News for Staff

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

The HBO-I Foundation Visit

The HBO-I Foundation is an association of IT educators from a number of post-secondary institutions in the Netherlands. Twenty-five members of the foundation visited the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 to learn about IT education and career development so as to explore potential improvements to their pedagogy and infrastructure for IT education in the Netherlands. While on campus several people from various campus units and departments shared insight with the group: Co-op Education, WatPD, CEL, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Math and Engineering.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Waterloo International Celebrates IWD2019

Waterloo International was proud to celebrate International Women's Day this year but hosting a table at the University's annual "International Women's Day Dinner 2019" at Federation Hall. We were happy to share the table with several of our campus partners; women leaders, stewards, and trailblazers of female international experience at the University.

Friday, March 8, 2019

Visit from the Tokyo Institute of Technology

On Friday, March 8, 2019 delegates from the Tokyo Institute of Technology visited the university of Waterloo to learn about our University's organizational structure and governance, budgeting, and space planning of the university.

Delegates from Tokyo Institute of Technology:

Monday, March 4, 2019

Addressing misconceptions about our university's international population

Two videos were recently developed by a Waterloo staff member, Chérisse Mike, as a voluntary initiative. As Chérisse explains,

With an ever increasing international population, more and more students are coming into contact with others who are culturally different from them. [These] videos debunk common misconceptions and stereotypes about some minorities which are represented on the UW campus. The audience can see common scenarios that may help them better interact with minorities.

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Visit of Shandong Provincial Education Department and the Shandong Normal University

Delegates from Shandong Provincial Education Department and the Shandong Normal University, in China, visited the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, December 18, 2018. The objectives of the visit were to review existing student exchange programs and to explore how to support universities international programs in Shandong province.