Britney Spears’ song Oops... I did it again shattered the billboards, Sony released the PlayStation 2, the Summer Games were held in Sydney and Netflix's founders failed to sell their company to Blockbuster. It was the year you graduated from the University of Waterloo: 2000.
Discover campus circa 2000
A lot has changed on campus since you were a student. See what's happening in select buildings during this time.
Buildings marked in yellow were built before 2000
Buildings marked in grey were built after 2000
Engineering Lecture Hall
Engineering Lecture Hall, known by students as “the submarine" for being largely built underground, was renamed the Rod Coutts Engineering Lecture Hall after a generous $7 million dollar donation to the University by Rod Coutts (BASc ’64).
Mackenzie King Village
Construction was underway at Mackenzie King Village to provide 300 new residence rooms for students. It was built on a parking lot between Village I and Ron Eydt Village.
The Bombshelter Pub and Federation Hall
A new smoking policy was adopted by campus pubs, designed to appease both smoking and non-smoking students. The Bombshelter pub started closing the smoking section at 7 p.m. to offer smoke-free evenings. Meantime, Federation Hall tried only allowing smoking on Thursday evenings — all other nights were non-smoking.
Did you know...
The University of Waterloo's undergraduate population reached 16,466 in the year 2000.
In 2000...
Botanical name: Fraxinus nigra Common name: Black ash Dedication: Donated by the Graduating Class of 2000
See how your legacy has grown
To honour your time at the University, your class donated a tree to our campus. Just like your tree, your role in Waterloo’s history is still felt today.
Because of your class, and the culture you fostered as students, our campus community has grown and flourished. On behalf of current and future students, thank you for the role you played in Waterloo’s legacy.
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All archival photos courtesy of the University of Waterloo Library. Special Collections & Archives, Kitchener-Waterloo Record Photographic Negative Collection and University of Waterloo Archives, Graphic Services fonds