AUSU congratulates new party leaders! AU students are spread all over Canada and the world, but AU’s funding comes from the Government of Alberta, so It’s important for us, as AU students, to remain aware of political issues in Alberta. Alberta’s political parties have recently undergone some transitions, as both the Progressive Conservative and Liberal… Read more »
Update on AUSU awards program AUSU has long had a student awards program to recognize outstanding students and assist those in need. Over the course of the last couple years, though, we’ve sought to revamp and revise our awards portfolio to improve existing awards and add new ones! We now have a wide array of… Read more »
Update on AUSU awards program AUSU has long had a student awards program to recognize outstanding students and assist those in need. Over the course of the last couple years, though, we’ve sought to revamp and revise our awards portfolio to improve existing awards and add new ones! We now have a wide array of… Read more »
Update on AUSU awards program AUSU has long had a student awards program to recognize outstanding students and assist those in need. Over the course of the last couple years, though, we’ve sought to revamp and revise our awards portfolio to improve existing awards and add new ones! We now have a wide array of… Read more »
AUSU Joins ASEC! On Friday, July 15, AUSU was officially accepted into membership by the Alberta Students? Executive Council. ASEC is a provincial lobby group that now represents students from fourteen post-secondary institutes across Alberta, including schools from five of the six categories described in Alberta’s Post-Secondary Learning Act. ASEC is focused on advocating on… Read more »
AUSU Joins ASEC! On Friday, July 15, AUSU was officially accepted into membership by the Alberta Students? Executive Council. ASEC is a provincial lobby group that now represents students from fourteen post-secondary institutes across Alberta, including schools from five of the six categories described in Alberta’s Post-Secondary Learning Act. ASEC is focused on advocating on… Read more »
Editor’s note: Lori has resigned from AU to pursue other opportunities. Her last day is June 25. Pamela Walsh will be acting as interim VP Advancement. Lori Van Rooijen is the Vice President, Advancement at Athabasca University. In this role, she is ?in charge of a team of professionals who look after internal and external… Read more »
Dr. Cindy Ives is the Director of AU’s Centre for Learning Design and Development (CLDD). In this position, she leads ?multifunctional teams responsible for the design, development, production and evaluation of distance education courses and programs at AU.? Dr. Ives has been with AU since July 2007, but says that she has ?worked in higher… Read more »
Did you know that llamas are afraid of pigs? We didn’t. Not until we brought the pig home, that is. And technically, the llamas aren’t afraid of all pigs, just ours. You see, our next door neighbour also has a pig?a much, much larger pig than ours, in fact?and our neighbour’s pig pasture shares a… Read more »
Serena Koons is the Senior Administrative Assistant in Learning Services Tutorial (LST), and has been with Athabasca University since the fall of 2003. She started out in the Office of the Registrar, ?then went to the School of Business, where [she] worked as an Undergraduate Student Advisor. In the fall of 2007, [she] came to… Read more »