To all graduate students, Following is a link to the draft of the revised Constitution for SWAG (Society of Waterloo Architecture Graduates) prepared for submission to the GSA (Graduate Student Association). We are seeking review and comments from the graduate student body, please take a few moments and have a look. Thank you! Link to Revised Constitution Draft We plan to send this out by Friday, July 19, 2013. Comments should be enabled within the...
Meeting July.2013 2013.07.04 4:00PM Ward Room Meeting Minutes In Attendance – May Wu, Connor O’Grady, Mark Tam, Miriam Ho, Vikkie Chen, Caitlin Perry (skype), Boian (drop-in to report on Nostalgia Tour) 1. Pecha Kucha Progress This term’s graduate Pecha Kucha will happen in early August, the exact date will be announced within the next two weeks. We are still working on becoming an official Pecha Kucha City so before that happens this event will be...
This Thursday at 20:00 in the Loft (location to be confirmed) we are going to have an open discussion about the state of the program, the school and student life in Cambridge. We will discuss things that you believe are important, things that work well at the school and some things that need to change. If you have something you would like to say, a critique of your experience at the school this term, please...
Hello Grads! SWAG will be holding its Monthly Meeting for July 2013 on Thursday, June 4th in the Ward Room at 4:00pm. A number of items will be discussed including the remaining events planned for the Summer. Refreshments will be provided. You can view the agenda here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oW4yTRUqRvTEebTgrusdHF6eBXEhe2LaGJ36lajSnes/edit?usp=sharing More details will be added to the agenda in the following days. We have also opened the Google Doc up for Comments so you may propose additionalagenda...
Hello Fellow Grads, This invitation is being made to let all current graduate students know that there will be an open meeting with the OCGS Visiting Team at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, June 26, 2013 in the University of Waterloo School of Architecture Ward Room. This meeting will last for a duration of 90 minutes. The team is here on behalf of the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies to ensure that the Master of Architecture program...
June 10, 2013 @ 4:00pm, Ward Room In attendance: Connor O’Grady, Mark Tam, Caitlin Perry, Danielle Gignac, Miriam Ho MEETING AGENDA/MINUTES 1. PECHA KUCHA PROGRESS (CP & DG) With the rescheduling of MX reviews to late July, Pecha Kucha will now take place in August (exact date TBD). In the meantime, Caitlin will contact the Pecha Kucha organization to investigate the process involved in becoming an official Pecha Kucha city. 2. SUMMER...
Hello Grads! SWAG will be holding its Monthly Meeting for June 2013 on Monday, June 10th in the Ward Room at 4:00pm. A number of items will be discussed including the many events that are being planned for the Summer. You can view the agenda here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17MbmDfUV5gowZrpPlVV95CRKZeto_jNzahxcYx2A6so/edit?usp=sharing You could also propose additional agenda items or send us any questions to the following address: info.swag@waterlooarchitecture.com Mark
May 13, 2013 @ 4:15pm, Ward Room In attendance: Connor O’Grady, Mark Tam, Caitlin Perry, Andrea Hunniford, Danielle Gignac, Emad Ghattas MEETING AGENDA/MINUTES 1. WELCOME TERM EVENT (CO & MT) The Welcome Term Event is set for Thursday May 23. The event will be a backyard BBQ. The theme will be “Bonnets and Bowties BBQ.” Connor will contact WASA regarding the usage of the BBQ on this date. Emad will make a poster/find...
Recently, the University of Waterloo implemented a complete redesign of the School of Architecture’s website. In order to have a productive discussion regarding the new website, we must first understand why it happened. – The University of Waterloo began rebranding efforts in early 2009 in order to create a stronger, more cohesive identity for our university. (http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2009/jul/24fr.html) A new visual identity was first introduced through banners on campus in July 2009. Plans for a redesign...
Thursday March 28th 7:00 – 9:30 pm