FREE STUFF FOR AU STUDENTS FROM AUSU! Do you want a package filled with cool AUSU study related items? This year instead of sending out student planners AUSU has compiled a package filled with products to help you study (and in some cases play). We’ve also included in these packages the latest issue of REALM… Read more »
Classifieds in The Voice are free to all AU students. Contact voice@ausu.org to place your ad today!
Contributed by The Insider Distance Teaching & Learning Conference: – 19th annual -“Working Smarter – Building on Success” – Aug. 13-15, 2003 – Madison, Wisconsin. Details: http://www.uwex.edu/disted/conference AU Learning Services Conference – October 3 & 4, 2003 – Edmonton, Crowne Plaza Chateau Lacombe. Details to follow. OTHER CONFERENCES CAPDHHE [Canadian Association for the Prevention of… Read more »
EDMONTON EVENTS To list an event in any Canadian city in the Voice, contact voice@ausu.org. JOURNALISTS AT RISK: ROUTINE OR AN ISOLATED INCIDENT? Thursday, August 7, 7:00 p.m. Education South Room 129 U. of A. Campus Canadian journalist Zahra Kazemi was recently murdered while in the custody of Iranian security forces. Many Iranians would say… Read more »
“It was such a laugh to stand up there and show another side of the university, and another side of myself, and to see people really enjoy it.” – Alan Davis According to Alan Davis, he knew two things for certain that bitterly cold day about eight years ago when he interviewed for the position… Read more »
For scholarships available through the Athabasca University Students’ Union, see the AUSU website at www.ausu.org Athabasca University Awards and Scholarship Information The Office of the Registrar would like to advise students of pending deadlines for scholarships and awards: Award Name: Syncrude Aboriginal Scholarship (http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/registry/studawrd.htm#sast) Value: $2,500 Program: Various – see website Basic Criteria: 1st year… Read more »
Instructor Assisted First Jump training is a traditional approach for most first-time skydivers. During a 5 to 6 hour ground training program, your Canadian Sport Parachute Association certified instructors will train you in areas of your skydive including equipment and parachute, aircraft procedures, exiting the aircraft, the skydive, canopy control and landing. You will learn… Read more »
Dear Sandra, I’m just about done my studies at AU and I’m not sure what to do next. Should I take a break from school and work, or go on to do my Masters? Do you have any advice for me? Confused in Alberta Dear Confused, As an upcoming university graduate, a variety of options… Read more »
“That was a very odd film.” I’d like to say Wicked Stepmother is bad but it’s not. I’d like to say that I loved it but I didn’t. It has a peculiar set of characteristics that make this film worth taking a look at. First, it has screen legend Bette Davis, post-stroke and I believe… Read more »
AU Misses Opportunity The Honourable Dr. Lyle Oberg, Minister of Alberta Learning will be taking a trip (http://www.gov.ab.ca/acn/200308/14892.html) to Vietnam for a leadership summit in the field of post-secondary education. Dr. Oberg will be participating in a seminar on how government works and collaborates with post-secondary institutions. Travelling with Dr. Oberg are: Dr. Paul Byrne,… Read more »