Written by Kali Taylor (GDIP '14)
My trusted UWaterloo Faculty of Environment water bottle follows me everywhere I go these days. Inscribed in white letters on the bright green metal of the bottle is a mini checklist.
Today I’m going to:
Like many of my peers, my time at the University of Waterloo can be summarized as a unique juxtaposition of science and innovation.
If you were to ask me where I saw myself in the future during my first year at the University of Waterloo, I most definitely would have had a different answer than what my reality is today.
Throughout my time at the University of Waterloo I have refined my skills as a development practitioner, specializing in disarmament.
The wonderful things I get to do....such as walk into my first undergrad biology lab. Yes, I’m that one. The one who clogs the traffic through the door because she’s stopped to grin.
In early April of this year I received the inaugural Medli Award for my second mystery novel “True Image” – a story that brings together a portrait artist and an autistic child to solve a murder.
We dash through life, our eyes fixed intently on a busy present and the promises of the future. Days of sameness and moments of revelation stream by until we hit a milestone.
During the summer of 2004, following a two-year stint playing badminton for professional clubs in Denmark, I returned to Canada. After having taken a five-year hiatus from my education, I wanted to commence my tertiary studies at the University of Waterloo (UWaterloo).
So says Chamath Palihapitiya, founder and CEO of Social Capital, whose mission it is to advance humanity by solving the world's hardest problems – in healthcare, education, consumer enterprise and financial services.