AUSU Council Meeting Tuesday, January 10, 5:30 to 7:30pm MST Telephone and online Hosted by Athabasca University’s Students’ Union http://www.ausu.org/event/january-council-meeting e-mail admin@ausu.org for meeting package and to register AU Leadership and Management Development (LMD) Information Session Tuesday, January 10, 10:00 to 11:00 am MST Online Hosted by Athabasca University’s Faculty of Business http://business.athabascau.ca/event-details/athabasca-university-leadership-management-development-lmd-information-session-3/ register online… Read more »

There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants than for you to slip inside the rabbit hole to discover the truth behind lit reviews. Well, in these articles, as The Study Dude, I’ll try to give you the study tips you need to help make your learning easier. I’ll also give you straight and… Read more »

AthaU Facebook Group Vicki seeks advice on preparing for the ORGB 386 telephone interview. Other posts include exam scheduling, transferring AB credits, and courses SOSC 366 and WGST 305. Twitter @AthabascaU tweets: “Have a bit of downtime? Check out the @globeandmail top 100 books of the year: https://goo.gl/aM6hA2 #ReadMore #NeverStopLearning.” @AthabascaUSU (AUSU) tweets: “Are you… Read more »

You’ve heard of the slow food movement? Taking half a day to prepare a grand repast and then spending the rest of the day eating it? Sarcasm aside, making slow food a way of life is economical, healthy, sustainable, and life-enhancing. It’s a way of living that belongs smack dab in the middle of the… Read more »

Scholarship name: Senior Volunteer Scholarship and Senior Caregiver Scholarship Sponsored by: SeniorAdvice.com Deadline: January 15, 2017 Potential payout: $1000 each Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be attending college or university in a 2-year or 4-year program in Spring 2017. Read the full eligibility details for the applicable scholarship. What’s required: A 3-minute video in which you… Read more »

Did writing your essays ever feel like locking eyes with a gnarly pit bull? Or worse, did you get bitch-slapped with a “minus” grade? One prof labeled me an A-minus student. Everything I did, whether stellar or stupid, got the A-minus. Tainted a near-perfect GPA. So, how do you nab an A in your essays?… Read more »

Over the holidays AU, like most businesses, closes. AU courses that would have ended December 31st have their exam deadlines extended into January to accommodate the closure; this can mean that you feel like you have some “bonus-time.” It can feel like a great time to get ahead or caught up. But on top of… Read more »

Student Accommodation meets the Geriatric Set. Students at New York University (NYU) will soon be able to opt to bunk with seniors, according to a recent Associated Press news story. The housing scheme, set to be introduced in autumn 2017, hopes to ease the financial crunch of two age groups at once. NYU students who… Read more »

It’s a practice many people engage in but loathe to be caught at. we’re not talking about picking one’s nose, singing in the car, or pocketing a few extra restaurant ketchup packets for later. we’re talking about re-gifting. Re-gifting is simply the practice of giving, as a gift, something you yourself received as a gift…. Read more »

As my husband and I decorated our Christmas tree, my mind trailed off to past years, especially one particular Christmas with my mom. Although I didn’t know it at the time, this would be the last Christmas day that I ever remember spending with my mom. I was a young girl, maybe eight or nine… Read more »