1. Are we meeting our students’ expectations fully? (part 1) BOG Retreat, Dec 2015

2. Why undergraduate students come to UW 1. Waterloo has an excellent academic reputation 2. My full-time career opportunities after graduation will be excellent 3. Waterloo has an excellent co-op program *2015 survey data

3. A few key highlights of the UW experience Seven in 10 (71.6%) graduating-year, undergraduate respondents were satisfied with campus life opportunities (CUSC 2012 and 2015) Almost one-third (32.2%) of 2014 undergraduate student survey respondents reported that they spent no time (zero hours) each week participating in extracurricular activities (NSSE 2014) 2015 survey, seven out of 10 graduating-year, undergraduate respondents felt as if they belonged at Waterloo, while almost eight out of 10 felt a part of Waterloo, in the 2012 survey (CUSC)

4. A few key highlights of the UW experience, cont. Nine out of 10 graduate and professional student survey respondents rated the helpfulness of staff members in their programs as excellent, very good or good (CPGSS 2013) Six out of 10 graduating-year, undergraduate respondents felt they got the run-around at Waterloo (CUSC 2012) Seven out of 10 (69.8%) graduate and professional student survey respondents rate the quality of office space as excellent, very good or good (CGPSS 2013)

5. What our alumni have said University of Waterloo delivers a much higher than average curricular experience (i.e. high quality academics) We rank lower than average on co-curricular experience We are among the best in reputational awareness and this drives a lot of alumni pride Alumni often cite co-op as a key driver of their success and critical to our rankings

6. Student Panel – question and answer Victoria McDonald 4 th year | Math and Business, CS and HRM minor | co-op Dudley Ellis 5 th year | Arts and Business, Honours Legal Studies, Political Science minor | former co-op Aimee Gunther PhD Researcher, Institute for Quantum Computing | Department of Physics & Astronomy

7. Questions the Board members may want to ask As a student, would you like access to different types of credentials beyond your degree? In your interactions with other students who have struggled, what do you think are the most common reasons students struggle? How does the co-op program impact student life in general at UW? If you could change or improve one thing at UW, what would it be?

8. Questions?