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March 2023: Sheridan Student Union Recap

Sheridan Student Union

We kicked off the month of March with a celebration of Holi and International Women’s Day. The energy and spirit of the day carried into the rest of the month as we introduced new services, reached new milestones and reaffirmed our commitment to supporting student well-being. From meeting with political leaders to discuss mental health on campus to reaffirming our stances for gender equality on Transgender Visibility Day, March was packed with huge milestones, new partnerships and inspirational stories!

Sheridan Student Union is proud to share company-wide wins over the last month and recognize the talented and hardworking student leaders who make the SSU team all that it is. Find out what the SSU has been up to, check out some new food videos, and celebrate employees who are making an impact.

Departments Wins/ News

Exec Team

  • Your SSU President, Kyle Budge, went to two conferences this month (ACUI & CASA) to meet with the Ministry of Colleges and Universities about student mental health and wellness.

  • We also held a successful Annual General Meeting inside our new HMC Student Centre and streaming at Davis and Trafalgar. Students got to vote on important by-laws that impact their Sheridan Life

  • Kyle and Julia Bertola (VP of Community Development) also attended CASA's Annual General Meeting, the final conference of the academic year. Hosted by Saint Mary's University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, at this AGM, SSU was voted in and officially became members of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations.

  • Rhema Javed attended a welcome event for international students starting their first term in the Social Service Worker and Child Youth Care program. The program coordinators organized the event, hoping to familiarize the new students with Sheridan resources

  • Rhema also attended InspiHER Conference for International Women’s Day and led the 'Where leaders are Made: Mastering the Art of Presentation and Public Speaking' session with Daniel Pereira at the IGNITE Leadership Conference

  • Saz McKean and the Serendipity Team has been working hard on the first printed edition of Serendipity NewsMag with a select few top articles and creative works by Sheridan students. As Serendipity is under the SSU, a not-for-profit organization, all printed copies is planned to be available for free for Sheridan students by the end of April!

Services Department

  • Our Dressed for Success donation program is finally available for students to collect both business casual clothing and winter clothing at all 3 campuses

  • Our Equipment Loan program is back in action and students can stop by the office to rent out an item they need for class. A full list of items is available on our website, or talk to one of our CSRs to see what is available at each campus

  • Our first Health and Wellness Fair took place at TRC! We had special giveaways for students and they got to learn about our joni menstruation products located in our SSU bathrooms as well as what sexual health items are available! Our attendees included Student Care, GuardMe, Public Health, Sheridan Health Clinic, and Dare2Care

Clubs Department

Events Team

  • We kicked off the month with our big HOLI CELEBRATION in The Den

  • We worked with Sheridan Life Radio to bring students a Battle of the Bands experience at The Marquee

  • March was the return of SOUP it UP, a FREE day event across all campuses

  • We facilitated events such as the Table Tennis Tournament, and took on Karaoke Days in March during some crazy snow weather!

Marketing Street Team

  • Each team supported and promoted a variety of events the past month including elections

  • Both teams supported International Women's Day by passing out postcards that had powerful quotes from our SSU women student leaders

  • The DCC's have stared 2 new series on Instagram Reels: Spotlight: Perk Peeps and 5 Clubs you didn't know existed..(at each campus) to make students more aware of these areas of SSU

  • DCC's have been working hard behind-the-scenes to capture content from our clubs popups, international women's day, karaoke and more.

  • The Promo team had a very successful food sample promo again this month at each campus, students love their free food!

  • The promo teams biggest win was helping to push sales for Sheridan’s 4th Annual Gala, they did residence visits and consistent hallway engagements! It ended up selling out within a week of Early bird tickets being open!

Food Services Team

  • The catering business has picked up and the clients are happy with our service, quality of food, quantity of food.

  • The weekly feature and the demand for it to be brought as a permanent menu is being considered.

  • At Davis, the Oreo Milkshake and Mango Lassi have been a customer favourite too!

  • Daily donut features at TRC have been a hit and customers come in specifically for the “donut of the day”. Apart from the food, Vietnamese Coffee & Lavender Latte have been very popular too! Stop by our food

TRC FOOD FAVES

  • Chicken Wings w/Sweet Potato Fries

  • Samosa Chaat, Chicken Fingers w/Fries

  • Pesto Chicken Grilled Cheese w/Baked Chips

  • Classic Poutine 

HMC FOOD FAVES

  • Chicken fingers and fries.

  • Chicken souvlaki with rice.

  • Jerk chicken poutine (weekly featured item).

  • Chilli fries (weekly featured item).

DAVIS FOOD FAVES

  • Walking Taco (Taco in a bag) 

  • Meat Lasagna w/Garlic Bread & Caesar Salad 

  • Beef Stew w/Mashed Potatoes 

 Catering at HMC Campus has seen great growth in the month of March.  We have received great feedback from our catering guests recently and I would like to share a few of these with you.

  • Food quality exceeded expectations.

  • Staff are very friendly and courteous.

  • Our presentation and layout were very professional.

I would also like to note that our day to day operations team at our three locations are building a solid foundation and strong relationship with of repeat customers.

Staff Shoutouts & Wins :

🗣️ Shout out to our entire CSR team ! “For adapting and adjusting to a unique schedule for the week of March 20th to 24th! Thank you for attending all scheduled shifts, working together and ensuring the front end ran smoothly!” - A message from Amanda Bhajan and Madison Hodgson

🗣️ Shout out to Santiago Lengua , Michelle Seliga and Victoria Morabito! “For working very hard this whole semester to ensure every student they interact with has a great experience, and walks away with new knowledge about the SSU. They always have a creative approach to their promotions and continuously invent new ways to draw students in!” - A Message from Lexx Senior to her Team

🗣️ Shout out to Leia Ali, Sarah Stone and Ellina Bouffal! “As we have surpassed 100 clubs this month with the SSU, I have to shout out all three of our wonderful Clubs Coordinators, Leia, Sarah and Ellina, for all that they have done to encourage students to become more involved with clubs on campus this year and for assisting in guiding our new clubs to become successful in their initiatives. Way to go team!” - A message from Chloe to her team!

🗣️ Craig, Julia, Rida and JB from the Trafalgar Team “For their last month with the SSU! Thanks for all your hard work and help with SSU events this year!” - A message from Danny to the TRC Event Team Members

Thank you to all our Staff and Student Leaders for their hard work, laughs and contributions every day. March 2023 was another month of wins, and we can’t wait to see what exciting new activities we get up to in April.

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