![Staff and faculty from the MediaPlex and from the College’s Student Services department were honoured this week with Employee Excellence Awards for their dedication and commitment to their crafts.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/mediaplexwinners.jpg?h=281c2e13&itok=RRNtKH_D)
Employee Excellence Awards recognize exceptional staffers
Staff and faculty from the MediaPlex and the team from Student Services were honoured this week with Employee Excellence Awards for their dedication and commitment to their crafts.
The entire Student Services department, managed by Art Barron, received the Team Excellence award during a luncheon for Staff Appreciation Day 2022.
![Students entering the Journalism and Media Convergence programs in Fall 2022 at the St. Clair College MediaPlex will have an innovative class added to their program curriculum – Drone Technology and Media Production.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/drones.jpeg?h=ba23bf1b&itok=wxGForX-)
Drone technology, videography and photography taking flight in September
Students entering the Journalism and Media Convergence programs in Fall 2022 at the St. Clair College MediaPlex will have an innovative class added to their program curriculum – Drone Technology and Media Production.
![June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/indigenous-day.jpg?h=330749e0&itok=0LZks2hk)
National Indigenous History Month/National Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated
June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21st is National Indigenous Peoples Day. This is a time not only to celebrate, but also a time for all Canadians to celebrate and recognize the diverse cultures, unique heritage, and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples.
![St. Clair College Esports Administration and Entrepreneurship Program is also increasing enrollment and enabling students to pursue careers as esports program managers, producers, live stream technicians and other emerging roles.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/esports%20%282%29.jpg?h=026988b1&itok=SPSA4jlz)
St. Clair College drives visibility, growth and student success with Canada’s first varsity and academic Esports programs
The esports industry generates nearly $1 billion in revenue each year — and while increasing numbers of North American schools have varsity esports teams, few offer academic esports diplomas.
St. Clair College in Ontario was the first in Canada to offer both programs.
![St. Clair College President Patti France received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree Saturday from Assumption University for outstanding contributions to higher education in Windsor-Essex.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/patti%20%282%29.jpg?h=0d9204db&itok=I-Auh1WK)
College President Patti France receives honorary Doctor of Laws degree
St. Clair College President Patti France received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree Saturday from Assumption University for outstanding contributions to higher education in Windsor-Essex.
The special ceremony marked 165 years since the school opened its doors and welcomed its first cohort of students.
![They spoke recently at an Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) conference in San Antonio, Texas on the topic of Lessons Learned from Extended Reality Training, reflecting on more than five years of applying virtual reality and extended reality technologies in biology and Healthcare Technology Management (HTM) education.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/vr3.png?h=42189d31&itok=fs8HKQs3)
Biomed professors speak on the use of VR technology in the classroom
Biomedical Engineering Technology professors James Linton and Jim Durocher use Virtual Reality equipment in their classrooms to help students understand the medical devices they will have to work on in real life.
![Nicole Rourke, a marketing professor at St. Clair, recently posed a challenge to her Introduction to Canadian Marketing class – develop as many new flavours of potato chips as possible for Lay’s, a 75-year-old potato chip brand.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/marketingchips1.jpg?h=d318f057&itok=vjGgzYEy)
Marketing students brainstorm hundreds of new potato chip flavours
A mock board room exercise led St. Clair College marketing students to invent nearly 200 new flavours for one of the industry’s most iconic potato chip brands.
![Allison Kidd, Hilda Dao, and Sarah Jacques are contributing to the construction of the $5.7 billion-dollar Gordie Howe International Bridge Project with the unique individual skillsets they crafted during their time at St. Clair.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/allisonkiddshrinked.jpg?h=19fe2951&itok=LBA5aUap)
St. Clair graduates 'Rise Above the Ordinary' on Gordie Howe International Bridge Project
A group of St. Clair graduates is building upon their College educations and literally taking their careers to new heights while working on a once-in-a-lifetime infrastructure project.
![Saints Rocket League pulled out all the stops as they battled through the best of the best to claim a Top 4 finish in the College Rocket League (CRL) World Championship.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/esports1.jpg?h=790be497&itok=fX4-qjV-)
Saints Rocket League finish Top 4 in Collegiate World Championships
Saints Rocket League pulled out all the stops as they battled through the best of the best to claim a Top 4 finish in the College Rocket League (CRL) World Championship.
![St. Clair College will hold its 55th Convocation live for the first time since June 2019 as the school celebrates the graduation of over 3,500 students over six sessions this week.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_images_taxonomy/public/articles/2022-06/convocation.jpg?h=a05410d8&itok=v2zK79sY)
Spring convocation week underway
St. Clair College will hold its 55th Convocation live for the first time since June 2019 as the school celebrates the graduation of over 3,500 students over six sessions this week.
Today, graduates from the Toronto Campus of Ace Acumen attended the first spring session at the College's Chrysler Theatre in the Centre for the Arts in downtown Windsor.