Scholarship name: 2019 Community Volunteer Scholarship Sponsored by: Dealhack Deadline: June 30, 2019, midnight PST Potential payout: $1500 USD Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be enrolled full-time at a university or college in Canada or the U.S. for the 2019-2020 academic year, be in good standing with their current academic institution, and be involved as a… Read more »
“At some point or another, everyone has felt unseen and unheard and marginalized.” Ayanna Pressley If you remember the comic strip Bloom County, you may recall Binkley and his dad having a discussion in which they realize that their status as white, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, men puts them in the minority. The irony of course is… Read more »
I sometimes believe that we reach our highest human potential at some time during the earliest years of our childhood. In those early days we are all poets, artists, scientists, fearless explorers, and relentless questers after knowledge. Then, just as we are revelling in the joyousness and sensory overload of sheer existential experience, we find… Read more »
In his award-winning book, Big Lonely Doug, Rustad gives eloquent descriptions of the nature of untrammelled forests, never staying far from his central message that the majestic giants of the Pacific coast deserve preserving. Likewise, to explain our studies to others is usually about justifying them in the big picture of our life narrative and… Read more »
Have you been to a social function complete with wine and cheese but couldn’t seem to exactly pinpoint the name of the slices of gooey goodness? I had the same indecision, as I pick up a mysterious slice, not understanding how to properly use this even if I had purchased a pack myself. Recently, though,… Read more »
Were you the kid who joined every school sports team and club—and still got the A’s? That was me in grade nine, but so not me in graduate studies. If you’re able to raise a family, work full-time, take on extracurricular fun, and excel at studies—all at the same time—then, I beg you, write a… Read more »
ADMN 232 (Introduction to Management) is a three-credit introductory business and administrative studies course that translates management theory into effective management practice by examining what managers do and how they do it. The course presents theories of management applicable to the public and private sectors and then reconciles these theories with current practice. ADMN 232… Read more »
Dear Barb: Hi! I have just completed my first course at Athabasca University and did very well. The problem I have is, every time I tell people I am obtaining a degree through an online university, they respond by asking why I don’t go to a real university! They say I am wasting my time… Read more »
This week, I got a sudden lesson in just how much modern technology has us locked in. And because of that, I over-estimated my own ability to overcome a computer failure based on previous failures. All of which is basically my excuse for getting this article and the full PDF up so late. Of course,… Read more »
