As the year draws to a close, I’d like to take a moment to reflect on the lessons we learned from the year. While it has been a tumultuous year, there are many takeaways that have been valuable for my personal growth. For many AU students who have experienced varied degrees of emotional upheaval during… Read more »
Who are your fellow students? It can feel like you are all alone in your studies, but across the nation, around the globe, students like you are also pursuing their AU education, and The Voice Magazine wants to bring their stories to you. If you would like to be featured next, do not hesitate to… Read more »
Winter Solstice 2020: it’s cold, it’s dark, and it’s isolated. As the sun’s light declines to its nadir we might wonder what there even is to celebrate. Like receiving an outstanding course mark by email and then looking around and realizing with a sigh that nothing tangible has changed in our immediate environs, the turning… Read more »
The beginning of winter is almost upon us, so hunker down with a hot beverage and cozy socks for a pair of vintage winter tales. Or was it “beer deer”? Writer Bill Pollett recounts how a merry lark to find a tree slid into misadventure. “I find myself half-running down the icy road, trying to… Read more »
As I sat down to prepare Christmas cards this year, I had some misgivings. I thought it important to send cards out this year—perhaps more than ever—but the cards themselves gave me pause. Jolly pre-printed words like “merry” and “happy” and wishes for “celebrations” and “holiday traditions” seemed rather out-of-step with this year’s reality. The… Read more »
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Technology has changed the way the global workforce looks and operates. It has been decades since we last saw high school graduates find good paying jobs immediately after their high school graduation. However, big tech is now also threatening to change the traditional learning path for high school graduates which has the potential to have… Read more »
Late October to early January is a time for celebration for many AU students, including those who celebrate Diwali, Mawlid, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Eastern Orthodox/Eastern Rite Christmas, Coptic Orthodox Christmas, and El Día de Los Reyes Magos. The Voice Magazine recently had a chance to chat with several students about their family traditions. Diwali – Diwali… Read more »
We don’t need to mentally hear, throughout the day, a choir of angels singing, “Oh come let us adore him” in order to be happy, although it helps, and it helps a lot. We can settle for making our hearts pure, even in soul-crushing times, times when angelic song seems distant. Here are five ways… Read more »
