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Scholarship of the Week!

Scholarship name:  CouponBirds Help to Save Scholarship Sponsored by:  CouponBirds Deadline:  October 10, 2019 Potential payout:  $1000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be at least 16 years old and be students at an accredited university or college in Canada or the U.S. What’s required:  An online application including contact and school info, a survey on your… Read more »

The Fit Student—Careers to Combat Anxiety

Does a cup of coffee trigger jitters that burst into an anxiety attack?  If so, don’t feel like your career is doomed.  Not at all!  Instead, discover your passions.  Your passions might relate to therapies that reduce—even cure—anxiety.  Now that’s a win-win for anyone with anxiety disorder. I cured myself of anxiety.  I haven’t had… Read more »

Course Exam—TAXX401

TAXX 401 (Taxation II) is a three-credit upper-level business course that is designed to be taken as a second course dealing with the basic concepts and procedures associated with the Canadian federal income tax system, as well as the federal goods and services and harmonized sales taxes.  This course has TAXX 301 (Taxation I) or… Read more »

Dear Barb—Royally Flushed

Dear Barb: I really messed up. I went away to university and ended up getting into online poker. Me and a couple of buddies lost all our OSAP money through gambling, now we don’t have the money for our tuition and my parents think my tuition has been paid. One of my buddies won, so… Read more »

Fly on the Wall—Tuition and Inspiration

September brings apprehension and ambivalence to students of all ages.  Whether our classroom days are four or forty years hence the creeping shadows of autumn re-stimulate memories of that dreaded return to school.  Our formative years were divided, as if with a paper cutter, every September; a whoosh of a sucking sound vacated our spirits… Read more »

The Fit Student—Crushing the Job Interview!

Do you go into job interviews like a front-line paratrooper on the defensive?  Your arms tied behind your back and a gag stuffed in your mouth?  Well, that’s how I feel in job interviews.  And apparently, so might you—and many others. Now, I’m going to show you how to crush the job interview.  But I… Read more »

AU-Thentic Events

Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) Info Session Mon, Sept 9, 9:00 to 10:30 am MDT Peace Hills Trust Tower, Room 1115, 10011 – 109 Street NW, Edmonton AB In-person and online Hosted by CIHR and AU Faculty of Graduate Studies www.eventbrite.ca/e/cihr-interactive-information-sessions-tickets-66958690245 Register online at above link AU Has a Library? Intro to Library Resources… Read more »

Student Sizzle!—AU Social Media

AthaU Facebook Group Kayla asks if 18 courses in two years is possible; responses suggest that some students have actually done this, but it’s not possible for everyone in every situation.  Faye is trying to connect with other English majors; they are out there!  Ashley wonders if a course extension fee is required to rewrite… Read more »