AthaU Facebook Group Sharon expresses the frustration of trying to contact AU’s exam services to book a 3.5-hour exam. Stephanie asks where she can buy a textbook to replace the provided e-text. Cam received notice of a new course tutor and inquires where to find the omitted tutor contact info. Other posts include full-text journal… Read more »
Marilyne Whitty is completing AU’s bachelor of human resources and labour relations degree from her home in Ottawa, Ontario. This 33-year-old mother of two is using a short leave of absence from her full-time position as an HR Generalist with Youth Services Bureau of Ottawa to work on the remaining 6 courses required to complete… Read more »
The AUSU By-Election is now in full swing. The candidates have each put up a short biography that you can see at this link, and you can also go to the election forums that AUSU has set up if you want to be able to speak directly to them. At this point, only five of… Read more »
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Dear Barb: I have been home from university for the summer and I can’t wait to get out of here. My mother is driving me nuts, I didn’t realize how annoying she was until I was away and then came back. We fought and argued for most of the summer. She is so self absorbed!… Read more »
I’m writing this week’s column from a huge house on a Sherwood Park acreage where I’m taking a shift babysitting Kade. I arrived about 9:30 Sunday morning to relieve his other grandmother and will leave early Tuesday morning to attend a 9 AM meeting about an hour away. Kade, who is now about twenty-two months… Read more »
The Canadian International Engagement Challenge There is a “significant challenge” for Canadians to get students to take advantage of the international opportunities available to them in countries around the world, according to The Times Higher Education. A recent Canadian Bureau for International Education survey of 1,300 students from Canada found that those participating abroad found… Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to shush that argumentative essay. 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 honest opinions and personal anecdotes?even the embarrassing ones… Read more »
Stephanie Kwolek, was born July 31, 1923, and died on June 18, 2014. As a chemist at DuPont, Kwolek accidentally invented Kevlar while attempting to develop a lighter fiber for car tires. She earned a patent in 1966. Kevlar is lightweight synthetic fiber which is five times stronger than steel and is used in bulletproof… Read more »