Co-op and Experiential Education

A group of exceptionally talented incoming students are making their way to Waterloo with a prestigious scholarship in tow.

Thanks to a $100+ million investment by businessman and philanthropist Seymour Schulich, Waterloo has more than doubled its recipient pool from previous years allowing selected students pursuing STEM to begin their post-secondary careers with an extra $80,000 or $100,000.

Lena Glutting
Former Community Relations and Events Assistant, University Relations

Am I really an adult?

Alexis Joy Nagum
Executive Communications Coordinator

When it comes to work, I'm someone who thrives with plans and routines.  

Ryan Aldous
Former public affairs coordinator, Univeristy of Waterloo

When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit, I was concerned about my job security.

Alexis

Alexis Joy Nagum
Honours English, Faculty of Arts
> Major in Rhetoric, Media and Professional Communication (RMPC)

The co-op program at Waterloo Engineering was a major draw for an incoming student who will start her studies this fall with backing from a prestigious scholarship worth up to $100,000.

Anson Yu of Langley, BC, is the latest Loran Scholar to choose Waterloo after landing a four-year scholarship aimed at finding and supporting high-potential young Canadians.

The start of the Spring Term, at the height of COVID, had instructors moving their courses to a remote format with students spread across time zones. It changed delivery, assignments and testing as in the case of Anton Mosunov, an award-winning lecturer in the Faculty of Mathematics who altered the MATH 135 midterm to an oral exam.

Marcelo Cortes
Faculty of Mathematics
> CTO and Co-founder, Faire

Since the age of 11, Marcelo Cortes has been passionate about computers and coding. By 13, he was considered the “resident computer expert” after his parents bought a system for their family-owned store in Brazil.

Norah McRae is leading a global conversation on the future of talent and lifelong learning.