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July 2014

Welcome to the “Real World” – Devoid of 4-Month Rotations

Friday, July 25, 2014 by Christina Marchand (BSc '14)

After graduating this June, everyone keeps telling me “welcome to the real world.” And I’ve been trying to figure out what this so called “real world” is. How is it different? What does it mean? Am I ready for it?

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Co-op

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Turning an idea into an e-boutique opportunity

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 by Lily Wong (BSc '05)

Photos by Tanja-Tiziana Burdi for NOW! Magazine.

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science

grad

Answering the age-old question “What do you do with an arts degree?"

Friday, July 11, 2014 by Ashley Fournier (BA, ’13)

I still remember the wave of panic that washed over me three weeks before the end of my final term at Waterloo. The age-old question “what do you do with an arts degree?” hung over my head, and seemed to be amplified into a terrifying “what do you do with a Sexuality, Marriage and Family Studies degree?” to which I had no answer.

Arts

giving back

The Story of Matboard

Friday, July 4, 2014 by Mehdi Kajbaf (BASc '08)

The story of Matboard and More, like any good story, begins with love. As unlikely as that sounds, the winding path to success for the fastest growing e-commerce business in the custom matting and framing industry originates with that most basic emotion. Co-founders Mehdi and Reza Kajbaf, two University of Waterloo alumni brothers share their story on how it all came to be.

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