Category: News
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Sheridan College fights student hunger
STORY BY GREG LONGLEY AND ADAM BUCK PICTURES BY GREG LONGLEY The Sheridan Student Union (SSU) is nipping hunger in the bud on campus. As students gear up for another school year, members of the SSU are reaching out to lend a helping hand and spread awareness of the many services they offer, including the…
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Graphic novel course offered at Sheridan
STORY BY JAIME POLMATEER PHOTO PROVIDED BY PETER GREVSTAD Reading, writing and arithmetic? How about Batman, The Watchmen and V for Vendetta instead? These popular titles are just a few examples of what make up the colourful curriculum in Sheridan’s Graphic Novel course, now going into its third year. According to instructor Peter Grevstad, its…
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The Basics of 3D Printing
INFOGRAPHIC BY MELISSA GERVAIS Many Sheridan students attending classes at the Davis and Trafalgar campuses are working with 3D printers as a part of their programs. Below is an infographic outlining the bare-bones basics of 3D printing. Click the link below to see a time-lapsed video of a 3D printer in action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_vloWVgf0o Be sure…
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Get the ultimate interactive experience at Sheridan
STORY BY JESSICA WEINGARTEN Trafalgar Campus is hot on the trail of one of the fastest growing career paths in the creative industry. The Bachelor of Interaction Design, introduced this month, focuses on design, mobile computing, e-commerce, marketing, production and innovation. The first-year class is made up of approximately 65 students. The program gives students…
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Athletic Therapy offers rehab to students, not just varsity athletes
BY DONTEI WYNTER Don’t be afraid to break a leg, twist an ankle or sprain your shoulder, because Sheridan’s Athletic Therapy Centre has got your back. Students are welcome to use the clinic, which is run by the Athletic Therapy students, who are trained to assess and rehabilitate injuries. The student therapists are working…
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Sheridan unveils new logo
STORY BY RENÉE LALONDE Curious, gutsy, purposeful, inspired, smart and real. There are many terms students used to describe Sheridan, and these are the ones that made their way into Sheridan’s new marketing project. This year Sheridan will be representing its transition into a university with new marketing visuals and, specifically, a new logo. Sheridan…
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Heartwarming ‘tails’ at charity pet walkathon
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN PAISLEY The Mississauga Humane Society held a pet fair and walkathon in Memorial Park on Saturday to help save the lives of homeless cats and dogs. “The Humane Society is a registered charity. Our mission is to rescue homeless animals and find them adoptive homes. We are 100 per…
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Illustration student helps others attain personal best
STORY BY KAGAN PITTMAN When not drawing comic book characters or sketching detailed still life portraits, Allen Lau is hitting the gym with his clients. Lau is a third-year student in the Bachelor of Illustration program at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus where he works outside of the Sheridan Athletics centre as a personal trainer. Since his…
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Looking to game? Join the Looking For Gamers club
STORY BY NICHOLAS OLSEN Gamers from all over Sheridan are gathering weekly to battle it out and have a good time with the Looking For Gamers club. Looking For Gamers, or LFG, is a student club based at Trafalgar Campus. It aims to create a fun and friendly gaming experience for students, and to bring…
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myPathway paves way for advanced standing
STORY BY ANTHONY MUCCILLI NEWS Since November, the office of the registrar at Sheridan College has overhauled its advanced standing system. Called myPathways, the new system allows students to apply for advanced standing online, bypassing the usual steps involved in the process. “Up until this time, students who wanted to request their transfer credit had…
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Trafalgar Two issues causing grief for residents
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL PHOTOS BY ROBERT SGOTTO Sheridan is proud of its new residence building (known as Trafalgar Two), but not everything is rosy for the students who live there. Cassandra Rice and Teeka Stryker, both first-year Visual and Creative Arts students, had myriad problems to report about their two-bedroom suite in Trafalgar Two.…
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TED talk comes to Milton: featured three Sheridan faculty members
STORY BY DANA MIELE Golnaz Golnararghi from Sheridan College’s faculty of business knows what it’s like to be different. Golnararghi told her story at the TEDx talk in Milton on Saturday about her challenges with immigration from Iran to Canada as a young child, where she was ostracized for her religion. “When I see a student struggle,…