2022-2023: Welcome back to your #SheridanLife!
We’re looking back at last year and how we’re supporting Sheridan students! Here are a few highlights:
We opened a brand new Student Centre at HMC! Developed in partnership between the Sheridan Student Union, Sheridan College, and Sheridan Athletics, this new new five-storey building features a range of amenities and athletic facilities, including student lounges, food outlets, and games areas; dedicated rooms for student groups, the Sheridan Student Union, and clubs activities; fitness rooms, and an elevated indoor running track. Now open for the Sheridan community to enjoy!
Student Spaces
Health & Dental
Our support provided through student Health & Dental coverage for all domestic students at Sheridan College continued - online and via phone. Continued support is also provided through Empower Me – a mental health service that connects students with qualified counselors and life coaches, remains accessible 24/7 online.
This year, we also announced an upgrade to our Health and Dental Plan to include more support for Sheridan students. Learn more here.
Financial Support
We created new scholarships, awards and bursaries to support last year! With our first $250,000 financial aid donation, we created the Sheridan Student Union Scholarship, Sheridan Student Union Bursaries, Sheridan Student Union Diversity in Education Awards, and the Sheridan Student Union Proud to Be 2SLGBTQIA+ Awards to create more access to quality education, acknowledge the financial and social challenges many Sheridan student experience, and help lessen the financial burden for students. Learn more here.
Clubs
Since the launch of Clubs Corner, we have proudly supported our clubs in hosting over 130 virtual and off-campus events, activities and initiatives last year! As we worked towards fully welcoming our clubs back to in person activities, we opened our 3 new Clubs Room spaces (one at each campus) to further support academic and social clubs and associations at Sheridan College.
Services
We re-opened our offices to be available in person to help students face-to-face and reintroduce our in-office services, such as binding, laminating, and faxing. We continue to offer services like our Virtual Food First Program, Health and Dental Coverage well as Legal Advice, Grad Photo Bookings, while creating new programs like Dressed for Success!
Events
Our Events teams proudly planned dozens of events and initiatives throughout the year to give a warm welcome our Sheridan Community - both online and in person. From our first outdoor concert, to our our 4th Annual SheridanLife Gala - we sure had fun welcoming you all back to campus! Check out our YouTube channel for some recaps here.
Food First
What began as an on-campus Emergency Food Bank has now grown to meet the evolving needs of Sheridan students. In March of 2020, the program was adapted to serve students more flexibly, making food and necessities easily accessible to students when they need it most. Since the beginning of the pandemic, SSU’s Virtual Food First program has provided electronic grocery cards to over 2600 students!