Microsoft released the first XBox and its hit Halo game, Wikipedia offered a new “unreliable” place for research, and Shrek the ogre debuted on the silver screen. It was 2001, the year you graduated from Waterloo.
Discover campus circa 2001
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 2001
Buildings marked in grey were built after 2001
Davis Centre
In March 2001, volunteers hosted first annual Rainbow Reels Queer Film Festival, which featured a range of films that showcased diversity within the queer community. The mini-festival was held in Davis Centre room 1302, which offered raised seating and excellent video and audio quality.
Bombshelter Pub & Federation Hall
A new smoking policy was adopted by campus pubs in 2000, 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.
Centre for Environmental & Information Technology (EIT)
The University broke ground on its newest Science building on April 30, 2001. Today, it’s the home of the Earth Sciences Museum, which hosts a variety of minerals, fossils, artifacts and meteorites. The museum is free and open to the public.
In 2001...
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