Category: Sheridan News
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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…
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SHERIDANtalk helps break mental health barriers
STORY AND PHOTOS BY DARYLL HINVES SHERIDANtalk started the mental health conversation last night and inspired Sheridan students, staff and faculty to make a difference and become mental health advocates. Inspired by the popular TEDtalks, Sheridan’s Health and Wellness Peer Mentors created SHERIDANtalk, focusing on the Canada-wide mental health epidemic. Partnering up with Unleash the…
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TSN SportsCentre’s Cabbie calls the shots
BY BRITTANY MCAULEY The first time you do it your palms get sweaty, your heart starts to beat faster, your mind goes blank and it’s over so quickly you don’t even remember what happened. Whether you’re a journalism student, a newbie in the broadcast industry or in the legal field, you will have to conduct…
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REBEL fest: Make things happen
BY DANA BOYINGTON The Culture, Recreation and Library divisions of Mississauga are calling on all youths for their annual REBEL festival. The week – long event, which runs May 1-7, celebrates the creative talents of Mississauga youth. It was in 2012 that the first REBEL event ran in association with National Youth Week and National…
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Davis Campus gets Bhangra jammin’
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY SATYARTH MISHRA AND SAM TASKIE Bhangra Desi Jam at Davis Campus last week gave international students a taste of home. Every year Marketing students have to create an event. Last year they created the Bhangra Desi Jam. Bhangra refers to many dances that originated from the Punjab region. “We really didn’t…