Scholarship name: InvestmentZen $1000 Financial Future Scholarship Sponsored by: InvestmentZen Deadline: April 1, 2018, 11:59 GMT Potential payout: $1000 USD Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be actively enrolled full-time in an accredited college or university. What’s required: An online application form, along with a 500-1500 word essay on one of three topics related to personal finance…. Read more »
Creative writing can be hard—worthwhile and fulfilling, but hard. It is difficult to get the words out some days, and it is easy to be hard on yourself when it is. It takes a lot of time and effort, a lot of being critical of your own work and merciless when it comes to editing… Read more »
For many beginner chefs, curries can seem intimidating. I know that for me, the early days of living independently meant relying on a few simple recipes, and curry simply did not make the list. The thought of having to find the right ingredients and mixing the right balance of spices seemed like a giant headache… Read more »
Devils get edgy around eggheads. Why? Eggheads don’t crack. Less Alzheimer’s. Less dementia. Less foggy brains. And devils love reruns of Friends, hate the Fifth Edition of Nonparametric Statistics. Love Pablo’s Pub, hate Spa Lady. Love Big Macs, hate organic bananas. Eight months ago, I ate McDonald’s. I never hit the gym. And I had… Read more »
COMP 268 (Introduction to Computer Programming in Java) is a three-credit computer science course that builds on the concepts that were introduced in COMP 200 (Introduction to Computing and Information Systems) and COMP 210 (Introduction to Information Systems and Computer Applications) which are highly recommended to be taken prior to COMP 268. If you want… Read more »
Dear Barb: After reading The Voice a few weeks ago, I left my computer open to the article by Barbara Lehtiniemi, “More than a Mouthful.” My husband read the article and saw this as an opportunity for us to talk about a subject I’m fairly closed about. Although I have done it simply to make… Read more »
2018 Internal 3MT Competition Wed, March 21, 10:00 am MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Graduate Studies fgs.athabascau.ca/news/presentations/ e-mail fgs@athabascau.ca with your student number to register more info on 3MT at: fgs.athabascau.ca/news/events/3mt.php Online MBA Info Session Wed, March 21, 10:00 to 11:00 am MDT Online Hosted by AU Faculty of Business business.athabascau.ca/event-details/online-mba-executives-information-session/ Register online… Read more »
For many people, writing a book and seeing their name in print is their ultimate dream. Athabasca University’s creative writing professor, Angie Abdou, has taken her passion for writing and written several successful novels, including The Bone Cage, The Canterbury Trail, and her latest novel, In Case I Go. But does the life of a… Read more »
This week, our feature article is an interview with AU’s Dr. Angie Abdou, an associate professor in creative writing and novelist. We’ve spoken with Dr. Abdou before in our Meeting the Minds series but this time, instead of looking at her teaching philosophies we talk to her about her process for writing and her thoughts… Read more »
