Category: News
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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,…
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LIVE EVENT: Sheridan goes to TedxMilton – Saturday, September 14 @10:00AM
Ted Talks started in California over 25 years ago as an exclusive idea sharing event and now has flourished into a word-wide phenomenon. Ted Talks are where intelligent people come together to speak about extraordinary thoughts, motivations or projects in new and inspiring ways. Now the famous speaking event has come to Canada as an…
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Sheridan introduces free inter-campus shuttle bus service
VIDEO BY GREG LONGLEY Sheridan College and the Student Union have come together to organize a free shuttle bus service for staff and students linking them to all three campuses. Prior to this, travel between campuses could prove very costly, and this new endeavour is a way to give students and staff a break… and…
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Bon voyage! Sheridan launches free shuttle bus service
STORY BY MELISSA GERVAIS PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Staff and students are getting a free ride, literally. College commuters have a new inter-campus shuttle bus service, introduced Sept. 3, to transport students and staff to all three of Sheridan’s campuses for free. This new transit system comes after a year’s worth of work between the…
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Trafalgar Two up and running… sort of
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ADAM BUCK The new residence building on Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus is nearly complete and already at full capacity. The six-floor structure, known simply as Trafalgar Two, houses 474 students, while Trafalgar One is home to 346 occupants. The cost of rent for both is $6,500 per year. “Students have everything they…
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Take a tour of Trafalgar’s new residence
VIDEO BY DEVON GENERAL This video takes viewers on a brief tour of Trafalgar Two, the new building constructed for student residence. Through interviews with Director Bernard Dwyer, Front Office Manger Chuck De Guzman and Residence Life Coordinator Nicole Hofman, students can get a look at what’s new and what they can expect later in the year…