Need-To-Know News

College Joins In Honouring Music Industry Pioneer
By making a substantial donation to the casting of a sculpture, St. Clair played a major role in playing tribute to a pioneering Canadian – and a pioneering woman – in the North American music industry.
In the 1960s/’70s, Windsor’s CKLW Radio (…

Provincial Grant Will Update CNC Machines In The FCEM
Apprentices and students in several programs in St. Clair’s Ford Centre for Excellence in Manufacturing (FCEM) will be working on some new equipment, thanks to a $653,000 provincial grant presented to the college on September 15.
The money is from…

Board Updated By President
Items of interest from President Patti France’s monthly report to the Board of Governors during its June 27th meeting included these:
• St. Clair College is delighted to share an exciting partnership with Centro Studi Italiani, located in Urbania,…

Low Enrolment Leads To First-Year Suspensions For Some Programs
Out with the old (and under-enrolled), and in with the new.
That was behaviour displayed by the college’s Board of Governors during its June 27th meeting, as – upon the recommendation of the administration – it suspended the first-year intake of 11…

College Sets Policy For Whistleblowers
A whistleblower is a person, often an employee, who reveals information about activity within a private or public organization that is deemed illegal, immoral, illicit, unsafe or fraudulent. Whistleblowers can use a variety of internal or external…

College's Prepares For New Provincial Funding Formula
Last year, St. Clair achieved most of its goals under the provincial government’s newly proposed funding formula, but it is still tweaking some of its targets as it awaits the actual implementation of the new system.
For the past several years, the…

No Deck, But More Parking Spaces
Higher than expected construction costs and a campus building project mean that St. Clair’s parking lot development plans have had to be revised, according to a report presented by the school’s administration to the Board of Governors during its…

BofG Receives Annual Sexual Violence Report
Editor’s Note: For the past several years, since the provincial government dictated that postsecondary institutions had a role to play in attempting to track and control incidents of sexual violence among their students, St. Clair has published an…

Part Of Surplus Devoted To Maintenance And Scholarships
The KPMG accountancy firm – acting as the college’s independent auditor – has confirmed that St. Clair has concluded its 2022-23 fiscal year with its sixth consecutive annual budgetary surplus in excess of $20 million.
Like all provincial…

College Helps A Parkland Dream Come True
Photos by Anna Millerman
On April 24, St. Clair College made a decades-old dream come true by playing a part in the creation of a new public park in Windsor.
A dozen years ago, long-time donors to the college’s scholarship fund, local doctor Bruce…