Category: Sheridan News
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Lighting up at Celebration Square
STORY AND PHOTOS BY TYLER REYNOLDS It’s beginning to look a lot like the holidays in Mississauga. The city held its Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Celebration Square on Nov. 23. “We’ve had the event going along with the city for several years now,” said Karen Ferreira, supervisor of events and promotion for Celebration Square.…
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The future is looking bright for innovators
STORY AND PHOTO BY ANTONIA SALAPIC Business-savvy students got advice from successful business owners last Friday and were encouraged to use their imagination to be successful in the arts business. As part of Halton Entrepreneurship Week, Sheridan College and the Halton’s Regional Innovation Centre (HalTech), hosted the first Arts and Innovation day to help students become…
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Wanted: winter coat donations at Davis Campus
STORY BY ADAM BUCK The Sheridan International Centre and Student Union at Davis Campus are working together to make this winter a little warmer for less fortunate students. Until Dec. 6, donations of adults’ and children’s winter coats can be brought to the international office, in B212g, or the Student Union building in room SC200,…
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Sheridan Student Union by-elections wrap up
VIDEO BY NICHOLAS OLSEN Last week, the Student Union by-elections wrapped up. James Foster, the Trafalgar Campus’ one candidate in the election, had his marketing team set up a voting kiosk in the SCAET building. Free coffee and baked goods were offered to students who took the time to vote.
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Project Cozy wants Sheridan students to get into the giving spirit
STORY AND PHOTO BY DANA MIELE The holiday season is upon us and Student Advisement is working with Kerr Street Ministries and the Sheridan community to help others less fortunate. Project Cozy, running at Trafalgar Campus is asking students to bring in scarves, hats, mittens or $25 gift cards from various grocery stores. “During the…
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It’s not easy helping college go green
STORY AND PHOTO BY CHRIS COUTTS The eye-catching waste bins promoting ecological sustainability spread across Sheridan’s Trafalgar Campus have been around for more than two years now. However, the changes in school infrastructure and student lifestyle that the bins promote is a slow and complicated undertaking being overseen by Sheridan’s Office for Sustainability. Amid the…
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Lockdown drill will be unlike anything Sheridan has seen before
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Students who find themselves in SCAET Wing Monday morning will be in for an unusual start to their week. Campus security, in conjunction with Halton Regional Police, will be conducting a lockdown drill unlike anything Sheridan College has seen before. The drill, which will be only in the SCAET building, will…
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Official launch helps Sheridan celebrate rebranding
STORY AND PHOTOS BY OSCAR IMMEL The crowd of 250 spectators begins the countdown from 10, and they watch with excitement knowing a new art installation is about to be unveiled. When the crowd reaches “1,” and the sheet is slipped back, a giant ‘S’ that mimics Sheridan’s new logo stands in plain view just…
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There is something new at Sheridan College …
VIDEO BY JON D. CLARKE Sheridan’s rebranding party last Friday ended with something big, and it wasn’t the giant “S” shaped cake made of blue donuts and Tim Bits at the reception. It was bigger. The giant Sheridan “S” will stay outside of SCAET for years to come, glowing three different colours in the during both…
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Student union board of directors byelection draws little interest at Trafalgar and HMC
STORY BY GRAEME FRISQUE Students started taking to the polls yesterday for the Sheridan Student Union’s 2013 board of directors’ byelection. Voting will continue through tomorrow, however only Davis Campus students will have a choice of candidates. The election, which is being held to fill seven vacant spots on the student union’s board of directors,…
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Sheridan’s Best in Blue marketing team looking to live up to their name
STORY BY JESSICA BEAULIEU PHOTOS BY SUNAYNNA VENKATESH Next weekend, Windsor’s St.Clair college will play host to more than 250 advertising and marketing students for the most important competitive event of their academic careers. The Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) is a two day test of students skills in the marketing and advertising industries. Students…