Top Faculty of Business Students to be invited to Virox Future Forum 2012
January 31, 2012
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Sheridan Elder Research Centre invites student proposals for grants for Aging in Place
January 30, 2012
Pat Spadafora, Director SERC works with Aging in Place professionals
Pat Spadafora, Director, Sheridan Elder Research Centre, located at the Trafalgar campus, is pleased to invite Sheridan students from all program areas to become Possibility Makers.
The Sheridan Elder Research Centre (SERC), through a generous grant from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, invites students from all Sheridan programs to submit proposals for three $500 Possibility Makers Grants.
These grants will be awarded to interdisciplinary groups of students who propose innovative solutions to help adults ages 55+ to Age in Place. Grant applications are available from the Sheridan Elder Research Centre, and are due no later than March 23, 2012.
Submissions are accepted in three categories: Creative affordable housing solutions for older adults, Age‐friendly business strategies; or Technology solutions to support healthy aging. Winning teams of students may also be invited to work as paid full-time summer research assistants at SERC to turn their proposals into reality.
Spadafora and her SERC Team invite all Sheridan students and faculty to the visit the Sheridan Elder Research Centre, located at the Trafalgar Campus for more information about Aging Matters and the Possibilty Makers grant requests. In addition, for more information about aging, Sheridan students and faculty are invited to check out the SERC blog Aging Matters.
If you are interested, or if you have questions about this opportunity, please contact Alexa Roggeveen at: alexa.roggeveen@sheridanc.on.ca, or 905‐845‐9430, ext. 4117.
This grant is made possible by the generous support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.
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Sheridan Student Union hosts Leadership Workshop Be The Change – February 10 at HMC
January 27, 2012
The Hazel McCallion Campus
The Sheridan Student Union invites all Sheridan College students to attend the second annual Student Union Leadership Workshop to be held February 10, 2012 at the new Sheridan College Hazel McCallion Campus located in the centre of Mississauga. The theme of this year’s Leadership Workshop is Be The Change.
Hosted by Monique Pereira, Sheridan Student Union President at the new Hazel McCallion Campus, students will have the unique opportunity to network with other student leaders, participate in team building activities, hear keynote addresses from the editor of Travis Magazine Ryan Bolton and speaker Dave Meslin, participate in an Opportunities Fair, and enjoy presentations from students who are making positive change on Sheridan campuses. Last year’s event included keynote speaker Drew Dudley.
Registration for The Sheridan Student Union Leadership Workshop is free, transportation is provided from all campuses and lunch is provided, courtesy of The Sheridan Student Union. For registration information please contact daniel.lacute@sheridaninstitute.ca
Activities will take place between 9:00 – 4:00 pm Friday February 10, 2012 at Sheridan’s Hazel McCallion Campus located in Mississauga.
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Sheridan Business Career Fair for students set for Tuesday January 31 in Porter Athletic at Trafalgar
January 27, 2012
Students at Sheridan Business Career Fair 2011
The annual Sheridan Business Career Fair is again set for Tuesday January 31, 2012 in the Jack Porter Athletic Centre at the Trafalgar Campus in Oakville from 10:00 am – 1:00 pm.
Sponsored and hosted by Sheridan Student Services and the Sheridan Faculty of Business, it is expected that many area, regional and national employers representing diverse careers in Accounting, Banking, Commerce, Financial, Global, Investment, Human Resources, Marketing, Retail, and Security will be in attendance hoping to recruit some of the finest new talent that Sheridan College Faculty of Business related programs offer.
Several hundred potential Sheridan Faculty of Business graduates from 21 business programs dressed in their business-best are expected to network with employers at the highly anticipated and popular annual event.
Students in programs at the Davis Campus in Brampton and from the Hazel McCallion Campus may access free buses to the event held at the Trafalgar Campus or they may park near the event in the special event parking areas.
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Sheridan Faculty of Business students compete in Marketing Analysis event sponsored by Nipissing
December 19, 2011
Alexander Roney, Christopher Bagley, Eric Brylinski and Danial Ahmad were top-scoring Trafalgar Marketing students competing in event.
Marketing students in the Sheridan Faculty of Business recently competed in The Marketing Analysis Case event sponsored by Nipissing University, School of Business. Students from the Sheridan Business Administration- Marketing classes at the Davis Campus and Trafalgar Campus formed teams to compete in the annual event.
All second-year Marketing students are invited to compete in the event to prepare and present case solutions for a Business to Business Case. The case competition is part of one of their core marketing courses in the third term of the Sheridan Marketing program: Marketing Analysis and Planning.
Davis Campus winners Roberta Horst and Kelly O'Brien and Professor John MacRae
Teams of two to five students prepare and present their case solution to their professor and an outside judge – often a Nipissing University Facilitator. Students are rated on their analysis, creativity, presentation skills and ability to handle questions.
“The competition brings out the best in our marketing students letting them test their ability to compete and handle the pressures of competition to simulate a professional marketing environment,” said John MacRae, Professor Sheridan Faculty of Business. “This level of excitement and professionalism can be seen on the faces of our winners. Congratulations are in order to all second year marketing student participants,” said MacRae.
The top team from each campus is awarded $500.00 scholarships to Nipissing University and BestBuy Gift Certificates.
Students are appreciative of the chance to compete against all other students in Sheridan’s Marketing program. “It gave me the opportunity to test my marketing skills in a professional environment. I really liked handling the questions from the judges. The judges reinforced that my analysis and creativity was on track”, said Roberta Horst, second year Marketing student.
Winning Davis Campus students Martyna Domurad, Christina Chan, David Cobby and Jesse Kalyan
Nipissing University have sponsored the Sheridan’s second year Marketing Case Competition for the past two years as part of the Faculty of Business Degree Completion Partnership with Sheridan.The Nipissing Degree Completion Program at Sheridan delivers BComm curriculum in a Hybrid format that includes online and in-class face to face learning. The program takes 12 months to complete a BComm degree and is offered at the Trafalgar and Davis campuses.
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Faculty of Business students win with Sheridan’s Dragon’s Den Event at Davis Campus
December 18, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business students and judges at the Sheridan Dragon's Den Event
Nearly a dozen Sheridan Faculty of Business students pitched their best business ideas to a cheering student crowd as the Sheridan Business Council held its Second Annual Sheridan Dragon’s Den Event at the Davis Campus recently. Faculty of Business students pitched their business idea to a panel of 5 judges for a chance to compete with their peers and win great prizes.
Sheridan students presented a range of business ideas from an entertainer’s social media site to a consulting group to a take-out health food place to a organic food supplements/vitamins eCommerce site to a Teenage alcohol- free club.
Ian Gallacher had the winning business Sayfe Tape, a re-usable tape for police crime scenes. Ian won an HP Net Book. Second place winner, Maurice Kenol pitched an entertainers/artist social media /web site business that would act as a hub for artists. Maurice won a $100.00 gift card from Staples Business Depot. Nicholas Menze was third with the Boogie Nights Teenage alcohol-free Club. He won a $75.00 Metro Gift Certificate. Other prizes were donated by BestBuy and the Sheridan Book Store and the Faculty of Business. See more photos here.
The judges included Michael Breen, Business faculty member, Armando Toosi and Jawwad Khan, Sheridan Marketing alumni, Khizer Syed from GE Canada and Sashanette Roberts, a Business Council member and Human Resources program student.
“Sheridan’s Dragon’s Den provides students a chance to believe in themselves and their ideas and dreams. You can see on the student organizers and participant’s faces it the event was a great experience. Many students have been asking when is the next event”, said Michael Breen, Professor, Sheridan Faculty of Business.
The Davis Campus Business Council is planning a Talent Show and the Business Expose in the New Year. This will be the third year for Business Expose which features well know businesses such as RIM and Sony. Check out the Sheridan Business Council Facebook page or the Website Blog (http://www.sbcouncil.2ya.com/) to see details of the Sheridan Business Council Events that connect business students to the business world building leadership experience.
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Faculty of Business – Ethics in Business Film Series continues with Inside Job
December 5, 2011
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business film series Ethics in Business final film of the semester continues Tuesday December 6 at 7:00 pm in Room A145 at the Hazel McCallion Campus in Mississauga with Inside Job the story of the recent financial meltdown of cataclysmic proportions.
From the IMDB website:
Inside Job provides a comprehensive analysis of the global financial crisis of 2008, which at a cost over $20 trillion, caused millions of people to lose their jobs and homes in the worst recession since the Great Depression, and nearly resulted in a global financial collapse. Through exhaustive research and extensive interviews with key financial insiders, politicians, journalists, and academics, the film traces the rise of a rogue industry which has corrupted politics, regulation, and academia. It was made on location in the United States, Iceland, England, France, Singapore, and China.
Sheridan’s Faculty of Business Ethics in Business Film Series included The Corporation, An Inconvenient Truth, The Smartest Guys in the Room, Food Inc., Capitalism: A Love Story, Social Network, Super Size Me, and Inside Job.
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Faculty of Business Financial Planning students take bronze in CIFP Case Challenge Event
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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Sheridan Faculty of Business students garner three wins at Ontario Colleges’ Marketing Competition
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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Sheridan Professor Doug Greenwood receives OCMC Award of Excellence in recognition at 2011 event
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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Professor David Nowell presents William and Margaret Lydiatt Award at OCMC 2011
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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Faculty of Business – Ethics in Business Film Series continues with Super Size Me
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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Sheridan College Human Resources students take on Movember with fundraising events
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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Sheridan Faculty of Business student Suzy Q creates on-line blog for Better Decorating
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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Faculty of Business – Ethics in Business Film Series continues with Social Network
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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Mahfuz Chowdhury – Sheridan Business Administration student and motivational speaker
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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Faculty of Business – Ethics in Business Film Series continues with Food Inc.
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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Mississauga Summit offers Sheridan Office Admin students chance to assist annual task-force
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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Sheridan students collect money for Sheridan Prez Jeff Zabudsky’s Movember Mo’ – keep it or lose it ?
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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Diwali Celebration Lights up the Hazel McCallion Campus hosted by Sheridan students
October 26, 2011
Sheridan Business Process Management students take part in Diwali celebrations.
Diwali celebration lights up the Hazel McCallion Campus as Sheridan Business Process Management program students hosted a Diwali celebration recently. Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is one of the most significant festivals in Hinduism. Faculty of Business students and faculty from several post graduate programs gathered to mix and mingle and enjoy the festivities.
“The students put on a great event,” said Scott Hadley, Business Process Management Coordinator. “The celebration not only introduced students and faculty to the Diwali Festival but also offered a memorable night for international students new to Canada to feel at home at Sheridan.”
The event was planned and executed by the Business Process Management Leadership Development class. Students worked together organizing the decor, music, and of course a delicious Indian potluck buffet.
“BPM student Khushboo Ghosh lead planning efforts with the support of her classmates. The class achieved their vision of launching a memorable event which drew students from other Faculty of Business programs, allowing students to meet peers and enhance their social networks,” said Golnaz Golnaraghi, Business Process Management program Leadership Development Professor.
There were many highlights at the event. BPM student Ankush Chodvaya presented the history and significance of Diwali. Faculty put on a commendable effort competing in a hot pepper eating contest against students. Guests participated in traditional dancing, games and mehndi applications. Mehndi is the art of applying decorative henna drawings, usually on the hand.
Diwali story by Golnaz Golnaraghi.
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