Category: Sheridan News
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Students now catching Adobe in the cloud
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATARINA MUIA Sheridan students in the Faculty of Arts and Animation Departments, and the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, are being advised to change their software from Adobe Creative Suite 6 to Adobe Creative Cloud. Adobe CC is similar to Adobe CS6, with few, but major differences. “CC would be…
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SU throws welcome home event
BY JONATHAN FERGUSON Sheridan Student Union held its first outdoor event on Wednesday in Trafalgar’s student parking lot to welcome back everyone. Held from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., the free event for all students, staff and faculty offered carnival games, snacks and information on clubs. Nadine Heath, SU’s senior marketing manager, was in charge of…
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Students look to improve Safe Walk
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID They lurk behind the wires, they make networks run, they create connections that last, and they bring together people across a complex grid. They are students in the Internet Communications Technology (ICT) program. William Farkas, coordinator for ICT, says the program focuses on the technologies and rules that make…
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Shuttle Bus to run through the Summer
STORY AND PHOTO BY KATE WOODS The Sheridan shuttle bus will continue to run to all four campuses over the summer. The school and Student Union decided the free bus would be helpful to students taking classes over the summer and staff and faculty travelling among the campuses “Some students choose to take classes over…
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Furniture students build across continents with Finnish furniture maker Nikari
STORY AND PHOTO BY MEHREEN SHAHID FURNITURE PHOTOS COURTESY OF PETER FLEMING Having the highest GPA in class can bring a student prestige, but it can also bring them added work and responsibility. The top five final-year students from the Bachelor of Craft and Design (Furniture) program at Sheridan are participating in an international project…
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Board of directors share similar vision for Student Union
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN The newly elected members of the Student Union already seem to be on the same page. First-year Photography student Megan Ritchie, second-year Print Journalism student Alec Wheeler and second-year Computer Systems Technology–Software Development student Russel Neal will comprise the 2014-15 board of directors at Trafalgar Campus. The students were voted in…
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Accessibility around Trafalgar campus assessed by Interior Design students
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MEHREEN SHAHID For a decade, he has sought solutions to accessibility issues around Sheridan. Finally all his requests and protests are now being heard one-by-one. Peter Biec started as a student of Journalism–Print, then took some continuing education courses and is now a student of the Advertising, Marketing and Communications program.…
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Leslie Pulsifer: Time manager extraordinaire
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN She might just be Wonder Woman. Leslie Pulsifer is the Student Union clubs co-ordinator at Trafalgar, she’s in the third year of Animation – a renowned world-class program that ends in a Bachelor’s Degree – she is vice president of the martial arts club, she models for photography and makeup students looking…
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Sheridan student in TVO documentary contest
STORY BY SPENCER LUYBEN When it comes to storytelling, Luca Tarantini is a natural. The 23-year-old first-year Advanced Television and Film student has become one of five finalists in the 2014 TVO Doc Studio Contest with his short film The Middle Way. What started out as a first semester project for his Documentary class quickly…
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Security at your fingertips
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE The Sheridan mobile app, the application found on the Apple Store, Blackberry App World and Google Play Store, now boasts more than 5,000 downloads. The app has many features including the Javacam, where you can see how many people are in the Tim Hortons lineups on any campus. It also helps…
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Res raises money for breast cancer
STORY BY MADDY SOMMERVILLE Sheridan’s Trafalgar 1 residence held an event for Breast Cancer awareness called Think Pink on March 26. Residents could get a pink streak in their hair for $5 and for $2 they could get a bracelet, which would go to The Canadian Cancer Society. More than 20 of the residents donated…
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Corporate communications makes some connections
STORY BY JENNIFER STIENSTRA With the year quickly coming to a close, many graduates have begun searching for jobs in their field. The students in the corporate communications program are no exception. To help make connections and talk to potential employers, the students hosted an event called Corp. Comm. Connects at Sheridan, inviting professionals and…