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
If you haven’t already filled out the Voice Reader Survey for 2018 and put your entry in to win a shiny new tablet computer, suitable for taking your AU course on the go, then this is probably your last chance. The survey is closing on Sunday, July 29. If you haven’t filled it out over… Read more »
The Voice Reader Survey for 2018 will be closing soon, and, so far, response has been lackluster, to say the least. Of course, it’s the middle of summer so that’s not that unexpected, but it was noted that my preferred time for the survey, mid-September to early October, was also about the time when AUSU… Read more »
A surprisingly good issue this week. We start it off with our feature interview being a Meeting the Minds article interviewing Jim Sellers, the Project Manager for the Athabasca River Basin Institute. Yes, I know. The job title isn’t really one that makes you think, “This is going to be great interview for AU students!”… Read more »
Summertime and Canada Day is upon us! With that in mind, next week, The Voice Magazine will take a brief hiatus. I need to be rested and prepared for what’s going to happen the week after that—when our biannual reader survey comes out and AUSU pushes the Voice Magazine in their newsletter. Such pushes are… Read more »
This week, we take a break from our interviews with the new AUSU Council members, and instead feature an interview with Dr. Chris Glover, a man with a serious position who doesn’t take himself all that seriously. While he takes a mostly light-hearted approach to our interview, he does slip up here and there and… Read more »
Last Friday, shortly after I completed my editorial, the Alberta Government announced at AU’s convocation ceremonies that they would be giving Athabasca University a one-time grant of 4.9 million dollars to address its new strategic plan and upgrade its technology infrastructure. This money is sorely needed because, though the AU campus is beautiful, as you’ll… Read more »
Congratulations to those students who’ve finished off their degree this year. Whether you know what you’re doing next or not, you’ve achieved a milestone that you can carry with you. One that not only says you have an area of mental expertise, but also that you have been taught, hopefully, how to use your own… Read more »
Here we are, the first day of June and convocation is just around the corner. For all those who’ve successfully completed your program, congratulations. Many of us find it to be a bit of an adjustment when we have to drop the word “student” from how we think about ourselves. But of course, this isn’t… Read more »
Scholarship name: The Cover Guy 5th Annual Scholarship Sponsored by: The Cover Guy Deadline: July 1, 2018 Potential payout: $500 Eligibility restriction: Applicants must be currently enrolled, or enrolled for the upcoming school year, in a program at a university, college, or trade school in Canada or the U.S. What’s required: An e-mail with contact… Read more »
