The ACCESS Classroom was a “50-seat, state of the art teaching facility designed to deliver university courses, professional development seminars, and other programs to audiences on campus, across Canada, and around the world.” The classroom was equipped for video conferencing and high-resolution data projection and was intended for use by the local community as well as by the University of Waterloo. The classroom was located in Environmental Studies I room 132 and officially opened on February 12, 1997. – Information and excerpt taken from the Daily Bulletin published on Tuesday, January 28, 1997.