    

Elyse Giroux, an MEd student, is headed to South Africa for an internship.

“A World of Possibilities” — Brock’s Faculty of Graduate Studies comes to life through the accomplishments of our students.

Brock’s MA in Popular Culture program turns 10.

Congratulations to the graduating class of 2011 Spring Convocation. Read citations for the Spirit of Brock medal winners. And, the Psychology department congratulates five PhD graduates.

Professor Dorothy Griffiths, Child and Youth Studies and Applied Disability Studies, receives Order of Canada honour.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies welcomes Dr. Michael Plyley to the position of Dean.

Welland engineer leaves $350,000 for student scholarships.

Hard-working Dean helped build graduate studies.

A recent federal research funding announcement at Brock include awards to nine Brock graduate students.

Seventy-eight graduate students have received 2011-12 Ontario Graduate Scholarships

New graduate Elizabeth Cherniak, MA, Studies in Comparative Literatures and Arts, was profiled as part of Brock Spring Convocation coverage in The Standard. Elizabeth also received the graduate student Spirit of Brock award for the Faculty of Humanities.

Val Andrei Fajardo was presented with the Governor General’s Gold Medal at a Convocation ceremony June 7, recognition of achieving the highest academic standing at the graduate level

Philip Wilson, associate professor of Kinesiology, along with fellow professor Diane Mack and graduate student Jenna Gilchrist, is conducting a study this summer to understand whether sensor armbands help people lose weight

Southern Ontario Motor Behaviour Symposium a success

Drew Marquardt, a physics graduate student, marked the completion of the 1100th experiment at the NRC Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (CNBC) since CNBC began operating as an-NSERC supported scientific user facility on April 1, 2001

Join us June 22 for a Celebration of Graduate Studies

A recent research article for Ontario's Ministry of Education is the latest opportunity for Joanne Reid, a Brock doctoral student in Education, to bring awareness to the teaching and learning value of integrated curriculum.

Dawn Hall (BSc ’02, PhD ’07) recognized at UBC

Brian Calvert, graduate student in Earth Sciences, will present his research on the Louth Conservation Area flora, fauna and geology at the Leading Edge conference here at Brock May 26 to 27

Dr. Mike Plyley will become Brock's new Dean of Graduate Studies July 1

Celebrating student success — and watch a video from the recent Graduate Student Awards and Donor Recognition reception

Jennifer Brant has developed an Aboriginal Women’s Certificate Program, which evolved directly from her Masters of Education research. The program received Senate approval this week.

Psychology professor wins first mentorship award presented at the 2011 Mapping the News Knowledges Graduate Student Research Conference.

Anne Readhead, a master’s student in Applied Disability Studies is part of a Brock research team investigating the social and economic structures that enhance opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities. Read more

Professor Wendy Ward, a Canada Research Chair, will talk about her graduate experience on April 14 at the Mapping the New Knowledges Graduate Research Conference.

Grad student profile: Daniel Antwi-Amoabeng

Congratulations to Alison Innes, the recipient of the 2010-2011 Graduate TA Award.

Brock’s graduate students will soon have a space to call their own in the James A. Gibson Library.

Behind Brock’s successful graduate students are exceptional graduate faculty supervisors, and on April 14, one of those supervisors will be rewarded for his or her work with the Graduate Mentorship Award.

See the new Faculty of Graduate Studies video - it features recent graduate Ashley Graham and her research supervisor, John McNamara, talking about the graduate experience at Brock.

Graduate students are part of a research team, led by Professor Stephen Cheung, who are testing new clothing materials for Mark’s Work Wearhouse under a $25,000 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Engage grant.

Graduate student Ridha Chilmeran gets face time with provincial finance minister.

Brock graduate Dr. W. Grant McGimpsey has been named the new vice president for research at Kent State University. McGimpsey earned both a BSc and MSc in Chemistry from Brock University.

Brock MEd students Cristina Pinheiro and Robin Meyer-MacLeod are part of a research group who will travel the world this spring to study research ethics.

Grad student profile: Lana Radloff

The next event in the Mapping the New Knowledges conference lineup is the March 3 Research Café Connecting to the World.

Allison Glazebrook, associate professor of Classics, is co-editor of Greek Prostitutes in the Ancient Mediterranean, which will be released Feb. 18 from University of Wisconsin Press. Several Brock graduate students assisted with the project.

University of Toronto professor Thomas Tieku, a graduate of Brock’s MA in Political Science program, is optimistic about Southern Sudan’s new independence. But that optimism is balanced with the harsh realities of persisting issues in the area. His presentation was part of International Development Week.

New equipment and technology are central to PhD Psychology student Lesley Capuana’s research on aging.

Grad student profile: Kate Humphrys

Alumni sweethearts: Bradley Walchuk (BA ’07; MA ’08) and Laura Harris (BA ’07; MA ’08), graduates of Brock’s master’s program in Political Science.

On YouTube: Vanier scholar Ellen Robb, Professor John McNamara and Marilyn Rose, Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies, talk about how personal attention and support, scale of programs and supervision of world-renown researchers allow graduate students at Brock to follow unique directions.

Like being a wizard: That’s how Steve Bergen, master's candidate, Computer Science, describes his research interest in evolving mathematical equations for creating a 3D structure.

In the news: Sarah Farrell, a master’s candidate in Child and Youth Studies, was interviewed recently by CHCH News Hamilton for a story about National Child Day. Watch the video.

Congratulations: MBA graduate Laura Ricciuto is the 2010 winner of the Nitsopoulos Family Entrepreneurship Award.

Research buzz: Jess Vickruck, PhD candidate, Biological Sciences, researches cryptic species of carpenter bees.

Video games and aggression: While academic studies on both sides of the border have linked violent video games to aggressive behaviour, they have overlooked one key ingredient, says Brock PhD candidate Paul Adachi. And see additional coverage of his research in The Standard.

Digital thesis submission: The E-thesis Pilot project now under way at Brock University will lead to greater exposure for graduate student research.

Spirit of Brock medal winner: Colin Perrier received his PhD in Psychology and was honoured with the Spirit of Brock graduate award.

Co-op launches career: Jingyi (Cherry) Liu graduated on Oct. 16 from the co-op MBA International Student Program. She is now making Canada her new home after back-to-back co-op placements helped launch her career.

'Fantastic project': Brock graduate student Ellen Robb says the federal government’s Scientists and Engineers in Business initiative is a "fantastic project" that will assist graduate students in realizing the full potential of their ideas. Read more in Brock News.

Major funding awards for 2010-11: Our final tally of awards from the major funding agencies reached $2.6 million in 2010-2011 — see a list of our award winners.

Fall Convocation: The Faculty of Graduate Studies will celebrate the success of 255 graduate students who will be awarded degrees during two ceremonies taking place at this year’s Fall Convocation on Saturday, Oct. 16. Read more in Brock News.

Graduate Student Open House: We open our doors to prospective students on Nov. 7. Read more.

OGS appointment: Political Science Professor Leah Bradshaw was appointed recently to the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) Selection Board for a two-year term. Read more in Brock News.

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