February 21, 2012
Top Sheridan Faculty of Business students at Virox Future Forum 2012
Top Sheridan Faculty of Business students learned how to help shape their own future at the fourth annual Virox Future Forum – A Window to Tomorrow’s Opportunities, held recently at Sheridan College. Sponsored by Randy Pilon, President and CEO of Virox Technologies Inc. and Sheridan Business alumnus, The Virox Future Forum 2012 presented top business speakers Sean Wise and David K. Foot who spoke about emerging career opportunities in a changing world for Sheridan Faculty of Business students. Host, broadcaster and Sheridan professor, Lou Schizas lent his urbane wit and business street-smarts to the all-business opportunity for student leaders to discover emerging trends in business.
Randy Pilon, President and CEO, Virox Technologies Inc.
Sean Wise is a venture capitalist, noted lecturer and author, and advisor to the Dragon’s Den and Shark Tank reality television series. David K. Foot is an in-demand speaker, a University of Toronto lecturer and the author of the popular Boom, Bust & Echo. Wise spoke about his experience with entrepreneurs on the television series and demonstrated how to shape entrepreneurial ideas into viable projects. Professor Foot demonstrated how the use of demographics can help to predict emerging trends. Students were able to question the speakers during a panel discussion and were invited to network with Pilon, Wise and Foot during the lunch break and after-conference reception.
Matthew McQuade, Marketing Trafalgar, Bharathy Sugaprathan, Office Administration-Medical Davis, Jordan Moore, Marketing Management PG HMC, each received a $1000 award from Virox Technologies Inc. in a random draw for conference participants, and Majid Nabi, Accounting, Davis, won an Apple i-Pad courtesy of the Faculty of Business for attending the conference. In addition each participant received a signed copy of Sean Wise’s new book Hot or Not, courtesy of Randy Pilon and Virox Technologies Inc.
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February 10, 2012
Here’s what to look for this week in The Sheridan Faculty of Business…
Vanier College BDC Case Challenge in Montreal
We’ll see how our Sheridan Business team fares against 30 colleges in this exciting annual event sponsored by Business Development Bank of Canada.
Advertising Management Graduate Program Networking Event
Monday evening Advertising Management program hosts more than a dozen successful Advertising Management grads in a up-close and personal networking event with a good representation of Account Management, Media, Social Media, Advertising Sales and Client Side graduates.
The Virox Future Forum 2012
Thursday, 4th annual Virox Future Forum presents speakers Sean Wise and David K. Foot to 100 invited students. Sponsored by Sheridan Business alumnus Randy Pilon, President and CEO Virox Techologies Inc.
The Consulate General of The Republic of Poland in Toronto hosts Eva Stachniak
Best selling author and former Sheridan Faculty of Business professor, Eva Stachniak reads from The Winter Palace, her third novel, now number 2 on The Globe and Mail’s Best-Seller List at the consulate Friday evening.
Sheridan Ovation – Celebrating People and Achievement
Check out Sheridan Business graduates in this edition of Sheridan Ovation
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February 5, 2012
Professor Alison Feierabend, Sheridan Faculty of Business
Toastmasters International has confirmed that Professor Alison Feierabend, Sheridan Faculty of Business, has achieved the status of Advanced Communicator Bronze. The communication program is a self-paced training program that enable participants to learn effective speaking in a club environment. To achieve Advanced Communicator Bronze status, participants must complete a series of challenging projects designed to enhance their speaking skills.
“The achievement of this award by Toastmaster Feierabend demonstrates a high degree of self-motivation and a strong interest in self-improvement. It also exhibits the ability to apply communication skills in professional and community environments,” said Daniel Rex, Executive Director Toastmasters International.
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January 31, 2012
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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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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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January 23, 2012
Eva Stachniak, Author
Author, Eva Stachniak launched her third novel The Winter Palace to critical acclaim as her story of Catherine The Great is securely set at Number 3 and sure to rise on The Globe and Mail bestsellers list.
Stachniak’s The Winter Palace is a story of power and vulnerability in the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia at the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg. John Barber in The Globe and Mail, praised the award-winning Stachniak for her well researched story…
“With The Winter Palace, her deep personal interest in the history of Eastern Europe has magically coincided with a worldwide surge of interest in her subject, Russian empress Catherine the Great.”
Pulitzer prize winning author Jane Smiley reviewed The Winter Palace and said
The Winter Palace, Eva Stachniak, 464 pages, Doubleday Canada
“…The Winter Palace is filled with a sense of disorienting vastness punctuated by particular rules and charms that people use to give themselves a feeling of control.”
Stachniak, formerly a Professor in the Faculty of Business at Sheridan College, had her first artistic success with her debut novel Necessary Lies which won the Amazon.com award for best new novel in 2000.
“I remember well that I started writing fiction when I was a full time instructor at Sheridan College. My colleagues were, in fact, my first readers, and their encouragement meant and still means a lot to me,” said Stachniak.
Stachniak’s novels Necessary Lies and her second novel Garden of Venus have successfully sold world-wide and have been translated into several languages.
Stachniak’s new novel The Winter Palace has had foreign release and is already selling well in the United States, U.K. and Europe and is currently being translated into Polish, Dutch and German for the foreign markets.
“I am delighted that The Winter Palace has met with such overwhelming interest and support. I like to think that every novel I finish is better than the previous one, but in the end all a writer can do is tell a story. The rest depends on readers,” said Stachniak.
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January 21, 2012
Judy Suke Sheridan College Professor, Humorist, Motivational Coach
Judy Suke has a reputation for being informative, entertaining and memorable. She is an author, motivational humorist, and coach whose mission is to bring humor and hope to people around the world. Suke delivers keynote presentations, corporate training, and conference workshops and she is a professor of Communication in the Faculty of Business at Sheridan College.
Judy has been giving seminars and workshops for the past twenty-five years. In her carefully customized presentations she manages, through tales of her own experiences and the use of humour, to bring the message home to every audience.
Her diverse workshops include topics like “Let Laughter Lighten the Load” – Stress busting techniques, Understanding the Intergenerational Workforce, Achieving Intercultural Efficiency, Understanding and Overcoming Interpersonal Communication Barriers. For her humorous approach to workshop training, Suke has been called the Canadian Loretta Laroche.
“People learn best when they are having fun. Their laughter during the presentations heals the body, soothes the soul, lifts their spirits and gives them energy,” said Professor Suke.
Suke’s Sheridan Faculty of Business students praise her caring and humorous approach in the classroom. “Encouraging and caring, she not only brought the best out of students, but also instilled an urge to strive to better ourselves,” said Ronak Sisangia, Sheridan business student.
Suke has collaborated on several books about public speaking including Master of Ceremonies with Jacques Brunet and From The Stage to the Page with Meg Soper, Judy Croon, and Susan Stewart. These titles are available through Triangle Seminars.
Suke has earned awards and certificates of appreciation, including The Apprenticeship Board’s “Employer of the Year”; Mississauga “Woman of the Year”, Ontario Certificate for “Excellence in Human Resources”, the “Pinnacle Business Woman of Distinction” for excellence in education and training, Distinguished Toastmaster Award, District 60 Toastmaster of the Year, and is also the Past-President of the Hamilton-Niagara Chapter of the Association of Professional Speakers.
Suke also uses her great talents to give back to the community where, this spring, she will be part of a comedy fund-raising event to rebuild tornado-ravaged Goderich. Tickets will be free with donations to the Rebuild Goderich Fund being accepted at the door. Show is April 4, 2012 from 8:00-10:30 pm at Bingeman’s in Kitchener.
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January 13, 2012
Henry Katz, Coordinator, Financial Planning Graduate Certificate Program
Henry Katz, professor in the Sheridan Faculty of Business, curriculum designer and Coordinator of the Financial Planning, Graduate Certificate program has decided to retire after 26 plus years of academic excellence.
Professor Katz was long-time Coordinator of the highly successful and industry-certified Financial Planning Program at Sheridan College where he expertly designed the program curriculum to reflect industry standards and assist his graduates to complete their Certified Financial Planner designation.
Henry Katz was nominated for TVO’s Best Lecturer 2010 Competition and for the 2008 ACCC Award for Teaching Excellence. His professional designations include: Associate Chartered Secretary and Administrator (ACIS); Certified Management Accountant CMA (Austin); Certified Financial Planner (CFP); and Registered Financial Planner (RFP).
“I have mixed feelings in retirement. On one hand, I miss lecturing and student classroom interaction. On the other hand, retirement provides me with more time to exercise, travel and devote time in my financial and investment planning practice,” said Katz.
Professor Katz was recently profiled in Sheridan’s Ovation magazine in his authored article about recession-proof investment strategies.
Professor Katz will attend Sheridan Convocation 2012 and be celebrated with other Sheridan Faculty of Business retirees at the annual Dean’s Reception in Spring 2012 – details to follow.
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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 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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October 17, 2011
Bill Holmes to introduce film series with The Corporation
Sheridan Faculty of Business Dean, Bill Holmes is pleased to present a 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.
The first film in the series is The Corporation based on the book The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power by Joel Bakan.
The film website describes The Corporation as “Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, THE CORPORATION explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal “person” to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist’s couch to ask “What kind of person is it?” The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics – including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore – plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.”
Dean, Bill Holmes will introduce the film.
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October 13, 2011
Graeme O'Neil interviews Extreme Athlete, Trevor Bodogh during Canada's Got Talent auditions in Toronto.
Extreme Athlete, and Sheridan Faculty of Business graduate Trevor Bodogh says he has a hard time saying no to a good opportunity to create exposure for his Bike Trials sport, and the recent Toronto auditions for television series Canada’s Got Talent was the right move at the right time.
Bodogh hopes that his Canada’s Got Talent audition will help give a little jet fuel to the hard work he has invested into pursuing his extreme athlete career in terms of exposure, inspiration and interest from sponsors and events. Bodogh’s focus at the audition was on creating a unique energy around what he wanted to demonstrate to the judges and he believes that he was a success.
Trevor Bodogh soars through his routine at CGT auditions
When Bodogh’s team arrived at the Rogers Centre for the CGT audition, the rain started to pour while he had a truck full of props to bring in past the endless lines filled with contestants. After meeting CGT host, Graeme O’Neil, he started bringing in the deconstructed metal pieces of his prop setup.
After about what felt like the 20th trip inside and many curious looks from the waiting contestants, Bodogh’s team set everything up and were put into line near the front. CGT host Graeme O’Neil returned shortly after seeing the giant metal ladder fully constructed and asked Bodogh for a demonstration, on camera. Amid screams of excitement and fear, Trevor Bodogh leaped his bike up and then soared off the end of the six-foot high ladder set-piece. Then with the help of the CGT team, he hauled all his props downstairs for the real audition in front of the executive show producer and his judges. Bodogh says that contestants will know by October 30th if they are selected for the next step in the Canada’s Got Talent process. Make sure to stay tuned to Canada’s Got Talent!
Trevor Bodogh is a graduate of Sheridan College, Faculty of Business, Business Administration – Finance program, and is an extreme athlete, an entrepreneur, and a sought after business speaker. Bodogh has appeared at Sheridan’s Virox Future Forum in 2011, 2010, and 2009.
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July 4, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business graduates file into Hammerson Hall
More than, 500 Sheridan Faculty of Business graduates crossed the stage, as part of the Sheridan College Convocation 2011. In four days and ten ceremonies, more than 7,000 graduates crossed the stage at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. The number of graduates is almost 2,000 higher than in 2010, reflecting the significant growth in enrollment that Sheridan has experienced in recent years.
Sheridan Faculty of Business convocation speakers included Faith Tull, Assistant Vice President, Human Resources, First Canadian Title, and Dr. David Marshall, President of Mount Royal University in Calgary.
Dr. Marshall was also the recipient of an Honorary Bachelor of Applied Arts conferred by Sheridan. The Honorary Degree was in recognition of his significant contribution to post-secondary education in Canada, and his role in its growth and development in many regions of Canada as well as abroad.
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May 1, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business professor, Golnaz Golnaraghi
Sheridan Faculty of Business professor Golnaz Golnaraghi, has had an abstract “Unveiling” Quebec’s Bill 94 and implications for Muslim women – A postcolonial critique, accepted for presentation to CMS 7 2011 Critical Management Studies in Naples, Italy, July 2011.
The paper is co-authored with her supervisor, Albert J. Mills, PhD, St. Mary’s University, Sobey School of Business. A heated debate ensues in the Province of Quebec, Canada, regarding the proposed Bill 94, the first legislation in North American to place a de facto ban on religious face coverings. This is a small piece of legislation with a significant impact if passed. Widespread movements of this kind to ban face coverings have serious implications creating potentially new boundaries for Muslim women.
In this paper, the authors will explore the discursive nature and implications of Western moves to ban the niqab from public engagement. They also explore the issues raised for feminist organizational analyses in the face of difficult cross-cultural engagement.
It is the first time that the bi-annual CMS Conference will be held outside of the UK. This may be interpreted as a sign of the progressive diffusion of this branch of management theory, and in particular, the interest which is also emerging in Italy. The 7th International CMS Conference aims to explore established social practices and institutional arrangements in new and often radical ways, inviting contributions from a global constituency of critical scholars, practitioners, students and other interested parties.
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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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March 27, 2011
Three students walked away each with a $1000 scholarship and one student won a personal mentoring session courtesy of Randy Pilon, President & CEO, Virox Technologies Inc., at the recent Virox Future Forum 2011 hosted by Sheridan College Faculty of Business. Virox Scholarship winners included Faculty of Business students Stephanie Palasti, Jennifer Peddle, and Ernest Cornet. Reba Chopra won a personal mentoring session with Randy Pilon, President & CEO of Virox Technologies Inc.
Randy Pilon is the creator and sponsor of the Virox Future Forum, the President & CEO of Virox Technologies Inc., and also a Sheridan College business graduate. The Virox Future Forum is an invitation-only event funded through the generosity of Virox Technologies Inc. where future-thinking business speakers are presented in a day-long forum for top students in the Sheridan Faculty of Business.
Jennifer Peddle - Virox Scholarship winner
“The Virox Future Forum was insightful, informative and interesting. I am so glad I went as I definitely learned a lot. My plans for the scholarship are to use it toward university in the Fall. I am currently contemplating going to either Ryerson University or Nipissing University. I want to thank Randy Pilon again for his generosity and let him know that his money will be going to good use in furthering my education in the Human Resources field,” said Jennifer Peddle.
Stephanie Palasti - Virox Scholarship winner
Students praised the event, the speakers, and the opportunity to be part of the forum. “The event was so motivating and inspirational, such an honour to be surrounded by such incredibly successful people,” said Stephanie Palasti, Advertising program student, and winner of a Virox $1000 scholarship.
Ernest Cornet - Virox Scholarship winner
Ernest Cornet, a former Systems Analyst program student, is now completing his second credential in Office Administration at Sheridan College. “Luckily, I am a small business owner as well, so the topics were interesting to me. The money will be used to pay for the majority of my co-op administration fees,” said Ernest Cornet.
The Virox Future Forum 2011 connected top Faculty of Business students with top business speakers including Sean Wise of Wise Mentor Capital , David Foot of Boom Bust and Echo fame, and Trevor Bodogh, extreme athlete and performer and a graduate of the Sheridan College Business Administration – Finance program during the day-long event.
Reba Chopra - Virox Mentorship winner
“It’s not about who you are, it’s about what you do that defines you,” said Accounting program student Maria Sheikh. ”This perfectly reflects our three guest speakers – it’s not about who they are, it’s about what they have done and about how they are actively empowering others that defines them and sets them apart as role models for many of us,” said Sheikh.
“As I am constantly meeting new clients, Sean Wise’s presentation helped me to realize the importance of preparation before client meetings and gave me tips on how to convey my goals clearly in a short time. from David Foot, I learned the importance of demographic shifts and how trends like birth control can devastate a country’s birth rate and change their production output,” said Chris Carre, Marketing program graduate.
“ It’s not about who you are, it’s what you do that defines you” Similarly this quote perfectly reflects in reference to our three guest speakers “it’s not about they are it’s what they have done and actively empowering that defines them and sets them as a role model for many of us.
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March 15, 2011
Advertising Program Coordinator, Peggy Barnwell and 19 program graduates networked with students recently.
The Sheridan Faculty of Business programs in Advertising recently held their Advertising Networking Events with eager advertising students networking with the more than 32 recent Advertising Management and Advertising program graduates in attendance. Advertising program coordinator, Peggy Barnwell and Sara Bernard, president of the Sheridan Advertising Association organized the two events in order to bring together current students with recent graduates who provided real information about career paths and career potential in the advertising industry.
Anne Sutherland, Partner, New Thinking (Sheridan Advertising 1985)
Keynote speaker of the undergraduate program networking event was Anne Sutherland, Partner, New Thinking, and Sheridan Advertising Graduate 1985 who spoke about trends in the advertising industry and strategies to capitalize on those trends.
Sarah Thornely, DDBCanada, Sheridan 2008 presented a clip of a recent samples of advertising campaigns Sheridan graduates have had a chance to work on, which included among the many presented – TD Canada Trust, Cialis, and Fallsview Casino.
Advertising students watch a clip of graduates advertising work
“The students had lots of good questions: wanting to know how I got started in the industry, what was my favourite client/campaign I had worked on, and what advice I had for them to be successful. I think its great that we were able to show the students some of the creative past grads have worked on. Its one thing to hear about what we do, it’s a completely different experience to view a commercial currently on air and know that a Sheridan grad was a part of it. Its because of opportunities like this that makes the Sheridan Advertising program the best,” said Sarah Thornely, Account Executive, DDBCanada.
Advertising students networking with graduates
“Once again I think Sheridan has gone all out for their students and put on a fantastic event! A great opportunity for students to meet with some past grads in the industry and just as excellent an opportunity for me to meet some eager, passionate and exciting students. Looking forward to working with them in the near future,” said Serene Fattouh, Account Supervisor, Draftfcb Toronto.
“Grad Night gives advertising students a great opportunity to not only network with Sheridan Advertising grads but also gives us an opportunity to find out what its really like in the industry for someone who’s just starting out. I think it’s invaluable for anyone who is about to graduate to have the chance to talk to the grads and it was a great experience,” said Jayme Bennett, Advertising student.
Also in attendance to network with students was Adam Ball, Account Coordinator, Brandworks, Eric Carvalho, Account Coordinator, Maclaren, Dan Giusti Account Executive, Blammo, Shane Holmes, Account Coordinator, Grip Limited, Amanda Patchett, Client Services Coordinator, Quarry Integrated Communications, Alethea Reston, Account Executive, Due North Communications, Lindsay Sherry, Soda And Tonic Advertising,
Sheridan Advertising students networking with graduates
Amanda DeFields, Digital Strategist, MediaVest, Eric Gomes, Assistant Strategist, OMD International, Heather Graham, Media Assistant, Initiative, Sammy Rafai, Communications Activator, Carat Canada, Brooke Rizzuto, Media Assistant-Broadcast, M2 Universal, Mike Rusk, Media Strategy Coordinator, henderson bas kohn, Samatha Clark, Special Programs Coordinator, Mabel’s Labels, Richard Opoku Account/Event Coordinator, Lime Advertising, Jacqueline Fell, Account Manager, Promotion Resource Group, Sarah Hassan, Licensing & Marketing, DHX Media Ltd., Christina Ventrua Publicist, Uptick Communications.
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March 1, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business students help Mayor McCallion celebrate her 90th birthday
A group of Sheridan Faculty of Business students were on hand to help celebrate Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion’s 90th birthday at the recent gala event. More than a 1000 guests including local, provincial and federal dignitaries joined Mayor McCallion at the $350 per plate black-tie event held at the Mississauga Conference Centre.
Mayor McCallion requested that the proceeds of the event go to assist funding Sheridan College’s new Mississauga City Centre campus – now gratefully named The Hazel McCallion Campus. The new campus will be home to Sheridan’s Faculty of Business and will eventually accommodate nearly 5000 students in undergraduate, graduate certificate and degree business programs.
Sheridan students were invited to attend Mayor McCallion’s birthday event courtesy of the generosity of Randy Pilon, President & CEO of Virox Technologies Inc. Mr. Pilon is a generous benefactor, a graduate of the Sheridan Faculty of Business, and a member of the Sheridan Faculty of Business Hall of Fame, and the creator and sponsor of the annual Virox Future Forum which brings top business students together with influential business speakers.
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February 19, 2011
Sheridan Faculty of Business students
Demographics and Entrepreneurship were the main focus of the recent Virox Future Forum 2011 hosted by the Sheridan Faculty of Business and created and sponsored by Randy Pilon, President & CEO, Virox Technologies Inc. This year’s Virox Future Forum featured two diverse speakers - Sean Wise and David Foot who collectively brought a message of a future that will demand graduates to create their own new jobs and develop new markets that do not currently exist. All of which will require business graduates to learn new skills of corporate self-awareness and sustainability, a keen sense of demographics, to be practiced with a large dose of the daring and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Trevor Bodogh
Business Administration – Finance graduate and extreme athlete, Trevor Bodogh, a Bike Trials professional, brought his unique style to the Virox Future Forum with a dash of extreme sports mixed with a message of entrepreneurial spirit as he demonstrated his skills on a Trials bike and as a business speaker. This was Bodogh’s third appearance at the Virox Future Forum. During the first Future Forum, Trevor Bodogh was a student in the audience and by the time the Forum had ended he had successfully planned an audition with the Dragon’s Den and solidified plans to further his business with personal appearances at several extreme athletic events in Canada and the United States.
Lou Schizas
Master of Ceremonies, AM640 Broadcaster and Sheridan Faculty of Business professor, Lou Schizas brought his Happy Capitalism message to the student audience, underscoring the need for new business graduates to be aware of opportunities for growth and development in the marketplace. Lou Schizas is also known as the Money Guy on the John Oakley show on AM640
David Foot
Featured speaker David K. Foot, author of Boom Bust and Echo spoke to a rapt and attentive business student group about the use of demographics, with particular emphasis on rising and falling birth rates, to accurately predict the demographic group who can most influence sales of current and new products. More
Sean Wise, author of How to be a Business Superhero, a successful venture capitalist, a driving force behind Vencorps: Community Powered Capital, and a behind the scenes
Sean Wise
“Keeper of the Dragons” on the popular CBC Television series Dragons Den, spoke at length on strategies to successfully seek capital funding as an entrepreneur and the function of the entrepreneur in future business. Wise spoke to Sheridan business students about how to make an “elevator pitch” - a pitch of your business venture of no more than 2 minutes capturing all the essential information including what you will do and what you need from a venture capitalist.
David Foot, Randy Pilon and Sean Wise take questions from the audience.
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