For those who don’t know Abdullah, he was a 2018 graduate of the University of Waterloo from the Mechanical Engineering program. What you might also not know if you don’t know him, is that he was a huge part of the Engineering Society. But not just ours. Abdullah’s natural ability to connect with people and authentic pleasantness left him liked by a lot of people, both pre-grad and post-grad. Since his graduation, Abdullah has been working on a cross-country journey to visit almost every engineering school in the country. He’s even prepared patches to give out to those who help him on his trip!
Abdullah started in Ontario, with the University of Windsor, followed by Western University. From there, he came back to Waterloo and visited Conestoga College and the University of Guelph. Oh, did I mention this was all done in one day? He visited each school’s logo, and filmed a video tapping his iron ring on them. Friends from all over were also there, being good friends by letting him crash on their couch and also showing him around. Abdullah even managed to receive car honks of appreciation while he was walking through Guelph.
This continued past day one, where he visted McMaster, Ryerson, UofT, York, UOIT, Queens and Royal Military College before he left Ontario. Going east into Quebec, Abdullah stopped by École de Technologie Supérieure, McGill, Concordia, École Polytechnique de Montréal, and Université du Québec à Montréal, all of which are located in Montreal. Again, this was all in the span of 2 days! I’m going to be a bit sleazy here and say if you want to know what he did, read his blogspot linked at the end of this article. I’ll break my own clickbaiting rules if it’s for a friend.
From Quebec, Abdullah travelled to New Brunswick, visiting UNB – Fredericton and Saint John, and also visited Univesité de Moncton, then travelled further into the Maritimes by reaching University of Prince Edward Island in PEI on May 7th. Nova Scotia was next on the list, where Abdullah stopped by Acadia, Dalhousie, St. Mary’s, St. Francis Xavier, and Cape Breton University all in the two-day span that he was there. From there, he finished his journey in the easty by arriving at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he spent three days doing so many things that he needed a rest day afterwards! Abdullah’s energy always resulted in my own excitation, and reading that he needed rest was almost a shock to me. But it seemed necessary, as he had 3000 km to drive back to Ottawa on May 17th to visit Carleton and uOttawa. As of writing this article, this is where he is. From here, Abdullah will be travelling to the west side of Canada, so be sure to follow the link I posted at the end of this article!
The full schedule can be found here bit.ly/TravelingCoviesSchedule. Learning about the individual universities was actually very interesting for me personally, and you can also follow the rest of the blog here to get that information! http://travelingcovies.blogspot.ca
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