AUSU COMMITTEES SEEK MEMBERS AUSU Committees are looking for student members who can volunteer just a few hours a month to answer email or attend teleconferences. Anyone who wants to become more involved with AUSU Student Council can gain great experience and insight through committee work. The External Committee, chaired by Shirley Barg, needs representatives… Read more »
THIS WEEK: Convocation photo album, part 2 – Sandra Moore’s convocation report and photos. See last week’s issue as well for the whole story. AU’s convocation report, from The Insider AUSU Moves – AUSU has a new office. Read Debbie Jabbour’s report to find out about the new space, and see pictures of your AUSU… Read more »
For scholarships available through the Athabasca University Student’s Union, see the AUSU website at www.ausu.org ONTARIO ABORIGINAL PARTNERSHIPS RECOGNITION SCHOLARSHIP Value: n/s DEADLINE: n/s Administrator: National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation Notes: Awarded to students who are pursuing post-secondary studies that will prepare them for jobs in the fields of business, science and technology. Contact Information: National… Read more »
The Numbers Game Statistics Canada has recently released (http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/030611/d030611b.htm) a report on University Financing across Canada. The report starts off with the happy news that, for the first time in 15 years, revenues from public sources increased faster than those from private sources. Could it be that the governments are finally starting to realize the… Read more »
Finding this book wasn’t very easy, but I plan to scoot over to China some day to study acupuncture and this textbook was listed as required reading. Considering the SARS epidemic currently in the Orient, and my maxed out credit cards, don’t expect any exotic reports from China too soon! I bumped into this book… Read more »
The Planets is a group of eight classically trained musicians brought together through a Popstar style of competition in the United Kingdom late in 2001. Their first album, Classical Graffiti was released in February 2002 and debuted at number one on the classical charts, where it remained for three months. The music itself is primarily… Read more »
GRADUATE PROFILE – SANDRA A. MACISSAC Here’s what Sandra had to say on convocation day: AGE: 38 LIVES IN: Rochester, Minnesota TRAVEL TIME TO ATHABASCA: 5 hours by plane & car PROGRAM COMPLETED: Bachelor of Science YEARS IT TOOK TO COMPLETE: 6 FAVORITE COURSE: Molecular Cell Biology LEAST FAVORITE COURSE: Historical Foundations Of Modern Science… Read more »
Every day I pass by a friend’s place on my way down-town, but I rarely stop by to see him any more. There was a time when we would hang-around together constantly and I must say I miss those days. But life has a way of taking people down separate paths and so it happened… Read more »