Category: Sheridan News
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Cisco sold on Sheridan students’ proposal
STORY AND PHOTOS BY CHRIS COUTTS Four Sheridan students were awarded a $10,000 prize and declared the winners of the President’s Innovation Challenge for the Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games. The event was held on Saturday at Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus. The winning team, going by the name “Fantastic Four,” is comprised of Interactive Multimedia post-grad students…
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University Fair helps students continue their education
STORY BY CATARINA MUIA Figuring out what to do after graduating from Sheridan is a common concern in students. This is why the college has hosted the University Fair for the past nine years. This year the fair will be held at Trafalgar Campus on Jan. 27 and at Davis Campus on Jan. 31, both from…
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Speak up and eat up, FAAD students
STORY BY WILLIAM DIXON Students from 32 different arts programs can have their voices heard by their deans at the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design open mic and pizza event, Tuesday at noon in MacDonald-Heaslip Hall. The event is a first for Ronni Rosenberg, dean of FAAD. “My guess is these things take some…
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Students ‘Real Talk’ about safe sex
STORY AND PHOTO BY MICHAEL RODRIGUES Conversations and room temperatures got hot during Sheridan’s sex Real Talk hosted by the Trafalgar residences last Thursday. The room got toasty when the presentation drew an outstanding crowd of approximately of 125 students from both residences to the night’s affair. “It was a amazing turn out,” said Cheryl…
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Hazel McCallion Campus expansion takes another step forward
STORY BY NAT GILPO The Hazel McCallion Campus expansion took another step forward last week when Sheridan and Infrastructure Ontario shortlisted three teams for the project. Ten firms have been divided into three teams, which are expected to provide proposals to design HMC Phase 2. They have six months to submit these proposals to Infrastructure…
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Peace garden memorial to Montreal massacre victims
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT On Dec. 6, 1989 a gunman stormed Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal shortly after 5 p.m. During his shooting spree he killed 14 women before turning the rifle on himself. Since then, Dec. 6 has become known as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against…
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Impress potenital employers with the perfect interview
STORY BY STEF CASERTA Don’t sweat about an upcoming job interview. Practise instead. Every Tuesday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., the Career Centre in partnership with Sheridan’s peer mentors offer students a mock interview service, allowing them to come in and practise their interview skills. “We run through an actual interview with them and…
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College animal adoption program the cat’s meow
STORY AND PHOTOS BY MELISSA GERVAIS Looking to adopt a cat? The Animal Care program at Davis Campus houses up to 15 cats every semester. This term the program has eight cats for adoption, two of which are still available. Nichole Marcotte, an Animal Sciences technologist with the Sheridan program, said the cats are usually…
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Autism service dogs visit Sheridan
STORY AND PHOTOS BY TAYLOR SHAPPERT Service dogs aren’t just for the visually impaired. “Service dogs” and “guide dogs” can be synonymous sometimes, but service dogs can do so much more than lead the blind. There are service dogs to help people with visual or hearing impairments, epilepsy, autism or diabetes. Donna Woodstock of Sheridan’s…
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College’s image vs. student freedoms
EDITORIAL On Nov. 25, Sheridan College, in concert with Halton Regional Police, held a lockdown drill and police training exercise in the SCAET building. The drill involved Sheridan theatre students playing victims in special effects makeup to simulate real gunshot wounds for a life like training exercise. Students at the Sheridan Sun were granted access…
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CBC’s David Common lends expertise to broadcast students
STORY AND PHOTOS BY GREG LONGLEY One of the best ways for a person to learn is by doing. That is the philosophy followed by Sheridan College guest lecturer and CBC international news correspondent David Common in every one of his field reports. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Toronto, Common has nearly 15 years…
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Newly elected SU Board members have big changes in mind
STORY BY NAT GILPO The three newly elected students who have filled the Student Union seats for Davis Campus plan to make some big changes for the college. Davis Campus had eight candidates in total. Muhammad Khan, a third-year Business Marketing student, was motivated to run by identifying ways to improve how Student Union can…