Sheridan School of Business and Sheridan Alumni host reception for the new City Centre campus

June 30, 2010

Jon Jones, Interim Dean welcomes Sheridan School of Business alumni to the reception.

Sheridan School of Business alumni, faculty and staff had a unique chance to mingle and meet while viewing the new plans and the current state of construction of the new Mississauga City Centre Campus. The event hosted by Sheridan Alumni and the Sheridan School of Business also featured a panel from the construction hoarding where alumni and faculty could sign their names and leave a lasting message for future Sheridan School of Business students.

Mississauga Mayor, Hazel McCallion greets Dr. Jeff Zabudsky, President, Sheridan College while circulating with alumni and faculty.

More than 100 Sheridan School of Business alumni and faculty heard the latest information about the new Mississauga City Centre campus first-hand at the Living Arts Centre. Michael Cloutier (Business Marketing ’79) Chair of the Sheridan Board of Governors, and Sheridan Hall of Fame inductee, and Sheridan President, Jeff Zabudsky, shared plans for the new facility which will open in 2011 in the City Centre.

Dr. Zabudsky praised alumni for exemplifying the benefits of a Sheridan College business education, and invited the Sheridan School of Business grads to serve as ambassadors for the new campus.

Sheridan alumni Chris Galante, President and CEO Bass Paper and Packaging.

Jon Jones, Acting Dean, Sheridan School of Business, expressed his satisfaction in working closely with alumni partners and thanked them for their roles as program advisors, mentors, and current and future employers. Jones outlined the wide range of programming to be available at the City Centre Campus which will be geared to post-graduate and undergraduate students at different phases in their careers. In addition to the Sheridan School of Business programs, the City Centre Campus will also provide programs for new immigrants to Canada.

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Sheridan College Convocation 2010 an exciting close for Sheridan School of Business graduates

June 14, 2010

Business Administration students proceed into Hammerson Hall at Sheridan College Convocation 2010

Families, friends, and guests watched with pride as more than 1000 Sheridan School of Business students graduated from their programs in two ceremonies at Convocation 2010 Sheridan College.  Hammerson Hall at the Mississauga Living Arts Centre was the site of the recent Sheridan College convocations with graduates from 27 Business programs in the annual graduation event.

Dr. Jeff Zabudsky confers Human Resource graduate Alix Rust with her diploma while Board of Governors Vice-Chair, Bob Kaye looks on.

Graduates from the Business Administration programs were conferred with their diploma at the morning ceremony, while graduates of Advertising, Office Administration, Court and Tribunal Agent, Paralegal, and Tourism and Travel programs and the graduate certificate programs including Financial Planning, Business Process Management, and Project Management received their diploma in the afternoon ceremony.

Convocation speaker Craig Worden, Pollara Strategic Insights

The Sheridan Business convocations featured speakers Craig Worden, Senior Vice-president and Managing Director – Public Affairs Pollara Strategic Insights, and Ginny Dybenko, Dean, School of Business and Economics, Wilfred Laurier University, who each shared their particular insights into making connections in the current business milieu.

Alumni speakers, Seth Stover, Marketing 2009 and Rosana Filipe, Human Resources 2008 each brought greetings to the new graduates of their recent journeys along the career path. Valedictory addresses were delivered by Lindsay Sherry,  Advertising 2010, and Laurie Bouchard, Accounting 2010.

2010 Sheridan School of Business graduates

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Sheridan School of Business Academic Awards 2010 fills MacDonald Heaslip Hall with a capacity crowd

June 9, 2010

Some of the more than 120 Academic Award winners fill the stage for a photo free for all.

The recent Sheridan School of Business Academic Awards evening filled Sheridan’s MacDonald Heaslip Hall to capacity as more than 100 awards valued at more than $60,000 were conferred on worthy Sheridan Business students. The event began for Sheridan students, their families, friends, and loved ones with a light buffet and culminated with the awards ceremony.

Broadcaster, Lou Schizas is Master of Ceremonies

Financial expert and broadcaster Lou Schizas was master of ceremonies for the college event that annually awards students who distinguish themselves as high achieving academics, college leaders, or community leaders. Corporate and individual sponsors generously contribute to the Sheridan School of Business awards.

Carolyn Ferreira

The event, hosted by retiring interim Dean Carolyn Ferreira, included guests, Senior Vice-president Academic Mary Preece, and Jeff Zabudsky, President and CEO, Sheridan College.

Dr.  Zabudsky provided the keynote address for the event and invited students and families to visit the site of the new Sheridan School of Business to be officially opened for September 2011. The new Mississauga campus, located on City Centre Boulevard, next to the Mississauga City Hall, in Mississauga, will be a state of the art facility for the Sheridan School of Business, and a cornerstone of Sheridan College’s on-going activities in the Mississauga area.

Jeff Zabudsky, President and CEO Sheridan College

In addition to the more than 100 students awards, the event was also marked by the induction of Tina D’elassandro Powell, a Sheridan School of Business graduate who also has distinguished herself in the world of publishing and community giving. Powell is a distinguished author and the President and CEO of Big Fat Pen Publishing Inc and has published more than 600,000 childrens’ books.

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