Faculty of Business Paralegal Students invade Brampton Provincial Offences Court

April 19, 2012

Sheridan Faculty of Business Paralegal mock-trial participants.

An overwhelming number of Sheridan Faculty of Business Paralegal students found themselves in Provincial Offences Court over the past three weeks – luckily not to defend themselves on charges but to participate in mock trials. All first year Paralegal students in the Civil Trial Procedure and Advocacy course spent the term preparing for their big day (or rather evening) in court representing a Plaintiff or a Defendant in a Small Claims Court trial.

Judges, recruited from the legal community, included Sheridan Faculty of Business Paralegal graduates and lawyers with over 30 years’ experience.

Lisa Trabucco, Paralegal program Coordinator, with the mock-trial judges.

“Advocacy is a key component of the two year Paralegal Program and students welcome any chance they can get to stand on their feet and develop their skills,” said Netta Romano Coordinator, Sheridan Paralegal program.

“Participants on both sides of the bench found it to be a positive learning experience, said Lisa Trabucco, Coordinator and Student Advisor, Paralegal program.

Although nervous before the trial began, students responded positively to the opportunity to conduct a trial in an authentic courtroom setting.  Well done students and as they say on TV, see you in court!

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Sheridan Engineering and Marketing students work in joint venture to promote Formula SAE racing car

April 18, 2012

Sheridan Engineering and Marketing students cooperated in the joint venture Day at The Races for Sheridan

In a joint venture, Sheridan College Faculty of Applied Science and Technology engineering and Faculty of Business marketing students organized the highly successful Day at the Races for Sheridan Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) Racing Car event recently at Sheridan’s Davis campus in Brampton.  The event brought the feel and excitement of the race track to Sheridan’s Athletic Complex to raise funds to build Sheridan’s Formula SAE racing car.  Sheridan’s SAE racing car will be the first entry by an Ontario Community College to compete against entries by university teams.

Remote car racing - one of the many events at A Day at the Races for Sheridan

Formula SAE  is an engineering competition providing students with the opportunity to design, manufacture and tune performance vehicles geared at the enthusiast weekend autocross racer. Sheridan FAST Engineering students have been working to design and build the car and are enthusiastic about participating in a high level competition.  Competitions are held at several locations across the globe, and with the help of their sponsors Panasonic, Brampton Firefighters and others, Sheridan plans to attend SAE East, Detroit, Michigan and SAE North, Barrie, Ontario.

The crowd cheers for their favorites at A Day at The Races for Sheridan

Day at the Races for Sheridan is part of Sheridan Faculty of Business marketing students’ effort to build a stronger school community while gaining event organization experience, and will feature Remote Control Car Races, a display of Sheridan FAST Engineering students’ SAE Car and design plans, a Hotdog Eating Contest, Brampton Firefighters signing recipe books, music and more.

Sheridan’s Formula SAE Racing Car project  provides a unique opportunity for Engineering and Business students to work together to gain valuable real life experience. Students work with faculty, and automotive suppliers and business to design and build the car, and to plan and manage the business side.

Sheridan engineering student, Chris Matthews says “The experience has shown me how to take what I have learned in engineering, design and drafting and put it into practice. It is a real challenge to build the parts you have designed.”

Stefan Yasin, a Sheridan marketing student and car enthusiast described his experience as “Learning how the design-build process works going from software into a hands-on model (3 D printing) then to the final part.  He noted seeing it go full circle connects all the pieces you learn in a practical way.”

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Sheridan Faculty of Business students sweep case competition sponsored by Supply Chain and Logistics Canada

April 16, 2012

First Place Team: Murad Qureshi, Arpan Dangi, Clar Jingco and Vinaika Mansukhani

Three Sheridan Faculty of Business teams from the Global Business Management program swept the top three places in the SCL Canada Case Competition. This first time event sponsored by SCL Canada is designed as a competition between students rather than institutions. The event was hosted at George Brown College and students competed from: Sheridan, Humber, George Brown, Conestoga and Grant McKeown University.

 

Second place finishers: Julia Sule, Mishka Cooke and Rania Anani

Sheridan Global Business Management students teams swept the event: First place finishers: 3rd year students Murad Qureshi, Arpan Dangi, Clar Jingco and Vinaika Mansukhani. Second place finishers: 3rd year students Julia Sule, Mishka Cooke and 2nd year Rania Anani. Third place finishers: 2nd year students Nick Burton, David Boodoo, Gyllena Annandsingh, and Vince Agliote. Sheridan Faculty of Business coaches for the event are professors Chuck Minken, Phil Adams, and Olga Kaminer.

Third place finishers: Nick Burton, David Boodoo, Gyllena Annandsingh, and Vince Agliote

“I had the privilege of watching all the presentations and our students demonstrated in-depth case analysis capability, strong numerical, written skills, teamwork skills and very strong presentation skills. We are proud of all of them and grateful to the coaches and all the Global Business Management professors who work so hard incorporating the case teaching method throughout our curriculum. It is a time for all of us to reflect that this teaching methodology does help foster strong analysis and critical thinking skills. I am proud of everyone,” said Chuck Minken, Professor and Coordinator, Global Business Management.

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Spain Specialist designation conferred on Tourism and Travel students by Embassy of Spain in Canada

April 7, 2012

Sheridan Tourism and Travel students receive their Spain Specialist designation from Mr. Jose Manuel de Juan, Consul of The Spanish Embassy in Canada

Sheridan Faculty of Business Tourism and Travel students recently were awarded their Spain Specialist certification as part of Selling Destinations 3, Sheridan’s Tourism and Travel course on selling European destinations by Mr Jose Manuel de Juan, the Consul in charge of Tourism Affairs, from the Embassy of Spain in Canada. Sheridan’s Tourism and Travel students, who graduate in June 2012 were given brochures, sales guides, maps and DVDs, from The Tourist Office of Spain and completed the specialist training online. Students at Sheridan College have received tremendous support from Mr Jose Manuel de Juan, the Consul in charge of Tourism Affairs, from the Embassy of Spain in Canada.

To become a certified Spain Specialist students had to complete all 12 modules on the I Learn Spain site and successfully achieve 70% or higher on their Selling Destinations Spain test.

“The Spain Specialist Program is an informative way to find out all the need to know area’s and all the nice to know information about the Spain. It is a great learning tool and helps get you excited about being part of the Spain Specialist team. I’m pleased that we had the opportunity to complete the program while we were at Sheridan because usually you must be working in the field to achieve Spain Specialist status,” said Bob Hughes, Sheridan Travel and Tourism student.

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Faculty of Business Accounting students compete in prestigious CGA Case Competition in Kingston

April 5, 2012

Trafalgar CGA Team Jack Leung, Sarah Morales, Natacha Buttar

Sheridan Faculty of Business Accounting students from Davis and Trafalgar campus recently competed in the second annual CGA Ontario Case Competition hosted by St. Lawrence College, their School of Business and CGA Ontario. The prestigious event brought together  22 teams of top accounting students from 16 Ontario Colleges to participate this year in Kingston, Ontario. Students battled for nearly $10,000 in scholarships for the CGA program of professional studies. Challenges include case preparation, social games and a quiz bowl judged by Kingston-area CGAs.

Sheridan Faculty of Business entry this year featured two teams, one from each of the Davis and Trafalgar campuses. Sheridan faculty coaches Sally Mitzel and Alison Feierabend were very proud of the strong performance of their teams this year, with the winning team coming from the pool where the Trafalgar team competed.

Davis CGA Team Harmeet Kaur, Samdarsh Singh, Sandeep Oberoi

“It was exciting to watch this talented group of students from Ontario colleges compete during these demanding challenges,” said event organizer Michelle Paquin, CGA. “The scholarships awarded to top students will help them do more with their careers as they pursue a CGA designation.”

The competition requires teams to apply business and accounting acumen with strong presentation skills. Students had the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and to network with industry professionals.

The event was won by the team of students from George Brown College, Luke Mydlarz, Larry Lam and Kevin Luc were named top accounting students, second place champions John Carpenter and John Umunna from St. Lawrence College, and third place finishers Brian Sanchez and Stephanie Colquhoun from Fanshawe College. Next year George Brown College will host the CGA Ontario Case Competition.

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Post-graduate Advertising students rewarded by Oakville Beaver for top sales in college insert

April 4, 2012

Left, Alycia Howe, Oakville Beaver, Stephanie Matthews, Holly Hawryluk, Mohamad Moughnieh and Carlo Natale are the top sales producers for the 2012 Sheridan Graduate insert to the Oakville Beaver

Sheridan Faculty of Business graduate certificate Advertising Management were rewarded for their expert sales performance recently as Oakville Beaver Advertising Director Daniel Baird presented the top three sales teams with Maple Leaf hockey tickets, gift certificates and more for their excellent advertising sales in the recent joint venture with Sheridan journalism, photography and advertising students.

Second Place winners Chantel Palmer, Margaux James and Phoebe Naiman

Sheridan Faculty of Business Advertising Management students teamed with Sheridan’s Journalism and Photography students to produce and sell advertising for a special April insert celebrating Sheridan’s class of 2012 graduates in The Oakville Beaver. The special insert to the Beaver will be distributed to more than 10,000 homes surrounding Sheridan’s Trafalgar campus and will feature 2012 graduating students complete with photographs and background articles from each of Sheridan’s Faculties located at the Trafalgar campus.

Third Place winners Felicia Dasilva, Alejandro Gomez and Andrea Kwiecinski

The joint venture with Sheridan students and The Oakville Beaver allowed students to actually create and sell advertising space in a prestigious insert to a widely distributed newspaper.  “Many people from Metroland, The Oakville Beaver and Sheridan are involved in this project -  it has been a rewarding experience as everyone involved clearly has put our students first, providing them with a realistic learning experience to take into their careers,” said Maureen Garbutt, Sheridan Advertising professor.

Look for the 2102 Sheridan Graduate insert in The Oakville Beaver in April.

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Faculty of Business Kudos…

April 3, 2012

Lorraine Cipparonne

The board of directors of The Certified General Accountants of Ontario has awarded Professor Lorraine Cipparrone the Ontario Distinguished Service Award in recognition of exemplary service, outstanding leadership, dedication and effort to the Association and to the community.  This award is granted to those who perform truly distinguished service, deemed worthy of recognition, in activities that reflect a high standard of professionalism on the CGA designation.

Wael Ramadan

Wael Ramadan

The Board of Directors of the Project Management Institute has elected Professor Wael Ramadan Senior Vice-president of the Lakeshore Chapter of the Project Management Institute.

The Lakeshore Chapter (C193) of the Project Management Institute is a non-profit body of volunteers established in 1998 to promote the effective use of proven methodologies for structured project management in organizations in the Regions of Peel, Halton, Hamilton-Wentworth and Niagara. The Chapter has over 2360 members and over 68% of these members have achieved their Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.

The Chapter provides its members with a number of networking and professional development opportunities each year, including dinner meetings, Saturday workshops and courses.

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