November 30, 2011
Financial Planning students Steven Hole, Rohan Sharma and Chris Hoeppler took a solid bronze in the recent CIFP Case Challenge Event
Sheridan Financial Planning students recently had an opportunity to test their skills against students from five other colleges at the annual Canadian Institute of Financial Planners (CIFP) Case Challenge Event placing third overall behind Centennial and George Brown College. The Sheridan Faculty of Business team included Steven Hole, Rohan Sharma and Chris Hoeppler with Professor Sidney Liburd and Associate Dean, Rob Giberson.
Hosted by Centennial College in Scarborough, the November CIFP Case Challenge competition included participants from Centennial; Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning; George Brown College; Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning; Mohawk College; and Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology.
“This is a great opportunity to showcase and demonstrate the fine job that these institutions are doing with financial services students,” said Keith Costello, president and CEO of The Canadian Institute of Financial Planning. “It’s a really good indication of where our highly skilled manpower in financial services is going to be coming from in the next 10 to 20 years.”
During the CIFP Case Challenge Event the students are divided into teams of two or three members, a financial case is given to the teams, and they have 90 minutes to craft a plan for that case. The teams each have 20 minutes to present their plans to a panel. The panel asks follow-up questions about the plan following the presentation. The teams are marked on the criteria of time management, creativity and presentation skills.
This event marks the second CIFP competition, last year’s competition was held exclusively for Centennial College students. In future, Costello hopes more colleges across the province — and, eventually, the country — will participate in the competition.
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November 28, 2011
The Honourable Peter Milliken
Please join us on November 29, 2011 in the Hazel McCallion Lecture Theatre (A145) from 5:00-8:30 pm as Sheridan Faculty of Business welcomes the Honourable Peter Milliken, Retired Speaker of Canada’s House of Commons.
The Honourable Mr. Milliken will be conducting a presentation on Democratic Diplomacy Across Political Boundaries. The evening will include an opportunity for paricipants to socialize with Sheridan students, faculty & alumni and share a light dinner starting at 5:00pm.
If you unable to attend the dinner, the presentation begins at 6:30pm. Come meet The Honourable Mr. Milliken, a national figure and share his insight to democracy and diplomacy from various parts of the world with the chance to gain knowledge on different international perspectives, leadership styles and organizational structures.
Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 until his retirement in 2011 and served as Speaker of the House for 10 years beginning in 2001. Milliken represented the Ontario riding of Kingston and the Islands as a member of the Liberal Party. On October 12, 2009, he became the longest serving Speaker of the House of Commons in Canadian history. His Speakership was notable for the number of tie-breaking votes he was required to make as well as for making several historic rulings.
To attend this event please RSVP by emailing sarah.bell@sheridanc.on.ca
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November 28, 2011
The 2011 Sheridan Faculty of Business Ontario Colleges' Marketing Competition Team and coaches
Sheridan Faculty of Business Advertising and Marketing program students walked away with three solid wins at the recent Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) – a Gold Award for Entrepreneurship, a Silver Award in The Quiz Bowl and a Bronze Award for Sales Account Management. The Entrepreneurship Team included Stephanie Smith and Meghan MacPherson coached by Doug Greenwood, The Quiz Bowl Team included James Dolan, Lajwinderjit Kaur, Travis MacDougall and David Whyte, coached by Annie Tarzi and Golnaz Golnaraghi, and The Sales Account Management Team included Tanya Ludwig and Kyle Todd, coached by Maureen Garbutt.
Twenty-two Sheridan Faculty of Business Advertising and Marketing students competed in 11 events at OCMC 2011 including the highly charged and competitive Quiz Bowl event which pits mixed teams of students from all the colleges in a head-to-head showdown to correctly answer the most marketing questions drawn from recent marketing and advertising events, magazines and textbooks. The case events included The Marketing Management Event with Mahfuz Chowdury and Marc Brajac coached by Anne-Liisa Longmore and Brian Kasta, The International Marketing Event with Karan Panthaky and Christine Rowland coached by Chuck Minken, The Integrated Marketing Communication Event with Kylie Dalgleish and Dane McBurnie coached by Peggy Barnwell, The Retail Event with Joshua Thompsen and Ellie Papadimas coached by Guillermo Wilches, The Marketing Research Event with Paul Taylor and Noel Paglinawan coached by Greg Ball, The Direct Marketing Event which included Harmeet Bhatti and Alexander Dissauer coached by Fred Douglas, The Sales Presentation Event with competitor Anna Misheal coached by Keith Barnwell and The Job Interview with Mathew Norris coached by Sue Ronchka and Cathryn Oliver.
Sheridan Faculty of Business students prepared for these highly competitive OCMC events with their faculty coaches for weeks prior to the event. At this year’s OCMC, 13 Ontario Colleges brought more than 250 highly competitive business students representing the most intelligent, most articulate, and the most creative Marketing and Advertising students to compete in the annual two day Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition.
“Sheridan’s OCMC students are all of an exceptionally high calibre. Our selection process is so rigorous that only the top performers are chosen to represent the Sheridan Faculty of Business. All of our students at OCMC 2011 gave the maximum effort and everyone at Sheridan is extremely proud of their performance,” said Professor Doug Greenwood, OCMC faculty organizer for Sheridan Faculty of Business.
OCMC 2011 was hosted this year by Humber College and OCMC 2012 will be hosted by Centennial College. OCMC 2010 was hosted by Sheridan College, last year’s overall top scorer in the competition.
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November 28, 2011
Marketing professor, Doug Greenwood is 2011 recipient of the OCMC Award of Excellence
Professor Doug Greenwood, Sheridan Faculty of Business is the recipient of the Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC) Award of Excellence for 2011.
Each year, one individual, college or sponsor is recognized with the OCMC Award of Excellence in recognition of the exceptional work in furtherance of this annual college marketing competition.
“The Award of Excellence was a total surprise to me - it was an honor to be recognized by the OCMC provincial representatives with the award. The meat and potatoes of our work at Sheridan on OCMC is the team selection and the week to week training we do with students which then culminates in the event itself. Awards like this are the gravy, but the gravy is very nice indeed,’ said Greenwood.
Previous recipients of the OCMC Award of Excellence include 2010 Stephen Janisse, St. Clair College, 2009 Pat Kolodziejski, Mohawk College, 2008 Marianne Mirando, Seneca College, 2007 Dwight Dyson, Centennial College, 2006 McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, Pearson Education Canada and Thomson Nelson, 2005 David Nowell Sheridan College, 2004 Barb Watts, Georgian College, 2003 Noni Stukel, Algonquin College, and 2002 Kip Tuckwell, St. Lawrence College.
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November 28, 2011
Lisa Symons and David Nowell present The Lydiatt Award to Bryan Abichandani, Centennial College
David Nowell presented the fifth annual William and Margaret Lydiatt Award to Centennial College student Bryan Abichandani at the recent Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition (OCMC).
Created by Sheridan College Professor David Nowell through an inheritance from the Lydiatt family, The Lydiatt Award commemorates two remarkable Canadians. William Lydiatt gave Marketing Magazine its name and was its publisher for 36 of the 100 plus years during which that magazine has been such a part of our profession. Margaret Lydiatt was William’s favored niece and she supported him through illness later in his life.
The award is offered to OCMC competitors based on three criteria. A student who supports others and works exceptionally hard, demonstrates exceptional commitment to OCMC, and has overcome extraordinary adversity and inspires others.
While the award was conceived and created in 2006, it was approved by the OCMC organizing committee for award in 2007. For 2006, The Lydiatt Award was a Sheridan College award and the winner was Chantelle Simard, whose Sheridan team-mates found her to be incredibly supportive of them. She also was a last-minute replacement for the Sheridan’s team in an OCMC event and gave extra effort to do well in it.
Other winners include in 2010 Scott Landry of Mohawk College, 2009 Shauna Proctor of Contestoga College, 2008 Algonquin Student Sarah Ormon, and 2007 Victoria George of Seneca College. Sadly, Victoria George died in April 2009 after falling ill while on vacation in Mexico. What began as a severe asthma attack led to an emergency trip back to Canada where she died in hospital with her family by her side. All who knew Victoria George were devastated by the news.
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November 27, 2011
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business film series Ethics in Business continues Tuesday November 29 at 7:00 pm in Room A145 at the Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga with Super Size Me, the story of Morgan Spurlock and his journey of epic proportions through a McDonalds only diet.
From the IMDB website:
Several legal suits have been brought against McDonald’s Restaurants that they are knowingly selling food that is unhealthy. Some of the court decisions have stated that the plaintiffs would have a claim if they could prove that eating the food every day for every meal is dangerous. As such, documentarian Morgan Spurlock conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald’s for thirty days, three meals a day. If he is asked by the clerk if he would like the meal super sized, he has to say yes. And by the end of the thirty days, he will have had to have eaten every single menu item at least once. Before starting the experiment, he is tested by three doctors – a general practitioner, a cardiologist and a gastroenterologist – who pronounce his general health to be outstanding. They will also monitor him over the thirty days to ensure that he is not placing his health into irreparable damage.
Sheridan’s film series continues next Tuesday at 7:00 pm with Inside Job.
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November 23, 2011
HRIC member Rob Capone explains the benefits of purchasing Movember items.
Sheridan Faculty of Business Human Resource Inter-Scholastic Committee (HRIC) Mo Stache Fo Mo Cash team is currently top of the leader board for Sheridan College donations for Movember, with more than over $900 pledged to date.
Under faculty sponsor Laurie Kondo, the HRIC team composed of Human Resources students from the Trafalgar Campus have created several activities to raise awareness of prostate cancer and participate in the Movember campaign.
“Movember is important for men and women in the HR program at Sheridan; it has united us in a common cause for community service and I am thrilled with the energy and committment our HRIC team has shown,” said Laurie Kondo, Professor, Human Resources program.
The HRIC also have tables booked near Tim Hortons in the B wing at Trafalgar Campus every Monday where they are collecting donations and selling Movember memorabilia to Sheridan faculty, staff and students.
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November 20, 2011
Suzy Q - Better Decorating Bible
In a few short months Suzy Cacic, a second year Business Administration Finance student has charged the blogoshere with her own entry Better Decorating Bible writing several blog posts per week as Suzy Q and capturing the hearts and minds of a large audience. Cacic has also started to create her own product line of high-end decorator pillows under her own Suzy Q brand name.
Suzy Q says she started interior decorating when she was 10 or 11 years old, often re-making rooms in her parent’s home from her own ideas and from decorating magazines. Over the years her expertise has grown and finally last year Suzy Q started to blog about interior decorating in Better Decorating Bible. Suzy Q says the reaction to her blog has been fantastic with many readers posting comments to her blogs and requesting decorating advice.
Recently Suzy Q was featured in a full length Homes-Extra story Expressing Herself As Suzy Q published in the Toronto Sun about her decorating career and her blog. Meanwhile, enjoy Suzy Q’s Better Decorating Bible blog and if you have any questions about decorating or want to purchase some high-end made to order decorative pillows – just call her Suzy Q contact@betterdecoratingbible.com
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November 19, 2011
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business film series Ethics in Business continues Tuesday November 22 at 7:00 pm in Room A145 at the Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga with Social Network,the story of how the social network Facebook was founded.
From the IMDB website:
On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history… but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
Sheridan’s film series continues next Tuesday November 29 at 7:00 pm with Super Size Me.
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November 18, 2011
Simone Birthwright, Mahfuz Chowdhury, Angela Wigfield, Sylvia You, Alisha Dennis, Arianne Martin
When Sheridan Student Services group were looking for someone to give a motivational talk to their Student Admissions Representative (STARs) the first person who came to mind was Mahfuz Chowdury.
Chowdury, a second year Faculty of Business Marketing student located at the Trafalgar Campus in Oakville, has taken his life experiences and his entrepreneurial spirit to re-invent himself as a motivational speaker. Chowdury shares his story in his seminars on how personal development has opened doors for him. He stresses the importance of always keeping a positive attitude. Chowdhury’s message to his audience is simple – always keep a positive attitude.
“It is easy to have a positive attitude when everything is going right, but a champion has a positive attitude when everything is going wrong,” said Chowdhury.
Chowdhury’s venture is called Project Reinvention and his goal is to help students reinvent themselves through personal development which he defines as any activity that helps a person become self-aware and therefore help improve themself.
Alisha Denis, On-Campus Recruitment Officer for Trafalgar Campus explains the effect that Mahfuz had on the Sheridan STARs. “It’s never easy to get into the minds of a particular audience to influence them, but Mahfuz’s energy and words not only got into their minds but also their hearts. Our students left energized, informed, motivated, excited, and empowered. You can’t ask for more from a motivational speaker. I look forward to following Mahfuz’s career and discovering how I may use his talents next,” said Denis.
Chowdhury has spoken to student groups several times for Sheridan Student Services.
Mahfuz Chowdhury is also a member of the Sheridan Business program’s Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition team and will compete in the Marketing Case Event with team partner Marc Brajak at the coming OCMC event, hosted this year by Humber College November 24-25.
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November 10, 2011
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead: Short days ago,
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved: and now we lie
In Flanders fields!
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you, from failing hands, we throw
The torch: be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die,
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields
Composed at the battlefront on May 3, 1915 during the second battle of Ypres, Belgium by Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae.
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November 7, 2011
Hildegard Salama
Faculty of Business Operations Manager, Charlene Craddock is pleased to announce the following changes in support staff at the Trafalgar Faculty of Business operation.
Hildegard Salama is replacing Lesley Rumsby, who is on maternity leave. Hildegard is the contact for year two and three Accounting, Banking and Wealth Management, E-commerce, Finance, General and Marketing programs at the Trafalgar campus. Hildegard can be reached at extension 2237 or hildegard.salama@sheridanc.on.ca
Erin Mitzel
We are also pleased to welcome Erin Mitzel to the Faculty of Business as temporary receptionist.
Erin is replacing Hildegard Salama at the Trafalgar Reception Desk located in B326 until Lesley Rumsby’s return. Erin can be reached at extension 2934 or erin.mitzel @sheridanc.on.ca
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November 6, 2011
Publicity poster from Food Inc.
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business film series Ethics in Business continues Tuesday November 8 at 7:00 pm in Room A145 at the Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga with Food Inc., a look at how food is now produced for the consumer market and the surrounding ethical challenges facing legitimate producers.
From the film website:
In Food, Inc., filmmaker Robert Kenner lifts the veil on our nation’s food industry, exposing the highly mechanized underbelly that has been hidden from the American consumer with the consent of our government’s regulatory agencies, USDA and FDA. Our nation’s food supply is now controlled by a handful of corporations that often put profit ahead of consumer health, the livelihood of the American farmer, the safety of workers and our own environment. We have bigger-breasted chickens, the perfect pork chop, herbicide-resistant soybean seeds, even tomatoes that won’t go bad, but we also have new strains of E. coli—the harmful bacteria that causes illness for an estimated 73,000 Americans annually. We are riddled with widespread obesity, particularly among children, and an epidemic level of diabetes among adults.
Sheridan Faculty of Business Dean, Bill Holmes is pleased to present the Tuesday evening film series Ethics in Business at the Hazel McCallion campus. The film series covers a number of issues in business ethics from corporate responsibility to social media begins Tuesday October 18 at 7:00 pm in room A145 at HMC and runs for eight weeks concluding on Tuesday December 6, 2011. All showing times will start at 7:00 pm.
Next week, November 15, 2011 will feature filmmaker Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story
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November 3, 2011
Sheridan Office Administration students and graduates supplied administrative support to the Mississauga Summit 2011
More than 25 Sheridan Faculty of Business, Office Administration students, graduates and faculty volunteered to supply scribe and administrative services to the participants of the recent Mississauga Summit.
The Mississauga Summit, held at the University of Toronto, Mississauga (UTM) brought together participants to brainstorm five Big Ideas for the future of the City of Mississauga.
Coordinated by Nancy Barrington, the Sheridan Faculty of Business, Office Administration students and graduates volunteered in a variety of ways – mainly by e-recording, using their laptops, the highlights of each presentation, and assisting with distributing information to participants, taking pictures, participating in the audience, and networking with the community. Lisa Mendes and Kellie Hayward, professors in the Office Administration programs, also assisted with organizing the students during the Summit.
Sheridan Office Administration students with Mayor Hazel McCallion at the recent Mississauga Summit
Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion and Calgary’s Mayor Neshi were in attendance as various task forces presented five “big ideas” for Mississauga on the waterfront, diversity, human services (health and social services), post-secondary education, and jobs.
The ideas include a waterfront development corporation to determine the fate of 450 acres of land; a business network for UTM, Sheridan College and two local hospitals; an innovation centre comparable to MaRS in downtown Toronto for start-up businesses; a “neighbourhoods-at-risk strategy” for social services in one community; and a diversity council for the large immigrant community.
Summit participant and Sheridan Faculty of Business, Dean, William Holmes praised the coordinators, faculty and students of the Office Administration programs.
“Our students showed an exceptional level of professionalism and I was proud to have them at the Summit representing Sheridan and the Faculty of Business, please accept my thanks and sincere appreciation”, said Holmes.
The Mississauga Summit is the fourth in an ongoing series that began in 2007 and is modeled after Greater Toronto’s CivicAction — a way to engage residents by having them contribute their own plans.
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November 3, 2011
Marketing student Austin Colenutt and ECE student Tory Ramsey in their Movember fund-raising mode
Sheridan Student Union students have formed Movember Crews to help raise money and and boost awareness for Prostate Cancer.
Sheridan President Jeff Zabudsky has offered his Movember Mo’ as the stimulus in the fund-raising drive challenging Sheridan students and faculty to donate to vote Yes – Keep the Mo’ or, No – Lose the Mo’.
Sheridan faculty, staff and students can donate at any Sheridan Student Union building at Trafalgar, Davis, HMC, or STC until Friday November 4 when President Zabudsky will face the final Mo’ – ment!
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