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Fall 2022 Waterloo Magazine issue launches
A message from University Relations.
The Advancement and University Relations teams are proud to share the Fall 2022 issue of Waterloo Magazine: The Builders.
The fall issue illustrates how builders take many forms like entrepreneurs, technologists, educators and learners. Our alumni and campus make up a community of builders — a community of bold thinkers who strive to make a positive impact.
This fall issue is illustrated by Kathleen Fu (BAS ’17, MARCH ’20). Fu is a graduate of the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, and her current work is heavily inspired by her time studying architecture, city life and storytelling.
We hope you enjoy the issue. Please share on social media using #UWaterlooMagazine and #UWaterlooAlumni.
Help students get exam ready with the Warriors Exam Checklist
A message from the Associate Provost, Students.
As students approach final examination season, communicators across the Associate Provost, Students (APS) portfolio have collaborated on a new communications campaign, coordinating messaging across a variety of channels to support our UWaterloo students.
“Each of these units support students in unique ways as they prepare for exams, which presents an opportunity for alignment in our approach to communications” says Jennifer Halcrow, manager, digital student experience, UWaterloo Life team.
The campaign will focus on student supports before, during and after the examination period from the AccessAbility Office, Athletics and Recreation, Food Services, Campus Housing, Print and Retail Solutions, Student Success Office Campus Wellness, and led by the UWaterloo Life team. The goal is to ensure students are informed of resources and feel supported through their fall exam journey. Each department will aim to create consistent and supportive messaging across their channels and support each other’s portfolios. Look for the circular Warriors Exam Checklist icon to indicate content from this campaign.
The campaign focuses on the Warriors Exam Checklist, which includes six steps to getting exam ready:
- How to prepare
- Learn the process
- Get familiar with the spaces
- Prep your toolkit
- Beat exam stress
- Rest and recover
Student supports include peer success coaches, workshops, tutoring, academic accommodations, LEARN modules to work through study recourses, free fitness schedules, nutritional and healthy habit recommendations, mental health support, study spaces, study aids, school supplies, and more. These resources have been compiled into a news item for students to find the support they need and serves as a good resource for staff and faculty that work with students on a regular basis.
For more information about this campaign or for questions related to these resources, please contact Jennifer Halcrow, manager, digital student experience (jhalcrow@uwaterloo.ca) from the UWaterloo Life team.
Eight teams ready to pitch at the Velocity $5K finals
A message from Velocity.
With a wide range of experience and ideas, twenty-two student teams pitched their business ideas in the hopes of moving on to Velocity $5K pitch competition finals — and eight made the cut.
Over the course of two nights on November 9 and 10, each team had one representative pitch to convince the judges that their idea had enough traction to succeed. The final eight teams will take to the stage once more on November 23. Join us to support these early-stage student startup teams from within the Faculty of Arts, Engineering, Environment and Mathematics.
The eight finalists are:
- AFAIK, which maps academic knowledge for self-learners.
- Electric Boats & Regenerative Fertilizers, which makes electric boats that clean up floating debris, which we mix with used coffee grounds to make fertilizers.
- Landscape Direct, a fully online garden centre that connects our customers directly to top Canadian Growers. Enabling anyone interested in gardening to access some of the best nursery products from the comfort of their own home.
- Outseek, a financial research and analysis terminal giving investors access to innovative tools and an abundance of data at an industry-low price.
- Penspyre, which provides contextualized writing prompts that enable a book author to finish the first draft faster without writer’s block.
- RelayMD, an online platform that lets family doctors find information on medical specialists (wait times, subspecialty etc.), and make/manage outbound referrals more efficiently.
- Skipwash, which is a fast, reliable mobile laundry service designed for busy individuals.
- TrainPro, whose goal is to help people get harder, better and stronger faster. This is done by providing them with real-time guidance on technique, exercise routine and optimal muscle loading in the gym through the use of smart wearable clothing.
Event registration and information is available online. Read the full blog post with quotes from student team members.
Theatre and Performance Program's latest show is for EVERYBODY
A message from Communication Arts.
The latest production from the University's Theatre and Performance Program is entitled EVERYBODY.
Directed by award-winning Canadian actor and director Tanja Jacobs, and written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, EVERYBODY is a funny yet profound look at death and how Everybody must account for the life they lived. Reluctant to confront Death on their own, Everybody seeks the company of their friends Stuff, Kinship, Friendship, Cousinship, and Love to make the trip bearable. Through levity and reflection, the protagonists go through the same revelations as the audience does — from the relationships we form to the ways we cope with our own mortality.
The theme of chance in life and death are plentiful and amplified by an onstage lottery. In this system, six brave actors will be chosen randomly to play a different role for each performance, making the casting itself a game of chance. With 144 possible casting combinations, each performance is a truly unique experience for everybody on and off stage.
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins is a critically acclaimed American playwright who won the 2014 Obie Award for Best New American Play for his plays Appropriate and An Octoroon. EVERYBODY brings a sharp wit to questions as old as morality itself that’s sure to leave a lasting impression through its humour and complexity.
Doors will open 30 minutes prior to the performance so the audience can engage with the installation that reflects EVERYBODY’s theatrical points of emphasis. In the theatre gallery, spectators are invited to immerse themselves in a thematic display meant to extend the world of the play to the world right in front of us.
General admission is $15, with students and seniors paying $10 and $5 for eyeGO. Call the theatre box office at 519-888-4908 for more information.
GreenHouse announces fall term winners of the Social Impact Fund
A message from the United College GreenHouse.
The Social Impact Showcase celebrates the amazing work that GreenHouse students have accomplished throughout their social innovation journeys. This term, an outstanding 13 teams pitched and 8 teams were awarded funding to support their ventures from the Social Impact Fund, established by United College.
This term students broadly focused their ventures on food systems transformation, sustainability initiatives, and inclusivity.
And the winners are…
MycoNutrients, awarded $2,500, is an Indigenous business that provides functional mushroom products to support wellbeing and is led by Evan Vandermeer, Faculty of Science. MycoNutrients was also awarded the People’s Choice Award, receiving over 25 per cent of the 1200 votes that came in and received an extra $1,000 in funding to support their venture.
Sprout Map, awarded $2,500, is optimizing the locations of community garden networks to reduce food insecurity in the Waterloo Region. Members of the Sprout Map team include Allie Landy, Phoebe Howard, Mary McPhee, and Arden White from the Faculty of Engineering.
MedMelanin, awarded $2,500, is providing a second opinion service so physicians can better meet the needs of women of colour and is led by Yvonne Osagie, Faculty of Engineering.
foodage, awarded $2,500, helps restaurants to reduce waste by predicting future demand using artificial intelligence and machine learning and is led by Osose Itua, Faculty of Engineering.
NoSUP, awarded $2,500, is developing an app to drive the Canadian food industry to introduce more plastic-free food in grocery stores and is led by Karen Farley, Faculty of Environment.
HUBour, awarded $1,500, connects newcomers to the supportss that they need to thrive in Canada. Members of the HUBour team are Kent Chin – Faculty of Arts; Miley Xu – Faculty of Environment; Leo Liu – Faculty of Science and Geoffrey Qin – Faculty of Engineering.
hope2love, awarded $1,500, is transforming food systems by connecting local farmers to consumers in Bangalore and is led by Sneha Rajeevan, Faculty of Arts.
The Chess Club, awarded $1,000, is building a more inclusive and diverse chess community and is led by Yi Lin Li, Faculty of Mathematics.
Congratulations to all the students who participated in the Fall 2022 Social Impact Showcase and thank you to over 1,200 community members who took the time to vote for their favourite venture. Cheers to our students and their continued success.