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Thre3peat: the Business Behind the Party

Friday, March 17, 2017 by Jasmin de Waard (BA ’14) and Eli de Waard (BA ’14)

Jasmin and Eli with their game Thre3peat

My husband Eli and I graduated from the University of Waterloo's Honours Arts and Business Co-op program in 2014. We have always been interested in innovation and entrepreneurship so this program suited us very well. While still attending UWaterloo, we played a game that we liked but thought we could make better and more convenient for others to play, so we formed a partnership with Eli's brother, Camren, and his wife, Krissy, to do just that.

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The Making of "Dream, Girl"

Friday, March 10, 2017 by Alumni Relations

On Wednesday we celebrated International Women’s Day, but women should be celebrated every day so today we wanted to celebrate the impact Komal Minhas (GDip '14) is having around the world.

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UWaterloo Alumnus Makes it BIG in the World of Endurance Racing

Friday, March 3, 2017 by John Young (BMath ’90)

John running, photo credit to Mindy Randall

John Young Running, Photo Credit: Mindy Randall

While I was a student at UWaterloo, I never considered myself very athletic. Especially compared to my friends who played on the men's varsity hockey and the swim team. However, I did swim a lot on my own time, and played some intramural sports, including hockey, softball and broomball. During the summer of 1986, I travelled to Dearborn, MI to compete in the U.S. Dwarf games where I competed in both track and swimming.

athletics

racing

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University of Waterloo Olympian Encourages Fellow Students and Alumni to Get Behind the Canada Games

Friday, February 24, 2017 by Mandy Bujold (Arts Student)

I have been involved in many battles over the years since I started boxing at the age of 16, but my current battle is one of the fiercest yet. I am a two-time Pan Am Games champion and have won the Canadian National Boxing Title ten times. For the past several months I have been juggling my third year liberal arts studies to try to give back to the community that has supported me in numerous ways.

#WeRally2021

Canada Games

Arts

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Family Fun at Fantastic Alumni Day

Friday, February 17, 2017 by Claire Parry-Glover (Proud Future Waterloo Alumnus)

Claire, with her family and King Warrior

For me, Fantastic Alumni Day at the University of Waterloo is all about family. It begins with my dad, mom, sister, and me suiting up for the big game in our black and gold apparel. My dad always wears his signature black and gold scarf. Time to head to campus for some basketball fun.

Fantastic alumni day

Family

Waterloo Warriors

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An Early Grad Reminisces

Friday, February 10, 2017 by Gordon Sterling (BASc '63)

In September, I was inducted into the Offshore Energy Center (Houston) Hall of Fame as an Industry Pioneer in the areas of deep-water technology and management of major projects. This award has caused me to reflect on just how important the University of Waterloo was to my professional and, indeed, personal life.

Engineering

Co-op

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Growing up Waterloo

Friday, February 3, 2017 by Cynthia Cheng (BSc '10)

Back row: Anthony Fok (BMath '80), Stephanie Cheng (BMath '08), Cynthia Cheng (BSc '10), Iris Leung (BA '08), Keith Cheng (BMath '77), Gabriel Cheng (BSE '17) Front row: Anna Fok (BA '80), Joseph Leung (BMath '79), Alan Cheng (BMath '84), Lucilla Cheng (BMath '77)

I was born a Warrior. For math alumni, it means in a sample size of 36 family members, 42% of my extended family and 100% of my immediate family are Waterloo alumni. For AHS alumni, it means I am unstoppable.

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Innovation through Multi-Disciplinary Design

Friday, January 27, 2017 by Christina Robev (BAS '15)

Studio Robazzo is a multi-disciplinary Design Studio offering unique and diverse design services as well as eco-friendly handmade products out of Victoria, BC. With over a decade of design instruction and experience at the University of Waterloo’s School of Architecture under our belts, co-founder Andrew Azzopardi and myself shared a vision for an ultra-creative hands-on career spanning a broad range of disciplines from industrial design, interior design and installation art to graphic design, web design and custom furniture.

design

architecture

innovation

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The UW Dance Program may be Gone but it Lives On

Friday, January 20, 2017 by Lucy Rupert (BA ’96)

I started at the University of Waterloo in the fall of 1992 as a young woman who had planned most of her life to become “an artist” and throughout high school had been focused on becoming a concert pianist. Secretly though, I wanted to be a dancer.

dance

Arts

music

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From Waterloo to Naturopathic Medicine

Friday, January 13, 2017 by Melina Roberts (BSc ’02)

I’m Dr. Melina Roberts, I’m a Naturopathic Doctor, author of Building a Healthy Child and founder of Advanced Naturopathic Medical Centre in Calgary.

I graduated from the University of Waterloo with an Honors Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology Co-op where I was also a varsity athlete, a member of the Varsity Women’s Rugby team, then attended the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto.