Need-To-Know News
College Doing Well Meeting Its Promises To The Province
The college is achieving most of the targets associated with the new provincial government’s funding formula, according to a report on the Strategic Management Agreement (SMA) that was presented to the Board of Governors during its meeting on June…
Program Intake Suspended Due To Lack Of Applicant Interest
Upon the recommendation of the college’s administration, 16 programs that are currently exhibiting sparse interest on the part of prospective students had their first-year intake suspended by the college’s Board of Governors during its June 25th…
Retiring President Honoured By Board Of Governors
Retiring St. Clair President Patti France is now retiring President Emeritus Patti France.
The college's Board of Governors presented her with a scroll bestowing that title upon her during her last meeting as the school's head administrator on May…
BofG: Surplus Confirmed, Sexual Violence Update, And New Program
The college’s budgetary surplus last year (2023-24) was the largest in the school’s history, but not quite as large as the most recent prediction by Chief Financial Officer Marc Jones.
During the discussion of the new year’s (2024-25’s) budget in…
2024-25 Budget: Despite Drop In International Enrolment, We're Still In The Black
The two-years-long “pause” on international student immigration introduced by the federal government will dramatically reduce St. Clair’s revenue, but the school still anticipates that it will operate profitably in the 2024-25 fiscal year, according…
Report To Board: Athletic Saints Were Spectacular This Year
Saint varsity athletes had an astounding winning percentage of 78.2 percent in 2023-24, according to the sports recap presented to the college’s Board of Governors during its meeting on March 26.
The school’s 16 intercollegiate teams had a…
Governors Get "Grads' Grades"
The pared-down, provincial-government-compiled Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) of “college quality” have been released by Colleges Ontario, and were presented to St. Clair’s Board of Governors during its March 26th meeting.
Pre-COVID, the annual…
Board Updated About Progress On Building Projects
St. Clair won’t be rolling out the Welcome Centre’s welcome mat quite as early as it had hoped.
Construction delays associated with the new building at main campus mean that its completion/opening will be delayed for about a month, to the end of…
College Is Way Ahead Of Its On-line Curriculum Goal
Spurred by having to convert the entirety of its curriculum to an on-line delivery format during the COVID pandemic, St. Clair has far exceeded its goal to develop a substantial number of internet-based course offerings.
During its February 27th…
Risky Red And Other Colourful Concerns For The College's Board
GRAPHIC ABOVE: A page sample of the Risk Management report, showing the colour-coding and numerical methods of identifying likelihood and impact.
The brightest shade of worrisome red, and the highest “number of alarm”, popped up in an obvious spot…