Mary “Bonnie” Baker, (1918-2003) was born in Regina, Saskatchewan. Bonnie Baker was an all star catcher in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball league from 1943 to 1952. In 1950 she was the only woman in league history to become a player-manager with the Kalamazoo Lassies, however, the next year the league passed a law prohibiting… Read more »
There is nothing more that The Study Dude wants for you than to write essays that don’t reek of the academics? diseases: puff and jargon. 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 »
Perhaps you’ve seen posters advertising AU using quotations and images of famous learners such as Marie Curie and Mark Twain. The Voice Magazine spoke to Erin Stevenson, AU’s Marketing and Social Media Manager, to give us some background and insight into the advertising campaign. How did the campaign come about? Was it a bright spark… Read more »
AthaU Facebook Group Stephanie is curious if she can enrol in the Masters of Counselling program with a BA in English. Grace shares her exam experience in which she showed up to write a midterm and was handed the final exam by mistake. Vicki seeks study tips for the ADMN 417 exam. Pierrick seeks feedback… Read more »
Musician: Greg Laswell Album: Everyone Thinks I Dodged A Bullet There is something ethereal about soft and emotional alternative music when mixed with a cello and various electronic effects. The music is tempestuous and seems to emanate from the very depths of the human soul. Yet the result is something far from melodramatic. Instead, your… Read more »
Dr. Jay Smith is a long-term AU faculty member, and the course author of Political Science 480 (also available at the graduate level as POLI 580). He recently took time to answer some questions about the course for The Voice Magazine. First of all, what is your role with Athabasca University, and the course? I… Read more »
How can you ensure your scholarship application stands out from the rest? Last month, in Swimming in Scholarships, we looked at the plethora of scholarships available to students through AU, AUSU, and external organizations. This week, we’ll examine how to give your application its best shot at producing that oh-so-sweet scholarship cheque. Check your qualifications…. Read more »
The following interview features Dr. Shandip Saha, professor of Religious Studies courses in the Center for Humanities at Athabasca University. His research speciality is in the field of Hinduism with an emphasis upon tracing the religious culture of Medieval India (15th to 18th centuries) Please fill us in on the range of course you have… Read more »
You remember that Voice reader survey? The one that I was asking you people to do and was offering prizes to a few lucky people? Well those are all handled now, and the prizes are winging their way to the winners. So if I haven’t contacted you about winning a prize already, then I’m afraid… Read more »
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