You’ve enrolled in your first AU course and youre looking forward to getting started. The start date is coming up soon and youre not sure what to expect. Even if you’ve taken university courses before, AU is different from anything else out there. Like many students, youll figure out what you need to know as… Read more »
At the edge of the world A series of bizarre and unforeseen events found me, on New Years’ Day, 2015, standing at the edge of the Sahara Desert. I stood, gazing, spellbound, over golden canyons radiant with the phantoms of the vegetation that had once thrived there and echoing the voices of peoples who’d traversed… Read more »
Dr. Rosanne Waters is the Policy and Research Analyst for the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA). She earned an undergraduate degree in history at Brock University, and a master’s and doctoral degree in historical studies. Recently, she took the time to answer a few questions about her involvement with CASA and the direction of… Read more »
Foteini Evangelidou has recently completed the Master of Education in Distance Education program at AU. She currently resides in Kavala, a small beautiful city in Northern Greece that offers both the residents and visitors a combination of modern life with archaeological and historical sightseeing amidst the natural tranquility of sea and mountains. Named after both… Read more »
If you haven’t seen the most recent AUSU Newsletter, dig through your spam folder and give it a read. In it, you’ll notice that AUSU is proposing some significant changes to the bylaws of the organization. While these changes are no longer required to be approved by the AUSU general membership, council is still required… Read more »
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If babies brought us money instead of costing us a small fortune, if they brought us extra time instead of monopolising it all, if they moved our careers ahead instead of stalling them, if they cleaned things instead of always needing to be cleaned, or if they got us good tables at fancy restaurants, there… Read more »
For the first time in forty-two years I attended Edmontons Heritage Festival. In the past I considered and then dismissed the idea of going. Its so big, it’s so far, and it’s so hard to get to were the worrying deterrents. Itll probably be too hot. Or it might pour. Theres a lot to see… Read more »
MBA in Hockey Management Info Session Thursday, August 24, 10:00 to 11:00 am MDT Online Hosted by AU’s Faculty of Business https://business.athabascau.ca/event-details/executive-mba-business-hockey-info-session-5pm-mst-online-3-copy/ register online at above link
And now to backtrack just a little, to just before the dawn of the Arab Spring. I was first drawn to Moroccan music in 2009 while reading The No-Nonsense Guide to World Music, by Louise Gray (Gray, 2009). Gray chose a thoroughly postmodern structure by building her book around the most moving and influential musical… Read more »