A wide range of Sheridan people, programs and events were featured in the media last month. The following are some highlights of Sheridan ‘in the news’:

Microsoft has released its new operating system, Windows 10, on July 29, 2015 as a free upgrade to qualified users. Please note: Windows 10 will not be supported at Sheridan for the start of the 2015 Fall term.

Non-support means:

• Inability to download Sheridan applications from Access Sheridan
• Inability to print at Sheridan
• Technical support not available for Windows 10 installations including connection to the WiFi (wireless network)

The Sheridan community is advised that Windows 7 continues to be the supported platform in all teaching and learning spaces as well as on all employees’ technological platforms.

Students registered in mobile programs can expect support for both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 for the start of the Fall term. Windows 10 will not be supported.

Sheridan IT will work diligently throughout the Fall term on testing over 60 academic applications, printing and other academic and administrative software packages and configurations on Windows 10 platform. The results of this testing will drive the levels of support for Windows 10 beginning in the Winter term – January 2016.

Please look for our future communications around the availability and support for Windows 10.

Please send us your questions, comments and feedback by contacting the IT Service Desk servicedesk@sheridancollege.ca

We are pleased to welcome Yanfei Ma to the Centre for Teaching and Learning and the Sheridan Community. Yanfei will be joining us as a Learning Environment – Administrator / Analyst on August 4, 2015.

Yanfei joins us from the University of Missouri in Columbia, USA. In her various roles at the University of Missouri, Yanfei was responsible and engaged in online learning environments and projects including; designing and developing online courseware, developing online tools and applications, administering applications, migrating and managing online courseware and managing academic projects related to online learning. Yanfei brings over five years experience in online learning environments with diverse academic and technical experiences and an accomplished technical skill set. Yanfei’s skills, experience and knowledge will be welcome addition to the Centre for Teaching and Learning in supporting SLATE and all of our associated learning technologies.

Yanfei holds the following academic credentials; Ph.D. in Information Science and Learning Technologies and an M.Ed in Educational Technology from University of Missouri and a B.A. in Economics from Yunnan Agricultural University in Yunnan, China.

Please join me in sharing in our excitement as we extend our welcome to Yanfei as a new member of the Digital Learning and Innovation team within The Centre for Teaching and Learning.

Brian A. Smith
Manager – Learning Management Systems & Learning Technologies
Centre for Teaching and Learning

Sheridan Architectural Technology second- and third-year students, faculty and the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology invite you to the Architectural Student Open House on August 20 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Davis Campus.

Students will have their final projects on display as well as their resumes and portfolios.

Click here for more details.

A team of Sheridan students took first place in the re-engineered products category at the IAM3D Challenge held on August 2 in Boston. Ryan Vieira and Kristoffer Pascual received the award for their work in developing an audible hockey puck for blind and visually impaired athletes.  The team was mentored by faculty advisor Dr. Amir Al-Mohammedi.

The puck is designed with internal sound frequency that allows all team members to be aware of the puck’s location, and to have more movement and freedom on the ice to fully experience the sport. Vieira and Pascual went through two prototypes before landing on the final design, which was produced in the 3D printing lab at Sheridan.

The IAM3D Challenge is sponsored by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  It provides mechanical and multi-disciplinary undergraduate students around the world the opportunity to re-engineer existing products or create new designs that minimize energy consumption and/or improve energy efficiency.  Four Sheridan teams were among the 20 finalists in this year’s challenge, which also featured competitors from the United States, India, Columbia and Mexico.

Below is a link to a Canadian Press story about the project which received wide circulation ahead of Sunday’s competition:

http://yhoo.it/1hhEkfE

Ryan Vieira and Kristoffer Pascual (photo courtesy of CP)

It is with mixed emotions that I inform you that Chris Ali has decided to resign from his role as a Records Specialist at the Trafalgar Campus and will be moving on to further his career path outside of Sheridan.

Chris has spent the majority of his adult life dedicated to servicing the Sheridan community, first as president of the Sheridan Student Union, later with the International Office, and most recently within the Office of the Registrar. For those of you unfamiliar with Chris’ distinguished role within the Sheridan community, I invite you to review his alumni profile here:

https://www.sheridancollege.ca/alumni/profiles/chris-ali.aspx

While his dedication to student success and service, as well as his insightful problem solving will truly be missed, I have no doubt that these skills, amongst others, along with his friendly, professional demeanor, will serve Chris well as he seeks to realize his career aspirations.

Chris’ last day in the Trafalgar OTR will be August 7, so please feel free to drop him a line and join me in wishing him all the best in his future endeavours.

We are pleased to announce that Kelly Hunter will be joining the Conference & Event Services team in the role of Conference & Event Services Coordinator. Kelly will be temporarily taking over Andrea Sookhoo-Well’s role.

Kelly comes to us from the City of Guelph, where she was an Events and Booking Coordinator. Prior to the City of Guelph, Kelly worked extensively doing event planning with the International Cricket Council, the Ontario Soccer Association, Soccer Canada and the Royal Canadian Golf Association working on the ’03, ’04 & ’06 Canadian Opens.

Please join me in welcoming Kelly to the college.

– Karen Richard, Manager, Conference & Events

After 20 years as a tremendously valued Sheridan employee, and 15 years in the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design, Lisa Todd will retire from Sheridan as a full-time employee on August 28, 2015.

Fortunately for Sheridan, Lisa has decided to continue with part-time work: she has  been recruited as the administrative assistant for the Faculty Union office. This is very fitting, since in her fifteen years as executive assistant to two deans in the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design, Lisa has become a beloved figure for all of our faculty.

Lisa will be greatly missed. We wish her every success in her next chapter.

– Ronni Rosenberg, Dean, Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design

Library and Learning Services (LLS) is pleased to announce that Holly Ashbourne assumed the role of Emerging Technologies and FAST Liaison Librarian on August 1, 2015 as Kathleen Oakey has moved into the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Liaison Librarian position.

Holly has gained a wide range of experience in various roles she has held with LLS over the years. Since 2009, Holly has worked as a Library Technician and Clerk with Sheridan. In those roles, Holly has developed and maintained positive relationships with students, faculty, and other members of the Sheridan community. From her experiences with Sheridan, Holly has provided in-depth reference and research support to students in a wide variety of disciplines, and assisted Faculty members by providing them information about LLS. As a member of the Technical Services Team, Holly has implemented and maintained the Library’s discovery layer, supported the Library subject guide content management system, and participated in various technical services working groups. The combination of these experiences have allowed Holly to further develop her information technology knowledge, and her project and time management skills. As her Manager, I am confident Holly will continue to serve the Sheridan community well, as she further develops her skills as a Librarian with Sheridan.

Holly has a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario, an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Waterloo, and a Library and Information Technician Diploma from Seneca College.

Holly is excited to work with the FAST Faculty as their Liaison Librarian and can be reached by e-mail at holly.ashbourne1@sheridancollege.ca, or by phone at ext 5281.

Jennifer Hance
Manager, Library Collections and Technical Services

As previously announced in the Insider, Bill Holmes is departing from Sheridan effective August 28, 2015 and will be returning to British Columbia to assume the position of Dean, Faculty of Management at Royal Roads University.

Please join us as we host a drop-in reception for Bill and in wishing him great success as he embarks on a new chapter. Details are as follows:

Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Location: Coffee Loft (upstairs in the Marquee), Trafalgar Campus
Time: 12 pm to 2 pm

Hope you can join us!

Please be advised that the Sheridan Shuttle Service will not operate between Monday, August 24 to Monday, September 7 (inclusive). Regular shuttle service will resume on Tuesday, September 8.

For more details, including schedule information, please visit:
http://www.sheridancollege.ca/life-at-sheridan/campus-services/inter-campus-shuttle.aspx

The Welcome Back event is scheduled for Wednesday, September 2, 2015 from 8:00 am to 10:30 am.

As a reminder, no additional compensation will be provided for this event for full-time employees since it is held within regular office hours.

For part-time (PT) employees, there are three scenarios that may apply:

• All PT employees who are not permanently scheduled to work on Wednesdays from 8:00 am to 10:30 am should complete a yellow payroll form which will be distributed at the end of the event. To be paid for this time, the employee must complete the form, have their Manager authorize the form, and forward it to the Payroll department (Trafalgar B309) for processing. Do not include these hours on your regular timesheet submission.

• For PT staff who are permanently scheduled to work on Wednesdays from 8:00 am to 10:30 am, no form is required. These employees will be paid as regularly scheduled. These staff who do not attend the event are expected to report to work as the College will be open.

• PT employees without a current contract or for new contracts that have not yet been received by the payroll department; please complete the yellow payroll form which will be distributed at the end of the event and forward it to payroll for processing. This time will be paid at the hourly rate listed on the employee’s most recent employment relationship with the College.

If you are a PT employee, please remember to pick up a yellow payroll form before leaving the Welcome Back event. Payroll representatives will be distributing these forms at all the exits. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Payroll at x5592. We look forward to seeing you on September 2.

To support the work of Program Coordinators and Academic Advisors, there is a team of Student Advisors who are also a resource to students. Student Advisors conduct developmental advising in person, by phone and through email. These conversations are structured so that they can listen to the student’s situation, answer their questions and discuss possible supports and strategies.

Student Advisor sessions relating to Academic Probation include (however, are not limited to):

• a clarification of the Academic Probation standing, probation requirements and possible implications
• a discussion about available options (i.e. program change)
• referrals to appropriate on-campus supports and services
• an individualized action plan, with a strategy for student success

Students with a May Not Continue standing may also benefit from a developmental advising session. Student Advisors listen to the student’s situation, discuss possible options and outline next steps in a tailored action plan. As a starting point, students with a May Not Continue standing may be referred to the following virtual URL:  manageyouracademics.sheridancollege.ca.

Student Advisement is open Monday to Friday, 8am – 5pm.  We are located in the Student Service Centre, Room B230 at Davis, Room B104 at Trafalgar, and at the Welcome Desk at HMC. After hours, students and staff are welcome to e-mail questions to askanadvisor@sheridancollege.ca

Joanne Islip

Coordinator, Student Advisement

joanne.islip@sheridancollege.ca

☐ Do you want to go beyond the traditional face-to-face classroom in your teaching?
☐ Do you want to explore innovative delivery strategies for teaching and learning?
☐ Do you want to explore face-to-face, blended or hybrid, and online learning?

The Centre for Teaching and Learning invites all faculty, support staff, and admin to participate in a Sheridan open online workshop on emerging trends in curriculum, instruction, and technology.

In this workshop, Beyond F2F, you will create your own vision for online teaching and learning for design, development, and delivery. Your commitment to the workshop will be under one-hour per week.

To register for a workshop in the 08 Sep to 23 Oct 2015 block, contact

Paula Ogg, MEd, BA, TESL
Instructional Designer, Professor
Centre for Teaching and Learning
T 905-845-9430 x2668
sheridancollege.ca
paula.ogg@sheridancollege.ca

Download a PDF of this announcement here.

☐ Do you want to explore eportfolio teaching and learning?
☐ Do you want to create your own personal eportfolio?

The Centre for Teaching and Learning invites all faculty, support staff, and admin to participate in a Sheridan open online workshopson eportfolio teaching and learning.

In this workshop, My ePortfolio, you will create your own personal eportfolio. Your commitment to the workshop will be about one-hour per week.

To register for a workshop in the 08 Sep to 23 Oct 2015 block, contact
Paula Ogg, MEd, BA, TESL
Instructional Designer, Professor
Centre for Teaching and Learning
T 905-845-9430 x2668
sheridancollege.ca
paula.ogg@sheridancollege.ca

Download a PDF of this announcement here.

We are thrilled to welcome Lavinia Jula to the Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design’s leadership team as the new assistant to the Dean. Lavinia brings a wealth of experience, having worked over the last fourteen years at the University of Windsor in various roles: assistant to the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, as well as in the marketing, registrarial and co-op offices.

Most recently, she has co-ordinated University of Windsor’s Centre of Entrepreneurship, Practice and Innovation. She has a BA from the University of Windsor in Political Science and French Lit,  and is currently completing a Graduate Certificate in Project Management.

Lavinia also has a background in the arts, having studied graphic design in her home country, Romania. As is often the case with her compatriots, Lavinia is fluent in a number of languages, including English, Romanian, French and Italian.

Lavinia takes up her new role on August 24. Please drop by A 100 to say hello and welcome Lavinia.

Ronni Rosenberg

Dean, Faculty of Animation, Arts and Design

Please be advised that drilling work will take place in H321 at the Davis Campus on Wednesday, Aug. 19 starting at 5 p.m. It is expected that the work will take most of the evening to complete, and due to the location of the room, there may be significant noise experienced throughout the first, second and third floors of the wing.

If there are any questions or concerns, please contact the Project Manager at matthew.sanche@sheridancollege.ca or at ext. 5207.

Thank you for your cooperation.

I am very happy to announce that Kathleen Oakey is the new FHASS Liaison Librarian, effective August 1, taking over from Ahtasham Rizvi who is now focused on collections work for the Library.

During her time at Sheridan, Kathleen has engaged both our students and faculty through Library research workshops and through events promoting our services and resources. In her previous role as the Liaison Librarian for the Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Kathleen worked with FAST to put together the inaugural Hackfest. Along with that success, she also organized the Vendor Showcase for the Make It So Event in 2015 and co-authored the Academic Integrity Tutorial which has been adopted by faculties across Sheridan.

As the previous chair of the Library’s Emerging Technologies Open Discussion and the Social Media team, Kathleen brings her well-developed tech skills to her new role.

Kathleen has also played an active role on Sheridan committees such as the Sheridan Teaching and Learning Technology committee and external committees such as the Ebook Project Task Force. As one of our most senior librarians, Kathleen will also be taking on the role of User Education Coordinator while Shelley Woods is on secondment as Manager, Tutoring Centres.

Before her time at Sheridan, Kathleen spent 7 months in Pusan, South Korea teaching ESL and 7 months in Nanjing, China teaching grade 9 and 10 English Literature.

Kathleen has an Honours Bachelor of Arts in English Literature from the University of Waterloo and a Bachelor of Education from Western University. She obtained her Master of Library and Information Science from Western University.

Kathleen is excited to work with the FHASS faculty and can be reached at Kathleen.oakey@sheridancollege.ca or ext. 5282.

Marian Traynor, Manager Library User Services

Permits Now Available

Employee one-semester, two-semester and annual hangtag permits are now available at the Security Desk. To download a permit form, please click here.

Preferred Parking spaces

Additional Preferred Parking spaces are being offered at Trafalgar and Davis Campuses for the 2015-16 academic year.

Preferred Parking spaces are reserved spaces located near main entrances of campus buildings, available only to employees, and require a valid Preferred Parking permit. A permit costs $645 (through biweekly payroll deductions) and is valid from September 8, 2015 through end of August 2016.

Employees interested in obtaining a Preferred Parking space must complete this “Expression of Interest” Survey. The survey closes Friday, August 28, 5 pm, and allocation of spaces will be communicated by e-mail the week of August 31.

Note: Employees who had a Preferred Parking space in the 2014-15 academic year will have first right of refusal of that space for the upcoming academic year. Security will verify your status when you submit your permit form.

For more information about all types of permits and parking at Sheridan, please visit parking.sheridancollege.ca or e-mail parking@sheridancollege.ca.

Thank you,

Office of Security, Parking and Emergency Preparedness

Please join us on Wednesday, September 2 from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Trafalgar Campus for a celebration to kick off the 2015/16 academic year.

Get ready and get comfortable for an indoor/outdoor event that’s open to all employees with breakfast, entertainment and a few surprises.

Bus transportation from Davis and HMC to and from the event will be provided.  Stay tuned to the Sheridan Insider in coming weeks for bus registration and more details.

We look forward to seeing you there.