Born and (mostly) raised in Calgary, Karl has been taking courses on and off at AU since 1999. At one point, he changed his major from Computing Science to Computing Science because the new program requirements fit what he’d already taken better. Since then, he switched to English and graduated (w/Great Distinction he likes to add) proving along the way that it is entirely possible to complete an entire AU course within a three week period. If only he had done this at the beginning of the course instead of in the last extension.
This is not something he advises unless you are desperate, masochistic, or, ideally, both.
He is currently the managing editor of The Voice Magazine, where he tries to put his education to use helping other students as they provide content for The Voice
Happy Valentine’s Day! With everything that’s going on in the world, a day of love is perhaps sorely needed. Many of you probably already received the information about the phishing attack posed to Athabasca University student, where an official looking email is sent with a note that there is an outstanding tuition fee payment. This,… Read more »
So my prediction missed. The upcoming tariffs were dropped with a small song and dance, and then the whirlwind continued. Threats against Panama, plans to relocate everyone in Gaza permanently, then temporarily, then not at all. In the meantime, Elon takes over government payments and stops USAID, despite being unelected and having no authority provided… Read more »
It remains an open question if the 25% tariffs that have been announced so loudly today will actually happen tomorrow as has been promised. Trump’s track record on following through with things make it anything but certain. Personally, I’m thinking the odds are in favor of it happening, but then not lasting the full week…. Read more »
Library Chat Tues, Jan 28, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page Library Chat Thurs, Jan 30, 11:00 am to 3:00 pm MST Online Hosted by AU Library www.athabascau.ca/library/index.html No pre-registration needed; access through chat box on home page AUSU… Read more »
It’s been a heck of a start to the year so far. Fun with computers, having to replace a new one almost immediately, and then finding out I couldn’t just move the Voice hard-drive over directly between Windows 10 and Windows 11 systems have been keeping be up at nights. Fortunately, I’ve got multiple redundancies,… Read more »
It’s crazy how fast this year can sneak up on us, right? Plus, this year, I got a new computer for Christmas, and while setting it up is kind of fun (and frustrating) it of course imposes other delays. However, here finally is the Best of 2024 edition of the Voice Magazine. For those unfamiliar,… Read more »
Welcome to the final issue of The Voice Magazine for 2024. It’s been an interesting year so far, and looks like it’ll be ending that way as well, as yesterday I had to take one of our kitties in for a massive surgery—all the mammary glands on both sides removed due to a malignant tumor. … Read more »
This morning, the email hit my box from AU that the Board of Governors had approved tuition increases of 2% for both undergraduate and graduate programs and courses, to take effect on September 1, 2025. This increase is the maximum allowable by law for this year for Alberta students, and AU has, as per usual,… Read more »
Welcome to the last month of the year. The month when, because of Holiday season, everybody’s studies start winding down, even if they don’t want them to. Sure, a lot of us plan to use the holidays as that time to really bear down on our courses, thinking that the lulls in work schedule will… Read more »
I’m quite pleased this week to be able to reinstitute our comic feature, as Wanda Waterman has returned with a new series that she foresees being able to bring a lot of ideas into. This is actually the second comic she’s sent but I thought it was a better introduction to the characters we’re going… Read more »