WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, August 26, 2013) - The University of Waterloo will welcome more than 7,800 new students for Orientation, beginning on September 1. There will be a number of activities to help students settle into campus life at Waterloo.
For every student who is excited and nervous about starting university this fall, there are parents secretly, and not-so-secretly, experiencing similar anxiety about their children starting this new chapter.
The University of Waterloo’s Student Success Office (SSO) knows that parents play a significant role in their children’s lives and hosts a series of parent orientation programs and events, to help parents move from a parenting to a coaching role.
Conrad Grebel University College will celebrate its 50th anniversary this weekend with the largest reunion in its history. Events run from Friday August 23 until Sunday August 25 with everything from a 1960’s alumni brunch to a talent show and sporting activities.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, Aug. 19, 2013) – A “street-fighting” mathematician and an 18-year-old who took on global education systems in a provoking book are amongst those who will assemble for Equinox Summit: Learning 2030, an innovative global summit tackling the future of high school education, in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada from September 29 to October 3, 2013.
WORLD WATER DAY – UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO EXPERTS
The sustainable management of the world’s fragile water resources has emerged as one of our greatest challenges. World Water Day takes place on Friday, March 22, and marks the culminating event in the UNESCO International Year of Water Cooperation.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, August 14, 2013) – Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and one of the youngest tech executives in Silicon Valley, will address students and local entrepreneurs at the University of Waterloo this fall.
Starting university and moving away from home is always a big transition. But what if you’re also moving from another country and English isn’t your first language?
Welcome math and computing teachers!
The Waterloo Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) will host 150 elementary and secondary school teachers from across the province and around the world at two conferences this month.
STRATFORD, Ont. (Monday, August 12, 2013) – A student from the University of Waterloo is set to release an anthology of stories about life in the Ontario city of Stratford that could otherwise be lost for future generations.
Riding on the wagon with workers during Stratford’s General Strike of 1933, gathering milkweed pods for the war effort, distributing the first electric lawn mower—Gather by the Avon collects stories from the memories of 50 Stratford seniors.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, April 12, 2013) – Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and BlackBerry Co-Founder Mike Lazaridis will headline a University of Waterloo-hosted conference aimed at building a plan for economic growth and prosperity for Ontario and Canada – with Waterloo’s model for innovation at its heart.