Last week, we highlighted some logistical considerations to get you to Athabasca. This week, we share a few tips to get you through your big day. AU Convocation info. Make sure you know where you need to be and when. The more you know, the less you’ll stress! Read every page on AU’s Convocation site. … Read more »
Last week, I raved about the desserts I sampled from my latest trip to Vancouver. However, it wasn’t enough that I boast about the mouth-watering sweets the city had to offer, because the Vancouver food scene also offers irresistible comfort food from all over the world. Food that I couldn’t wait to share with my… Read more »
Your thoughts can snatch you a PhD—and win you a Nobel prize. Don’t believe me? According to Dr. Caroline Leaf, “We can use our thoughts to improve our overall intellect, cognitive performance, and mental and physical well-being” (p. 19 of 321, 5%). And your thoughts can take you from F student to Einstein. But how?… Read more »
CMNS 301 (Communication Theory and Analysis) is a three-credit communication studies course that is intended to provide students with a grounding in the field of communication studies, a relatively new interdisciplinary field that draws many of its theoretical ideas about human communication from psychology, sociology, cultural studies, linguistics, philosophy, and literary studies. The course focuses… Read more »
Dear Barb: Recently I prepared a large meal for eight people. The day before the dinner one of the couples cancelled and then on the day of two more people cancelled. Aside from the fact that I had spent days planning and preparing this meal, I ended up with a lot of leftovers, which I… Read more »
Let I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted. You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. ~Job 42:2-3, NIV The Book of Job is believed to be one… Read more »
With Mother’s Day coming up May 12, we cast a nostalgic glance back at mother’s in our past. Unpaid and under-appreciated. Writer Carole E. Trainor describes how the family survived after her mother went on strike. “Like many men of his day, my father believed that a mother’s love was best conveyed through a lifetime… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Chanelle wants to know the fee for a 6-credit AU course; another group member posts a link to AU’s fee calculator page. Jeffi’s frustrated because OSAP semester rules are preventing her from taking a 6-credit course without delaying her graduation next year; no solution in sight so far. Other posts include AU’s… Read more »
I am seven years old, and hiding in my basement bedroom, waiting for my father’s anger to subside. He’s in the kitchen above me, hurling pots, pans, plates at the wall. It’s not my first rodeo, as they say. I know it will pass, like a wild thunderstorm. With luck, all it will do is… Read more »
