Sheridan School of Business student Laila Saleh carries the Olympic Torch through Newcastle NB

November 30, 2009

2010 Olympic Torchbearer Laila Saleh with Rod McLeod holding a Montreal 1976 Olympic Games Torch in Newcastle, New Brunswick.

Sheridan School of Business student Laila Saleh braved the rainy weather to run the Olympic Torch through Newcastle, New Brunswick, courtesy of The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) one of the sponsors of the Canada-wide event.

Saleh, a Banking and Wealth Management program student, won her opportunity of a lifetime through a contest offered by her employer RBC. Saleh, who balances a career in banking at the RBC Visa National office in Toronto and studies in banking at the Sheridan School of Business in Oakville, was recognized by RBC for her excellent customer relationship skills.

Laila's Olympic Torch is officially lit for the torch relay.

“I won the Olympic Torch Relay because of the referrals I have received for generating revenue for RBC despite the market turmoil.  It really is my once in a lifetime opportunity to be involved in the Vancouver Olympic 2010 as a torchbearer and I am blessed to be part of this truly exciting event,” said Saleh.

As part of the prize package, RBC provided an all-expenses paid trip to Miramchi, New Brunswick for Saleh and a friend so she could join the Olympic Torch Relay and carry the flame.  For more information on the Olympic Torch Relay be sure to visit The Globe and Mail or view online at CTVOlympics or at RBC.

Laila Saleh carries the Olympic Torch through Newcastle amid cheering well-wishers.

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Sheridan School of Business takes Gold, Silver and Bronze at Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition

November 24, 2009

Nancy Dewar and Monique Pawlak cheer Crystal Bennett's award in the Job Interview event at OCMC 2009.

Sheridan School of Business students took  Gold,  Silver and Bronze awards at the 2009 Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition in Hamilton, Ontario.

Chris Carre and Juno Jesuthasan with the Gold award for the Entrepreneurship event.

Juno Jesuthasan, and Chris Carre took the Gold award in the Entrepreneurship event, Crystal Bennett took the Silver award in the Job Interview event,

Crystal Bennett wins the Silver award for the Job Interview event.

and Amanda Patchett and Jayme Bennett took the Bronze Award in the Integrated Marketing Communication event.  In addition, Anna Misheal and Steve Kalpakis took an honorable mention with a fifth place victory in the Sales Management event.

More than 250 marketing and marketing-related students from 13 Ontario colleges compete in 11 challenging events at the annual Ontario College’s Marketing Competition.

Amanada Patchett and Jayme Bennett take the Silver award in Integrated Marketing Communication.

The Sheridan School of Business sponsored 18 highly coached marketing and marketing-related students to compete in this year’s OCMC events.

The annual marketing competition is a two day event with students competing first in the wildly popular Quiz Bowl Event which pits four-person randomly chosen mixed-college teams in a highly entertaining and challenging ten round elimination match.  The purpose of the lightning quick event is to answer marketing factoid questions taken from three current marketing textbooks and current issues of Marketing Magazine and Strategy Magazine.

Anna Misheal and Steve Kalpakis win a fifth place mention in the Sales Management event.

The second day of the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition is centred around nine prepared Case Events where students take real world case scenarios and prepare marketing solutions for a panel of judges selected from industry professionals, and a Job Interview event where students prepare to interview for an entry-level marketing position.

Ready to enter the Grand Ballrom for the 2009 OCMC Awards Banquet

The last event of the OCMC is the gala Awards Banquet and the awarding of the coveted prizes for the marketing events. This year 13 Ontario colleges brought together more than 400 students, staff, and faculty in the Mohawk College hosted event. Sheridan College will host the 2010 Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition.

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David Nowell presents William & Margaret Lydiatt Award to Shauna Proctor at OCMC 2009

November 22, 2009

David Nowell describes the criteria required to win the William & Margaret Lydiatt Award

David Nowell, Sheridan School of Business Professor, awarded the William & Margaret Lydiatt Award to Shauna Proctor of Conestoga College during the 2009 Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition in Hamilton, Ontario.

The William & Margaret Lydiatt Award is awarded annually to a student who inspires others, puts the spirit of the OCMC competition first by supporting others on their team, and demonstrates exceptional commitment and integrity to OCMC, and one who has overcome extraordinary adversity and inspires others.

“While the main focus at the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition is traditionally on the students who win the various marketing events, they are far from the only winners. Most OCMC competitors will recall a team-mate whose dedication, encouragement and support means so much to their whole team – these are the William & Margaret Lydiatt Award recipients, ” said Nowell.

Shauna Proctor of Conestoga College receives the William & Margaret Lydiatt Award

“Shauna made and published videos of OCMC 2008 for her team and took the OCMC message to high schools in her area. She provided leadership for her team and spearheaded the T-Shirt competition at her college and, she chose college after a workplace injury ended her career as a paramedic. Perhaps most remarkably, she does it all as a single mom with two teenagers,” said Barb Watt, Georgian College.

The William & Margaret Lydiatt Award was created in 2006 by David Nowell a professor at Sheridan College by way of an inheritance from his relative Margaret Lydiatt, in honour of William Lydiatt, founder of Marketing Magazine. Nowell commissioned the design of the trophy to a winning submission by Sheridan College, Crafts and Design student Nari Poluvan.

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Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition Quiz Bowl an intense blast with college marketing students

November 21, 2009

Sheridan's OCMC team supports their team-mates during The Quiz Bowl

The dynamic Quiz Bowl, the first activity of the 2009 Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC), was an intense blast as more than 400 students and faculty crowded Mohawk College’s McIntyre Theatre revved up to cheer their highly trained marketing student colleagues from thirteen Ontario colleges as they battled head to head for first place in the sometimes raucous and always challenging, fast-paced marketing knowledge competition.

Based on a game show concept, the 52 college marketers are pitted head to head in mixed teams of four randomly selected participants. Each team must answer a series of current marketing questions chosen from three top marketing textbooks – Contemporary Marketing, Boone, Nelson Thompson, Canadian Marketing in Action, Tuckwell, Pearson Education, and Marketing, Crane, McGraw-Hill, and from current issues of Marketing Magazine and Strategy Magazine.

Broadcaster Connie Smith, moderator of the OCMC 2009 Quiz Bowl

Broadcaster Connie Smith, this year’s Quiz Bowl moderator, kept the action moving swiftly, posing questions from the marketing literature amid the blasting buzzers and flashing lights, as each team furiously raced to be the first to answer.

Left Anna Misheal, Monique Pawlak, Jayme Bennett and Crystal Bennett are ready to do battle in the 2009 OCMC Quiz Bowl

The Quiz Bowl is the only public and collaborative competitive event at OCMC and is comprised of 13 teams of four students randomly selected from all the participating colleges. The competition proceeds as each team moves through the challenging elimination rounds until there are first, second, and third place winners.

This year’s first place OCMC Quiz Bowl winning team included Erin Francis, Georgian College, Rob Spinelli, Seneca College, Jonathan Samuel, Humber College and Fred Katchulan, Algonquin College.

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Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition 2009

November 20, 2009

Registering for the 2009 Ontario Colleges' Marketing Competition

More than 300 marketing program students, staff and faculty gathered in Hamilton, Ontario, site of this year’s Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition as Mohawk College sponsored the 3oth anniversary of the annual multi-college competition. The Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) brings together hundreds of highly motivated business students and expert faculty to showcase their business marketing talents and earn top awards for teamwork, sales, planning, and strategic thinking.

Sponsor Chartwells easily feeds the hungry competitiors before the OCMC Quiz Bowl

The prestigious OCMC competition, a two day event, is hosted annually by an individual college and is offered as a student-centred event with volunteer faculty providing organizational assistance and coaching. The OCMC provides business students with valuable learning experiences in a competitive forum and is funded annually by generous corporate sponsors, the Host College, and registration fees.

Sheridan's OCMC team cheers their team-mates during the Quiz Bowl

OCMC events include two types of competitive activities – the highly competitive Quiz Bowl, a multi-college team event, and the Case Events where students prepare either individually or in pairs.

The Quiz Bowl is the only public multi-team event in the OCMC where randomly chosen multi-college teams of four square off head to head to answer marketing quiz questions in 10 highly competitive lightning rounds.

Anna Misheal thinks carefully before answering

This year’s Quiz Bowl moderator, broadcaster Connie Smith posed questions from three top marketing textbooks and two current marketing magazines as students feverishly competed to be the first to answer in tense showdowns of marketing knowledge.

Multi-college Quiz Bowl teams face off under moderator Connie Smith.

The Case events include the Direct Marketing Case, The International Marketing Case, The Retailing Case, The Entrepreneurship Case, The Marketing Case, The Integrated Marketing Communications Plan, and The Sales Management Case. These events are open to students from a marketing or marketing related program and challenge students to analyze a problem situation, develop an appropriate marketing strategy, and present the solution in a professional manner.

Sheridan's OCMC team with Gerard Mercer, Dean, Sheridan School of Business

Also included in the Case Events are Marketing Research where participants develop a research proposal, The Job Interview where students interview for an entry-level position in Marketing, and The Sales Presentation where a student is challenged to organize and execute an effective sales presentation.

Sheridan School of Business OCMC team consists of 18 students in 11 events, coached by more than a dozen faculty.

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Sheridan’s HRIC hosts Graduate Networking Panel for School of Business Human Resources students

November 14, 2009
Jessica Chisamore

Jessica Chisamore, Manager of Human Resources for Salon Venere, networks with a group of Human Resources students about her somewhat unusual career path.

More than a dozen graduates of the Sheridan School of Business Human Resources Management program returned to Sheridan College to network with their undergraduate colleagues in the annual Human Resources Inter-Scholastic Council (HRIC) Graduate Panel event. School of Business faculty, and first, second, and third year Human Resources students got the unique opportunity to get up close and personal with HR graduates now working in the field during the event held in the Trafalgar Student Union Conexxion.

Group

Human Resource students got up close and personal with Jason Aurora, Sheridan graduate, to learn how to make it in an Human Resources career.

The undergraduate students were impressed by the Sheridan graduates who attended and took great advantage of the opportunities to speak with them during the networking event.

HRIC event organizers invited a wide variety of graduates to network with the Human Resources students, including graduates now working in the Human Resource field, graduates who were pursuing higher education, and a graduate who chose a different path and is now a successful lawyer practising in Hamilton.

Graduates of the Human Resources program were invited to present the story of their education, career path, and their current positions in a casual networking atmosphere.

Geoff Ramey

Students mine Geoff Ramey's experiences about his HR career path.

“These events put on by the HRIC are invaluable, because they provide opportunities to create a network with past grads who give some amazing advice. There are some tough decisions we have to make to qualify for the CHRP (Certified Human Resource Professional) and hearing first hand the choices previous grads made after finishing school makes the decision making process a bit simpler,” said Sophia Chaudhry, second year Human Resources student.

Rani Khan

Right, Rani Khan is now a succesful lawyer practising in Hamilton.

Attending this year’s event were Andrea Louc-Ricci TD Canada Trust, Robin Heroux, Cargill Ltd, Crystal McDonald, Shaw Communications, Ernest Wong, IKEA, Geoff Ramey, SAS Goldfields Ltd, Jason Aurora, Ericsson , Jeff Baliat, Allegis Group, Jenny Parsons, Grenville, Jessica Chisamore, Salon Venere, Jonathon Freeland, Katalogic Inc, Ryan Anderson, Pivotal Solutions, Grisselda Maradiaga, Aldershot Greenhouse Ltd, Brad Parker, The Stevens Co, Adam Baines, The Employment Solution, Rani Khan, Hamilton Mountain Legal and Community Services, and Ti Tran, currently at Ryerson.

“What I took away from this event was how important networking is – I highly recommend networking events like this one for any business student,” said Corey Clark, Human Resource student and HRIC Student Union contact person.

The HRIC organizing committee included event planners Julie Gawthroupe, Jo-Ann Mandau, Andrea Miksic, Sophia Chaudry, and members of the Sheridan School of Business, Human Resources Inter-Scholastic Council.

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Sheridan’s Business Process Management program receives accreditation by federal government council

November 9, 2009

Sheridan’s School of Business Process Management program in the Sheridan School of Business has been granted accreditation by the Canadian Supply Chain Sector Council (CSCSC), part of the Government of Canada’s Sector Council Program. The CSCSC’s National Accreditation Program standards are based on best practices and include requirements for needs assessment, design, development, delivery and student evaluation. To be accredited, a program must meet all of the standards.
The Business Process Management program is a new Ontario College Graduate Certificate program located at Davis Campus. The program offers an innovative delivery method with evening and weekend courses and extensive use of the case study method.

Congratulations to Scott Hadley and his program team for this achievement.

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Sheridan School of Business students get Bloomberg Terminal training to enhance their financial skills

November 9, 2009
Bloomberg Training

Sheridan School of Business students are enthused about their Bloomberg Training.

More than 35 Sheridan School of Business students recently gathered for an introductory training session on Sheridan’s Bloomberg Terminals provided by Jessica Gollish, Account Manager for the Bloomberg organization. The event organized by the Sheridan Bloomberg Club attracted students from nearly every Business Administration program offered at the college.

In the student sponsored event, Gollish, trainer for the Bloomberg organization demonstrated to Sheridan Business students why Bloomberg is one of the most powerful newswires in the world as it delivers information to more than 300 other newswires. Students attending the session learned how to package materials they download from the service and how to register to be able to log into the Bloomberg service.

“It was great seeing a student operated club organize a professional quality training session. All of the credit goes to Scott Marchand and the executive of the Sheridan Bloomberg Club for making it happen,” said Lou Schizas, faculty sponsor of the Sheridan Bloomberg Club.

Trainer

Jessica Gollish, Account Manager for Bloomberg, demonstrates how to use the financial terminals to Sheridan students.

Bloomberg delivers financial information and news for every industry from banking and government to sports and retail. Financial Analysis can be completed right at the terminal and then transformed into a highly presentable document.

Training for Bloomberg takes place on the computer terminal and is conducted through Bloomberg University, an online training program. Graduates of the training receive a certificate of completion from Bloomberg, a valued commodity among potential employers.

Sheridan College has Bloomberg Terminals at the Trafalgar and the Davis campuses located in the Library Learning Commons.

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