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For the first time in its history, Orientation’s Black and Gold Day featured the game of soccer with varsity games by both Warrior teams and events for minor soccer players.

The Waterloo Warriors and Waterloo Minor Soccer Association developed a partnership for the 2013 Ontario University Athletics (OUA) soccer season that kicked off with the Black and Gold Day event on Saturday, September 7.

WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, August 27, 2013) – A provocative play written and performed by University of Waterloo students to help those entering first year adjust to campus life will celebrate 25 years on the stage on Friday, and will be part of Waterloo's Orientation.

An undergraduate student of English and history might not be the first person to pop into your mind when you hear the word:  entrepreneur.

STRATFORD, Ont. (Tuesday, 27 August, 2013) – The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, Canada’s new collaborative campus for digital media technology and commercialization, is attracting international talent to its exclusive Gamification 2013 conference in Stratford, Ontario.

The conference will be the world’s first to truly bridge academic research and business opportunity in the arena of gamification – using game design elements in non-game contexts, in areas such as healthcare, education, financial services, entertainment and retail.

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 50^th 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.