Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion Campus continues to evolve to completion in the heart of Mississauga

April 19, 2011

Construction continues on Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus

Construction of Sheridan’s new Hazel McCallion Campus located at Mississauga City Centre continues apace with workers striving to complete classrooms inside and the exterior facade of the building.

The view of the campus from Duke of York Blvd.

When complete, the Hazel McCallion Campus will house programs for Sheridan College’s graduate, undergraduate and degree business programs starting in Fall 2011.

The campus will accommodate 1,760 students, including 1200 business students and 560 spaces dedicated to the training and re-training of new Canadians, foreign-trained professionals and unemployed workers. The campus will be leading edge in its design, services and programming, and will reflect the Creative Campus for Sheridan.

Looking northward from Square One

Innovative Student Services will be available to allow for one-stop service and on-line, in-person and just-in-time support. The Campus will be the hub for business education for international and internationally trained individuals.

Business program options will include a variety of diploma and graduate certificate

Sheridan College Hazel McCallion campus in Mississauga

programs, while new Canadians will be able to access language training, career advice and employment assessment services at Sheridan’s new Hazel McCallion Mississauga campus.

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Welcome to Hollywood is theme of Tourism and Travel students’ gala event

April 18, 2011

Ridan, the Sheridan Tourism and Travel mascot secures the Hollywood awards

Sheridan Tourism and Travel students recently hosted Welcome to Hollywood to thank industry placement supervisors and Program Advisory Committee members for their support throughout the year. More than 125 travel industry people and Sheridan students gathered to mix, mingle and enjoy the Hollywood themed songs of The Jeremy Tozer Band, the chocolate fountain, the delicious buffet and the Sheridan-themed cupcakes at Connexions located in Sheridan’s Student Centre.

The Welcome to Hollywood Travel and Tourism student organizing group

“This stellar example of experiential learning is just one component of the Tourism and Travel program. Graduates of our Program use the real life, hands on business training provided by Sheridan College to go into many areas of the Tourism and Travel Industry, including the exciting world of Meetings and Events Planning and Incentive Travel Planning,” said Victoria Renton, Coordinator, Sheridan Tourism and Travel program.

A delicious buffet was a main attraction for everyone

The event was fully planned and implemented by members of the 4th semester Introduction to Meetings and Events class. The event assignment was focused on experiential learning for the students who were divided into teams based on their interests: Décor, Food and Beverage, Media and Program. A leader was nominated for each team and then overseen by the Assistant Coach. These leaders comprised the Management Team for the event.

“The event was better than expected and I was truly honoured to be the Assistant Coach. Everyone worked very hard and I thank them dearly,” said Christopher Wade, Assistant Coach.

Tourism and Travel students enjoy the event

“Our event turned out to be everything and more than I could have ever expected. We worked so hard for this event and I couldn’t have asked for better teammates and friends by my side. Teamwork really pays off,” said Stephanie McDougall, Decor Team Leader.

Cupcake stars for a great ending.

The 2011 Management Team was co-led by Assistant Coaches Christopher Wade (also the CFO) and Maria Astakhova. Stephanie McDougall created the décor with her team. Sabrina Bento and her team ensured that guests enjoyed a variety of cuisine options. Jazmine Davey and her team designed the invitations, name tags and media for the event. Benoit Ricard along with his team produced the program that featured an appearance of the Jeremy Tozer Band playing familiar movie theme songs.

The Jeremy Tozer Band belted out the Hollywood hits.

Welcome to Hollywood demonstrated the importance of truly working together as a team to produce a successful glamorous event. Congratulations to the Sheridan Tourism and Travel program team!

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Discover Sheridan 2011 Business students get glimpse of new Mississauga campus

April 15, 2011

Dr. William Holmes welcomes first year business students and their parents to Discover Sheridan 2011

Dr. William Holmes. Dean of the Sheridan Faculty of Business welcomed incoming first year business students and shared the vision of the new Hazel McCallion Campus currently being constructed in Mississauga City Centre. Incoming students and their parents watched a video of the new campus hosted by Dr. Jeff Zabudsky and featuring the new academic design elements of the campus located conveniently at the heart of the Mississauga City Centre.

Alumni Seth Stover recounts his experience in Sheridan Marketing programs

Dr. Holmes was aided in his presentation by several alumni, including Seth Stover, a graduate of the Marketing program and winner of several awards at the prestigious Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC).  Rogen’s message to the student candidates was to engage in all the activities that the college has to offer.  He confided to the audience that his first plan was to grab his diploma and run until he found out about activities like the OCMC marketing competition and the Marketing Students Association and he quickly changed his mind and turned his college experience into more than a simple education.

The Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga City Centre

The new Hazel McCallion Campus will become the centre of the Faculty of Business and eventually be home to all the graduate, undergraduate, diploma and degree business programs that Sheridan offers.

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Canadian Society of Technical Analysts April meeting at Sheridan College, Oakville

April 7, 2011

Lou Schizas

Sheridan Faculty of Business professor Lou Schizas invites everyone to join him for the Wednesday April 13 meeting of the Canadian Society of Technical Analysts (CSTA) held at the Trafalgar campus of Sheridan College in room J320 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm. Speaker Tim Reazor, Director of IDB Meetup Education, will discuss Using Investor’s Business Daily to Maximize Your Profits.

Reazor’s thesis is: In an extensive study of the greatest winning stocks over the past 125 years, the biggest winners shared seven common characteristics before they make big price moves.  Identifying these seven characteristics in companies today can help you find which stocks are most likely to be the next top-performers.

The CSTA says that by attending this class you’ll discover out how to quickly identify leading stocks while learning to make better buy and sell decisions.  At the end of the class you’ll walk away with a watch list of stocks and an action plan for successful investing.  There will be actionable skills taught, so members will leave with practical tips they can use and apply—regardless of whether or not they subscribe to IBD.

Tim Reazor is the Director of Investor’s Business Daily’s Meetup Investor Education, the program that brings IBD investors together each month to meet, learn, and profit. He also leads the IBD Speaker Outreach Program, which sends IBD speakers throughout North America, providing introductory, intermediate, and advanced investing seminars to individual and professional investors. Tim has been successful at guiding investors and teaching them how to spot emerging growth stocks that meet IBD’s CAN SLIM criteria

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Sheridan College Tourism and Travel students visit iconic Delta Chelsea Hotel in Toronto

April 4, 2011

60 Sheridan College Tourism and Travel students prepare to visit Toronto's Delta Chelsea Hotel with professor Omar Smith

Ensuring that Sheridan’s Tourism and Travel students get real hands-on training is one of the most important aspects of the two-year program, says Victoria Renton, coordinator of Sheridan College’s Tourism and Travel program.  With that mandate in mind, 60 Sheridan Tourism and Travel students, accompanied by instructor Omar Smith, recently visited Canada’s largest hotel, The Delta Chelsea, located at 33 Gerrard St. in the centre of Toronto’s Entertainment District.

“The familiarization trip gave our Sheridan students the opportunity to see meeting and convention space, guest rooms (suites and standard rooms) and front and back of the house areas at one of the largest hotel operations in the city,” said Renton.

Delta Chelsea Room

Students were given guided tours of the rooms they will be booking for clients, an in-depth look at the convention centre space and its functions, and an inside look at hotel operations from the guest perspective at the front of house and from the hotel’s perspective through the actual back of the house operation.

“The trip is useful to the students as it gives them a baseline standardization of what a Canadian 4 star hotel offers. They can use this as a guide for all hotels in Canada when it comes service, quality, and facilities,” said Renton.

“Visiting the Delta Chelsea with my class was a great insight into the accommodation aspect of travel and tourism. Seeing the mechanics of how a larger scale hotel operates was an eye opening experience and made me realize which sector in the travel and tourism industry I would like to to get into, ” said Stephen Crawford, first year Tourism and Travel student.

Honeymoon Suite

The Delta Chelsea in an iconic property for the Delta brand in Canada and is the largest hotel in the nation. Sheridan College Tourism and Travel students were invited for an up-close and personal look at Delta Hotel’s brand awareness, Delta accommodations, their target clientele, rates, decor, products, services and ambiance.

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