Engaging recent grads

New council builds community for alumni from the last decade - By Stuart Solway Faculty of Engineering - The Recent Engineering Alumni Council ( REAC ) was established in Fall 2021 to support the nearly 13,000 Waterloo Engineering recent graduates and current students in building a strong community and culture of connection. Alumnus Michelle Liu (BASc '18 and MASc '20, civil engineering), the inaugural chair of REAC, was asked about her involvement in the council, the great work it is doing, and how she sees it evolving in the future.  Why did you decide to join REAC and become its first chair?. As a queer and racialized woman, I wanted to leverage REAC's leadership position to champion equity, diversity, and inclusion considerations within engineering spaces. I noticed that prior to the REAC, there had never been a Waterloo Engineering alumni group that focused on graduates from the last decade even though they make up the largest percentage of the alumni community. It's important to me to make sure we have opportunities and perks that reflect our needs and interests that are different from earlier graduates. Could you briefly describe your role as chair?.