Some of my favourite gadgets are not fancy at all but are things that can help improve little aspects of your day whether from being more productive and focused while studying to not losing your most important belongings on campus. Air tag/Chipolo/Wireless location tags If you’re an AU student who has classes in person or… Read more »
Back on October 11th, AU’s new President, Dr. Alex Clark, officially took the position, with AU proudly announcing that he was bringing a bold new vision for Athabasca University. So, what is that vision, exactly? Being a leader in distance education and career development? Taking the forefront of academic communications and technological research? Finding a… Read more »
Managing clients is a learned skill, it is not an innate skill. Those who do it the best might even refer to managing clients and juggling responsibilities as a science, and they are not far off. Whatever industry one finds themselves in, even in a non-professional setting, there is a general set of rules when… Read more »
I stopped eating foods with added sugar, except for a restaurant business lunch every two weeks. That means having natural sugars, such as in milk, is okay. But it’s not okay for sugar to be in the “ingredients” list on the packaging. That’s because sugar on the ingredients list has been added and is unnatural… Read more »
AUSU recently opened a new student program, health and dental insurance. If you’ve been at a brick-and-mortar institution recently, such a thing probably isn’t at all unheard of. In fact, you probably get automatically enrolled in such a plan and have to deliberately opt-out if you don’t want to pay the fee (although that fee… Read more »
I truly believe that sometimes the best teachers don’t come from books and the classroom but from family. In my case this is my dad’s cousin who my sister and I affectionately call Aunt Margaret. When we were talking recently, she said something that finally cleared up a stumbling block in my perspective. We were… Read more »
What happens when we write for The Voice Magazine? For one, when we return to a university, we’ll be shocked at how well we write academically. Academics tend not to write exceptionally well, according to author Helen Sword. And one professor told me that graduate students tend to write inadequately. She included me in the… Read more »
Traveling as a student can be one of the most rewarding things since, not only does it help with learning beyond the classroom, it contributes to so much more personal growth and development than people realize. Given that COVID-19 pandemic is behind us (or less restricting than it once was), travel is a great way… Read more »
A 2016 research study published in the Canada Medical Association Journal estimated that over 50% of Canadians were susceptible to developing diabetes over the course of their lifetimes. The study was headed by a group of researchers at the University of Calgary, and it involved interpreting data provided by the province of Alberta. Despite that… Read more »
