Getting far in your first car
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY Your first car can take you places. Just ask Sheridan College professor Mary Ann Maruska. Her first car took her from Indiana to Canada and on the road to full Canadian citizenship in 1970. Maruska, 62, teaches design fundamentals, information design and communication design in the Bachelor of Design Program while […]
Pie for Pi Day
STORY BY PALWASHA TEMOR Apple, pumpkin and lemon, oh my! These are just a few types of pies that Sheridan’s Davis Campus served last Friday to commemorate Pi Day. Pi Day is a day celebrated around the world to honour the mathematical equation, and is held on the third month and 14th day. It is […]
Sheridan Career Centre sets you up for the job
STORY BY JONATHAN FERGUSON Job-hunting for students will be much easier after benefitting from the upcoming “Dress for Success” clothing drive and LinkedIn headshot clinics hosted by the Sheridan Career Centre. Two events this month will give students opportunities for students to prepare for life after graduation. At each campus students are invited on March […]
Japanese exchange students visit Sheridan college
BY MEHREEN SHAHID Exchange students from Osaka Electro-Communication University (OECU) have been at Sheridan College for the last two weeks. Sheridan is the only college in North America that the OECU has an exchange program with. This is the third such group that has visited the college. Students in the contingent were from the Digital […]
Celebrating culture with a night of music and dance
STORY BY JUNE SEO The International Centre and Sheridan International Student Association (SISA) held an International Night to give students an opportunity to share success stories. International night was held at Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion campus last Thursday. Students gathered to celebrate their different cultures through dance and music and share a few laughs. “This is […]
Does no really mean no? Sheridan students weigh in
STORY BY KATE WOODS Sheridan students believe more can be done to help educate and raise awareness about sexual assault and harassment. In a Sheridan Sun survey of 50 students, 25 female and 25 male, 44 said the college could do more to prevent assaults, especially with the recent incidents at Trafalgar Campus during the […]
Peer mentors spread the word about healthy living
STORY BY BRANDON MARTINEZ Eating. Drinking. Sleeping. Safe sex. That is the slogan of a new hall outreach campaign organized by Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors program, which offers lifestyle advice and counseling to struggling students. Cheryl Cnoop-Koopmans, 27, is a counselor at student services and oversees the peer mentor program. “The program has […]
One-on-one with Strombo
STORY BY JUNE SEO When Nick Kattis joined the Sheridan’s Broadcast Journalism program, he never imagined that his second interview would be with George Stroumboulopoulos at the RBC Theatre. Kattis won the opportunity to interview the CBC host and personality live on stage last Friday. Prior to the interview, Stroumboulopoulos interviewed Raine Maida, front- man […]
Sheridan’s executive advisor talks about his first job
STORY BY BRITTANY MCAULEY Ralph Benmergui went from delivering pizzas and newspapers in the 1970s to delivering advice to Sheridan’s top executive in the 21st century. “I never went looking for a job, but my best friend always found jobs and I would follow him,” he says of his adolescent days. In his second year […]
Trafalgar Campus awaiting approval for paintball club
STORY BY LINDA HERMIZ Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus may soon have an official paintball club. Alexandra Goulding, a first-year Art Fundamentals student and the president of the soon-to-be club, is awaiting approval from the Student Union before the club is made official. Goulding came up with the idea for a paintball club after playing with her […]
Terra Greenhouse Farmer’s Market
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Terra Greenhouses has been holding a weekly farmer’s market every Saturday, allowing local businesses the chance to reach out to new customers. One business benefitting from the market is Milton’s own Kettle Corn Boss, run by Herb Sickinger, a Sheridan Business grad. “It’s a family business,” said Sickinger as his son […]
Lifting Sheridan’s Eco Footprint
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Sheridan College has been working toward creating a zero-waste system, and the crafts wing definitely got the memo. Linda Sormin, head of Ceramics, has been working to reduce her program’s waste, and the result is rather astonishing. Ceramics is known for “Thousands of years of recycling,” said Sormin. If a student […]
