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The Creative Spark!—Are you Self-Aware?

Hug books about self-awareness.  Pore over positive and negative trait thesauruses—even over the emotional wound thesaurus.  Relish readings about traits that tag family and friends.  These tomes teach about life. We all bear nice and nasty traits.  But how do we flee our own poor traits or those flagged in others?  Well, many of us… Read more »

Surviving School while Grieving

I’ve always aimed to keep things upbeat in my writing, with the added goal of offering helpful information.  I guess I always wished I’d had a mentor myself. So I fulfilled it with writing—in the hopes I could help someone out there with their life struggles. My mom died at the end of August and… Read more »

Apps Every Student Should Have (Part 2)

A few weeks ago, I made a list of fantastic apps every student should have.  This week, after some digging around, I found 5 additional apps that students would benefit from.  Mobile applications are becoming an essential for everyday living; from helping wake us up in the morning to matching us for romantic dates, mobile… Read more »

The Fit Student—Win Olympic Medals!

Would you froth if you won an Olympic medal?  Well, you could score gold—in another lifetime.  Believers in rebirth say wisdom from this lifetime carries over into the next.  So, wise-up with sports primers and old-timer teams.  Yes, you could win an Olympics, if not this life, then maybe the next.  I study sports rules… Read more »

Course Exam—COMM 243

COMM 243 (Interpersonal Communication) is a three-credit business and administrative studies course that teaches students all about strengthening their interpersonal communication skills.  These skills can improve social relations at home with your family, with your friends, in the office with coworkers, or at social functions.  This course has no prerequisites and has a challenge for… Read more »

How to Build a Routine that Works for You

Now that the busy fall season is approaching full steam ahead, most of us are also heading back into a busy routine after summer breaks or vacations.  Homework, sporting events, social clubs, and new part-time jobs often accompany us into September.  A successful, smooth-running day, week, and month is built upon an organized schedule that… Read more »

Scholarship of the Week

Scholarship name:  Aboriginal Clean Energy Scholarship Sponsored by:  BluEarth Renewables Deadline:  September 15, 2018 Potential payout:  $1000 Eligibility restriction:  Applicants must be residents of Canada, members of an Aboriginal community (band or settlement) including First Nations, Métis and Inuit, and be pursuing full-time studies at an accredited Canadian university, college, or trades and technical school…. Read more »