News for Alumni

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.

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.

Monday, January 14, 2019

Visit of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Delegates from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University visited the university on Monday, January 14, 2019 to introduce their newly established Greater Bay Area International Institute for Innovation (GBA I3) and its plan to the UWaterloo senior management team. Discussions also continued on the development of joint entrepreneurship programs between our universities.

Monday, November 26, 2018

Visit of China University of Petroleum Beijing and MOU signing

The China University of Petroleum Beijing visited The University of Waterloo campus on Monday, November 26, 2018 to meet with the Faculty of Science to review the existing 2+2 undergrad program, sign the MOU and discuss a detailed work plan to enlarge future recruitment numbers of students from CUPB.

Delegates from China University of Petroleum Beijing:

Prof. LI Gensheng, Vice President, International
Prof. JIN Yan, Dean of the Graduate School
Prof. LI Yongfeng, Director of the International Office
Dr. FENG Jinyu, International Office

Friday, November 16, 2018

Visit of Sichuan University

Delegates from Sichuan University in Chengdu, China, visited the university on Friday, November 16, 2018 to meet with UW leadership and faculties, gain mutual understanding and seek potential academic and research cooperation in fields like Liberal Arts, Math and Computer Science, Science and Engineering.

Delegates from Sichuan University: