Category: Sheridan News
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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…
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Seven new degrees at a glance
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL Next September, Sheridan College will add seven new university-level degree programs to its steadily growing roster in preparation for the eventual transition to Sheridan University. Degrees will be offered in Craft & Design, Film & TV and five business programs. These new programs will combine Sheridan’s practical learning approach with a…
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Arts and Innovation Day: taking care of business
STORY BY JAIME POLMATEER PHOTOS PROVIDED BY KELLY KARIUS Students interested in the business of the arts will have a chance to pick the brains of Sheridan grads and business partners Friday. Arts and Innovation Day, part of Halton Entrepreneurship Week, kicks off at 8:15 a.m. in J102 in SCAET wing. “What we are trying…
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University fair offers students more options
STORY AND PHOTOS BY ANTONIA SALAPIC Sheridan College will hold a university fair Thursday with careercounsellors coming from Wilfrid Laurier, UofT Mississauga, Waterloo and York. Last week, career counselling specialists from the University of Guelph-Humber,Laurentian University and Griffith University were on hand to answer questions from students looking to further their education. “There are so…
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Sheridan’s United Way campaign to help improve community living
STORY AND PHOTO BY DONTEI WYNTER Sheridan served up tasty cinnabuns Monday to kick off this year’s United Way campaign. The campaign started with selling cinnabuns at all Sheridan College campuses from 7.30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for $2 and there will be a spaghetti lunch every day for the rest of the week, sponsored…