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Elora Quarry

Elora Quarry is a swimming spot only half an hour from Waterloo! Buy a ticket for a day of fun on the beach and in the water. Your ticket includes transportation from the University of Waterloo to Elora Quarry and back, as well as admission to the park! All proceeds from this event go towards the It Takes a Village campaign, which supports social enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Since the last fundraiser was so successful, EWB has partnered again with Krispy Kreme to have another fundraiser to raise money for social enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa to help reduce poverty.

$10 for a dozen or $1 per donut

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1. Pictured left to right: Barry Prentice, University of Manitoba (Speaker, Moderator of the Debate); Joel Carlson, CPCS; Chris

On Monday May 27th, the annual Bison Transport Debate was held at the 54th Annual Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) Conference in Vancouver, BC. The Bison Transport Debate has been conducted in conjunction with the CTRF Annual Meeting since 1996.

"I am very pleased to announce the award recipients for 2018, and would like to take this opportunity to congratulate them for their outstanding contributions to the University of Waterloo," writes Vice-President, Academic & Provost Jim Rush.

Effective May 1, 2005, in accordance with the 2003 Faculty Salary Settlement, the University of Waterloo established an Outstanding Performance Fund to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching and scholarship.

The 2018 winners from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are:

The Spring 2019 issue of Waterloo Magazine is now available online. Urbanization is the focus of the latest issue of the magazine. Feature story topics include urban mobility, intelligent intersections, and neighbourhood revitalization.

Vegetable food waste Wasted food can be affordably turned into a clean substitute for fossil fuels.

New technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo engineers natural fermentation to produce a biodegradable chemical that can be refined as a source of energy.

Congratulations to the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE) UW Chapter, placed 2^nd out of 26 schools for the 2019 Presidents Best Chapter Award. This award will be given out at the Student Chapter Leaders Workshop during the CSCE annual conference in Laval, Montreal on Friday, June 14, 2019. Once again Congratulations to Grant Mitchell, Sehrish Ahmad and Team Waterloo!!!

Tuesday, June 4, 2019 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

What's Your Employer's Problem? (Undergraduate Session)

Learn from Larry Smith (Director of The Problem Lab, Adjunct Associate Professor of Economics, Author, TED Speaker) as he presents on how to identify the challenges your employer is facing using advanced Google and YouTube searches to become a promotable employee.

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Monday, June 3, 2019 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

What's Your Employer's Problem? (Graduate Session)

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Wednesday, May 22, 2019 12:00 am - Sunday, June 2, 2019 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Co-op Problem Award applications start

Co-operative Education and The Problem Lab are pleased to offer students the opportunity to win one of two scholarship awards of up to $1,500!

Current students

EWB Elora Quarry Adventure

EWB Krispy Kreme Fundraiser

CTRF debate victory

Bruce Hellinga, Donald Burn & Monica Emelko named 2018 Outstanding performance award winners

Newest issue of Waterloo Magazine ponders our urban future

UW Tech turns food waste into fuel substitute

CSCE 2nd Place Finish – 2019 President’s Best Chapter Award

What's Your Employer's Problem? (Undergraduate Session)

What's Your Employer's Problem? (Graduate Session)

Co-op Problem Award applications start

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